chances to have a normal functioning brain. In her state marijuana is not legalized and has several requirements medically to get access to marijuana that the government has set in place for the medical use but it’s up to the doctors if they ae willing to implement. Thus, her government fights over the very single thing that can reduce her seizures and ease her pains. Medical research shows that the cannabis plant known to billions as marijuana holds the keys to reducing epileptic episodes giving her
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One of the most widely used illegal drugs in America is Marijuana. Over 30% of Americans over the age of 13 have used this horrible drug and half of all youth under the age of 18 have smoked marijuana. Aside from the fact that smoking "a doobie" probably won't cause painful (or painless, for that matter) death to its users, it is often the leading cause of a few high school dropouts, mild laziness, sleeping in school, partying, having fun, sleeping in beds at night, and acting completely normal
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Legalizing Marijuana makes Pennsylvanians Rich Introduction Growing up on the gritty streets of West Philadelphia I was exposed to many drugs. From an early age I can remember seeing guys hang out on the corner. It wasn’t until I became a preteen that I realized that these young men weren’t just “hanging out”. They were actually hustling and making drug transactions. In high school I was offered my joint. Scared of my parents finding out and remembering the negative effects
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Legalization of Marijuana Brian S. Clear HU2740 28 August 2013 Marijuana dates back many years, and has been used throughout different cultures in various ways. Over the last few years however Marijuana has been used to fit our lifestyles and social environment in many ways. In our society today many people around the world smoke Marijuana for different reasons like medical purposes, with that being said I think Marijuana should be legalized permanently as it has many beneficial uses, including
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The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is currently the third most popularly used recreational drug in America. More than 100 million Americans have used the drug at least once in their lives. 14 million of those continue to use it regularly (About Marijuana). All of those Americans are breaking the law. Under federal law, marijuana is illegal in the United States. However, there is much controversy surrounding the illegality of the plant. The biggest controversy around marijuana is whether or not
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Legalizing and Decriminalizing Marijuana When people hear the world marijuana they often associate it with other negative things such as, addiction, gangs, law violations, hallucinations, disorientation, and criminal activity. However marijuana has been used and shown to have positive effects in multiple medical conditions. Marijuana has been found to relieve symptoms of diseases of serious magnitude such as asthma, glaucoma, and muscle spasms are just a few. Marijuana has also been found to relieve
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Green to be Made Legalization of the recreational use of marijuana products is becoming an increasingly popular topic for debate. In November of this year, the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Initiative will be proposed for the California ballot. According to a poll conducted in June of 2015 from the Public Policy Institute of California, around 54% of California’s voter population in favor of legalization of marijuana, so theoretically it should pass. The complete legalization
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Jill Porter April 26, 2014 Marijuana: Should it be legalized? There is an epidemic debate of deciding if legalizing marijuana in states will benefit not only the users but the community also. Marijuana has been illegal in the United States and now slowly the states are permitting medical marijuana for purposes. There still are many that oppose this legalization and hate the thought of making this drug legal. Some feel that if marijuana is made legal it can also lead to other gate-way drugs
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become controversial. Legalizing marijuana is a controversial topic; however, there many positive arguments to support the idea of legalizing marijuana. First of all, it’s very expensive to keep marijuana illegal. According to Jeffrey Miron, a senior lecturer at Harvard University who studied about the impact of drug legalization, it cost the government almost about 20 billion dollars every year for keeping marijuana illegal. There is no good reason for marijuana not to be legal. From a philosophical
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Why Not There is a huge argument in the United States on legalizing Marijuana. I will be discussing both sides of the argument against and for legalizing Marijuana. I think it is important to discuss both sides of legalizing marijuana, mostly because you need a variety of fact before you form your own opinion on legalizing Marijuana or to not legalize it. There are many good reason to legalize Marijuana; taxation, jobs, drug wars, , and crime rates dropping. When it comes to taxes it would help
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