Legalizing Marijuana Introduction I. (Attention Getter) The DEA’s Administrative Law Judge‚ Francis Young concluded: "In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example‚ eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison‚ it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death. Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana
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getting arrested for the possession of marijuana. Although I do not use it anymore‚ I strongly believe that it should be legalized throughout the nation and regulated by the U.S. government. There are many reasons why I believe it should be legalized. It would save the government billions of dollars for one‚ and if they tax it‚ it would make them even more money. The first and most basic reason is there is no good reason for it not to be legal. The effects of marijuana have been extremely obscured when
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Tin 1 Allison Tin Professor T Composition 1 17 April 2014 Medical Marijuana: Using It Vs Abusing it Recently‚ the effects of medical marijuana have been noted to be helpful in an abundance of ways to people with different terrible situations. For example‚ Charlotte Figi is a girl with very serious epilepsy. Weekly enduring hundreds of seizures made life truly miserable and torturous for Charlotte. She continued the severe seizures consistently despite the anti-seizure prescription drugs
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K. Vincent CTAC 124-019 October 28‚ 2014 Marijuana in Colorado I. Introduction A. Colorado has made history‚ being the first state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. And the results are more than anyone could have expected. B. The legalization of Marijuana in Colorado has affected the state as a whole. C. Main Points figure 1 1. Crime has dramatically gone down. 2. The economy has received a boost. 3. The effect of the legalization of marijuana on the number of users. II. Body A. Crime
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Topic: Legal Marijuana Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience how United States can benefit from marijuana if it can be legalized Thesis: The legalization of marijuana would help get the economy going again. Despite great efforts by the federal government against marijuana i. INTRODUCTION A. Is marijuana as bad as society makes it out to be? Since the 1930’s marijuana has been illegal in the United States. That being said it’s somehow America’s number one cash crop. Users of the drug
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Recreational Marijuana Legalization Marijuana legalization is a unique issue currently gaining momentum in America. Over 25 million Americans have used marijuana in the past year‚ 100 million have tried the drug at least once‚ and 14 million use regularly (“About Marijuana”). The growth‚ sale‚ possession‚ and consumption of marijuana for any reason are against federal law. Two states‚ Colorado and Washington‚ have legalized recreational marijuana use for adults over the age of 21‚ and sixteen additional
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Example/Comparison/Argumentative Inductive TREAT THE SYMPTOMS‚ NOT THE INJURY For centuries marijuana has been used by the top doctors of their time. And until recently‚ the past thirty years‚ the actual physical effects were unknown. Over the past three decades Science and Medicine have been researching what useful and healing effects this herb has‚ if any. Through my research I have found what I had only thought to be true. Marijuana does have great medicinal use. It is currently being used for an array of
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communication systems” THESIS STATEMENT: “Intake of marijuana‚ whether excessive or not‚ has different effects to the health of individuals that eventually affects the community as a whole” I. INTRODUCTION a. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY i. Definition ii. History 1. Laws of bills II. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION b. Interpretation of collected data iii. Reception of people towards marijuana 2. Positive perspective 3.
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Sara Davis E.10.3 10-3-13 Technology seems to be making a huge impact on our lives every day. The internet has everything you need to know and more. There’s search engines that can help you do your shopping‚ there’s games‚ there’s chat rooms and also recourses to help yourself out in schooling needs. However I do see how it has been taking over our world. In the story “Y2K CHATRM43” Adrein talks about how Joel spends way to much time on the computer and thinks it’s useless‚ however Joel sees
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Legalize Marijuana Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 December 17‚ 2012 Legalize Marijuana There are many opponents to the idea of legalizing marijuana though states such as California‚ Arizona and many other states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes (Barnes‚ 2000). So if marijuana has medicinal attributes then how does it also fit the unsafe category? So it is a drug that is medicinal but also harmful‚ is this not the case with almost every approved pharmaceutical
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