Legalization of Marijuana in the United States Imagine that someone makes a small decision that will affect the rest of his or her life. What if that small decision was to smoke marijuana for the first time? Maybe he or she never thought that someone could get addicted to marijuana‚ or maybe he or she simply had no idea that marijuana could have so many negative affects on daily life. That small decision‚ regardless‚ will leave that person’s life headed down the wrong path. As crazy as it sounds
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Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope making. "The flowers contain psychoactive and physiologically active chemical compounds known as cannabinoids that are consumed for recreational‚ medicinal‚ and spiritual purposes".1 Marijuana is frowned upon as a controlled substance and therefore it is considered not safe but there is not been a proven test stating otherwise
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The Legalization of Marijuana Many years ago the average person did not think of marijuana as a harmful drug‚ but as a useful substance. The fiber of hemp is used for medicine‚ paper‚ fuel‚ and food. George Washington‚ the first President of the Unites States of America‚ even encouraged people to sow the Indian hemp seed everywhere. Marijuana was not prohibited in the United States until 1937 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Today‚ many American citizens want this
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Legalization of Marijuana Legalization of marijuana means the government would educate‚ regulate‚ tax‚ and control the estimated $400 billion a year drug industry (Gerdes 50). It does not mean that the federal government would allow marijuana to grow like grass does now‚ as thought by so many people. As of today‚ many people around the world smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes. The drug not only benefits the sick‚ but it would also help the United States debt‚ lead to a decreased rate in
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Should We Legalize Marijuana? The plant Cannabis Sativa‚ a plant that has taken the spotlight of the world‚ it is a plant that has angered‚ confused‚ obsessed‚ and even mesmerized many people throughout history and today. This plant is otherwise known as Marijuana. Abraham Lincoln said‚ "Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason‚ in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation‚ and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles
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Strayer University | The legalization of marijuana | English 215 | Bateney Avril Cassandra Dettman7/25/2011 | Fifty years from now‚ the United States (U.S.) population started to know some new drugs like marijuana‚ amphetamines‚ and psychedelics. So the drug started to explode and the U.S. Government needs to find an effective way to solve the problems. In 1973‚ the U.S. created the Drug Enforcement
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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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Period 12/18/12 Legalization of Marijuana: Argumentative Essay Cannabis Sativa‚ or otherwise known as Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug consisting of dried leaves of the hemp plant and is smoked or chewed for euphoric affects. Currently in the U.S.‚ approximately 5 million Americans use marijuana daily. 18 states now allow marijuana to be used medicinally and as of November 2012 both Colorado and Washington permit marijuana for medicinal and recreational use. With the number of
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Sam Miller Instructor Logan Soc. 3003 17 October 2011 Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of drugs in the U.S has been a very examined issue in the past century. Within the past decade‚ marijuana has become decriminalized in 12 states. Although there are negative consequences that would come along with the legalization of marijuana‚ there are also positives. The main focus here will be on the positives because that’s what my beliefs correlate with. According to Erich Goode
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The Case for Marijuana Legalization The legalization of marijuana has been a very controversial case for decades‚ with strong arguments on either side. For most of the 20th century and beyond‚ it has been illegal in the United States and other countries‚ turning its sale and usage into a vast underground market that has gone untapped by any professional outlet. Some say that it is a harmful‚ addictive drug that leads to health detriments down the line for those who use it. However‚ there
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