Ontario admitted smoking cannabis at some time in their lives, compared with 13% in 1993. We should try to make cannabis illegal so our kids would not get addictive experts report that marijuana is 50% more cancer causing then ordinary cigarettes. Why to have cannabis legal? The percentage of students using marijuana is the same percentage as students using cigarettes, about 20 percent, and alcohol is over 60 percent, why not then make alcohol and tobacco illegal to, because they are as dangerous
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paper I will evaluate America's War on Drugs. More specifically, I will outline our nation's general drug history and look critically at how Congress has influenced our current ineffective drug policy. Through this analysis I hope to show that drug prohibition policies in the United States, for the most part, have failed. Additionally, I will highlight and evaluate the influences acting on individual legislators' decisions to continue support for these ineffective policies as a more general demonstration
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DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA ******* English 112 ********** April 18, 2012 Presently, Marijuana is illegal in the United States due to the racially motivated Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. This law was proposed by Harry J. Anslinger the acting commissioner of Federal Bureau of Narcotics. In his testimony to Congress he stated, "There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This
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million people have been arrested for marijuana related crimes, Thats more than the entire population of Alaska. Credibility: As a non-marijuana smoker I still feel, from past experiences and research, that the legalization of marijuana is very important. Preview: Since the year 1970 we have been wasting tax payers money, as well as law enforcements time and effort to fight something that has the potential to help so many. Body Problem Marijuana, also known as Cannabis, comes from the plant
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jump in both the size and presence of federal drug control agencies. It would evolve into several new legislations such as mandatory sentencing, no-knock warrants, and random frisks. There was even a point in the early days of this drug prohibition that marijuana was placed in the Schedule One category, which is the most restrictive of all drug categories. Although the United States only accounts for about five percent of the global population it currently holds about a quarter of the worlds incarcerated
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classifications for legal and illegal drugs are quite unbalanced. Marijuana is currently an illegal drug. Its primary contents are the cannabis plant and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Along with cocaine and heroin, marijuana is classified as a Type 1 drug, meaning that its use can result in maximum penalties in state or federal prison. Currently, the only states with legal authorization to medically administer the drug are California and Arizona. Marijuana use should be legalized in all states because the reason
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America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately, it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts, hospitals, and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected, abused, and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers. The United States has been engaged in
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Marijuana A common stereotype of those who use marijuana are often classified as bums, unintelligent, and drug addicts. This claim is absurd as according to the National Orginaztion for the Refom of Marijuana Laws, marijuana is the third most popular drug in America as it frequently used recreationally (NORML). While those who oppose the legalization of marijuana there are those who actually need it, and support that it should be legal. By taking action, marijuana can be decriminalized and proven
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Marijuana has spawned its share of monsters; none, more fearsome than those who uphold existing criminal codes against the utility of a single plant bearing twin blessings: industrial hemp and cannabis. The former, a seed and plant stalk, may revolutionize how clothing and textiles are manufactured and sold for profit while sustaining the world's ever-fragile ecosystems. The medicinal and social capabilities of the latter may ameliorate illness and quell tendencies for violence among those choosing
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Medical Marijuana If a substance can make someone who is ill feel better, why keep it from him or her? On the surface this sounds right. People who advocate making marijuana legal for medical purposes take this approach. What could it hurt? A closer look reveals that marijuana should not be legalized for medical use, because young people are given mixed signals about drugs, other drugs can be used that are easier to regulate, and there are more harmful side effects. Marijuana is one of the
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