Legalizing Medical Marijuana What is green‚ currently illegal in the state of Florida‚ and could help not only with the economy‚ but also with many illnesses Florida residents suffer with today? Medical marijuana is the answer; in order for Florida to have an economically successful future filled with healthier Florida residents‚ medical marijuana needs to be legalized. Medical marijuana will help more than it will hurt‚ and legalizing this substance in the state of Florida will give us the changes
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discussed today is to legalize medical marijuana or to keep it illegal because of the high risks it poses. US Congress placed marijuana in schedule I of the Controlled Substance Act in 1972 because it was considered to have no use for medical purposes. Since then‚ 16 of the 50 states have legalized marijuana for medical use. Many studies state that marijuana can treat symptoms of cancer‚ pain‚ and many more serious illnesses. Opponents of medical marijuana argue that it lacks FDA approval. Researchers
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CON OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA The right to legalize marijuana has been around for a long time. As the years passed people have brought back the issue of legalizing marijuana. And for this reason is why people are taking action to oppose the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana should not be legalized. Marijuana should not be legalized because of its physical effects‚ financial problems‚ and government issues. First of all‚ marijuana should not be legalized because of the physical effects
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There are many reasons why marijuana should be legalized. Throughout this paper‚ evidence will be given to show how the positive outcomes of legalizing cannabis outweighs the negative. Not only does marijuana have many medicinal characteristics‚ but this plant would help the society overall. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance in the United States‚ and has created a multibillion dollar industry (Datwyler and Weiblen‚ 2006). The effects legalization of marijuana would have on the society
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are the benefits of legalizing marijuana for the citizens of the United States? Would legalizing marijuana bring improvements to the United States? In order to answer this question‚ some background knowledge is needed to discuss the plant. Marijuana is a plant that is grown naturally and is used for multiple reasons. There are many myths that surround this plant that cause it to be illegal in most states. Those who oppose the legalization don’t realize that legalizing marijuana can bring many benefits
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Legalizing Marijuana in New Zealand Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis. Illegal in most countries including New Zealand‚ but should it be? There are many facts supporting the legalization of cannabis in New Zealand but also many that don’t support it. Supporting Statement Firstly think about this‚ Tobacco and alcohol kill many many people every year‚ approximately 435‚000 for Tobacco and 85‚000 for Alcohol. How many people does marijuana kill you ask‚ well the answer is 0‚ in all of its history
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The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana Latrease Brown March 14‚ 2011 In society today‚ many people look for a feeling of freedom. Many people go on vacation and spend money. The most common gateway for people is drugs. Our American society is facing a tremendous drug problem. It has become a highly controversial issue whether drugs such as marijuana should be legalized or not. Some people advocate this issue and believe that legalization is the only solution left for the nation while others
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is a BYU-Idaho student majoring in social work talks about controversial topic on the legalization of marijuana. He focuses in on few core topics that heavily impact individual’s views on this topic. The one fiery debate that he goes into how it’s surfaced again is the prohibition of marijuana‚ then he fires into the effects on the body mentally and physically. Then dives into the medical marijuana benefits‚ the effects on our society‚ and goes right into the impact on our economy with taxes and prison
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has been a controversy over the ethics of legalizing marijuana and other cannabis products. Recently‚ there has been a surge of anecdotal evidence in social media and the news‚ which demonstrate the efficacy of marijuana in treating certain medical conditions such as epilepsy and anxiety as well as combating nausea and appetite suppression in chemotherapy patients. Furthermore‚ with the epidemic of heroin overdoses‚ the prescription of medical marijuana as an alternative to addictive narcotics for
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Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Tamika Deebs Broward College Abstract This paper will discuss Legalization of Marijuana for Recreational use. I will have several arguments which will include the negative and positive effects of the use recreational of marijuana. Also how the government would benefit from taxing recreation marijuana. I will compare the use of marijuana to the use of tobacco. I also plan on arguing how regulating marijuana will generate revenue
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