Legalizing Marijuana
Annotated Bibliography
Armentano, Paul E., “US Policy on Drugs”, NORML Directory, May 4th 2008 http://www.legalizationofmarijuana.com/ This web site contains some useful material about how much money and effort the United states government has been spending lately on arresting people possessing marijuana. It gives true information and numbers about the money spent and how many people have been arrested in the past few years. However it does not show legit reasons on why marijuana should be legalized. The author bases himself on the fact that people who smoke marijuana are also pay their taxes and love their children, therefore, not showing reliable evidence on why marijuana should be legalized.
Jacobs, Edward A., “Impact of legalizing Marijuana”, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, 113.6, June 2004, p 1825.
If marijuana becomes legal, the United States would change as a country. Particular areas like medical and economical would change drastically and that could possible drag us out of this crisis. We would also get rid of problems like prison’s rooms, money and effort spent on busting
weed deals, money spending on expensive drugs which would have the same effect on patients as weed does among others. It would probably increase the consumption of it, however the government could find a way to restrict the commerce only for people with a prescription and only an X amount of weed sold in an X amount of days. It would definitely be a step forward on putting this country back where it was a few years ago.
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm
Klein, Joe., “Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense”, CNN Online, TIME Section, April 16th 2009.
According to this article, the government should legalize marijuana because it would be a big source of money for the country and that’s what it needs right now since we are in the middle of a crisis. The author points out how this topic has became more and more common in the White House
Armentano, Paul E., “US Policy on Drugs”, NORML Directory, May 4th 2008 http://www.legalizationofmarijuana.com/ This web site contains some useful material about how much money and effort the United states government has been spending lately on arresting people possessing marijuana. It gives true information and numbers about the money spent and how many people have been arrested in the past few years. However it does not show legit reasons on why marijuana should be legalized. The author bases himself on the fact that people who smoke marijuana are also pay their taxes and love their children, therefore, not showing reliable evidence on why marijuana should be legalized.
Jacobs, Edward A., “Impact of legalizing Marijuana”, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, 113.6, June 2004, p 1825.
If marijuana becomes legal, the United States would change as a country. Particular areas like medical and economical would change drastically and that could possible drag us out of this crisis. We would also get rid of problems like prison’s rooms, money and effort spent on busting
weed deals, money spending on expensive drugs which would have the same effect on patients as weed does among others. It would probably increase the consumption of it, however the government could find a way to restrict the commerce only for people with a prescription and only an X amount of weed sold in an X amount of days. It would definitely be a step forward on putting this country back where it was a few years ago.
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm
Klein, Joe., “Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense”, CNN Online, TIME Section, April 16th 2009.
According to this article, the government should legalize marijuana because it would be a big source of money for the country and that’s what it needs right now since we are in the middle of a crisis. The author points out how this topic has became more and more common in the White House
Bibliography: Waler, John P., “Don’t legalize Marijuana”, Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, 7/19/2002, Vol. 240 Issue 14, pA10-A10, 1p; (AN 7022450) Marijuana should definitely not be legalized