Connor Biro - 2577567 English 102 Price 4/5/13 Why Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized in the U.S. “Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the most therapeutically active substances known to man” (qtd. in Rosenthal and Kubby 49). The DEA’s Administrative Law Judge‚ Francis L. Young‚ stated this in the matter of Marijuana Medical Rescheduling Petition‚ in 1988 when attempting to list marijuana as a Schedule II drug (Keene 93). Marijuana‚ or “weed‚” is made from the leaves and flowers of the
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There is absolutely no legitimate reason as to why “weed” should be legalized. As The United States of America has evolved‚ the legalization of marijuana has been a heated debate topic. Truly‚ there is no reason as to why any citizen needs the legalization of this drug. It is said that marijuana has medical benefits‚ but according to ‘The Business Insider’‚ only 6% of studies on marijuana have analyzed its so called “medical benefits.” Marijuana’s most influential uses are not in medicine‚ but for
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English 1 18 March 2014 Should we legalize Marijuana? In the United States‚ there’re twenty states that legalized Marijuana. Among the states that have legalized it‚ Colorado have demonstrated that the legalization have became beneficial. The legalization had brought huge economic profits‚ decreased criminal rates‚ and etc. Because of these positive consequences from the legalization‚ I suggest the whole U.S. region should legalize marijuana. First‚ the United States should have a consistent drug
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of marijuana‚ what comes to mind? K-9 units‚ police raids‚ FBI drug busts‚ criminal charges‚ DEA investigations‚ and jail time all come to my mind. All of these things that help keep marijuana illegal cost the country‚ the government‚ and the taxpayers massive amounts of money every year. The real question is why? Why do we try so hard and spend so much money suppressing a substance that is shown to benefit people for both recreational and medical uses. The negative side effects of marijuana and
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This article "should drugs be legalized"‚ which is written by William Benett‚ argues about the legalization of drugs. According to the article drug should not be legalized because they have very harmful mental and physical affects on human beings. After reading this article I had a positive reaction towards it‚ thus I have the same opinion on the legalization of drug as this article. Drugs have been the most critical problem in the U.S for many years. A majority of American population thinks that
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Marijuana Should Be Legal Marijuana is one of the most used drugs in world‚ and lot of people like it but they ask himself why it’s illegal. marijuana doesn’t kill people that consume it‚ People freedom to use marijuana. The first and simplest reason that marijuana got to be legal is that there is no sensible reason for it to not be legal. Some people raise ’why got to marijuana be legalized?" but we have a tendency to tend to got to raise "Why ought to marijuana be illegal?"
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attention from young adults is the legalization of marijuana. Seventy-five percent of our country has permitted marijuana‚ whether recreational or medical‚ and five more states were on the ballot this year. But the larger picture
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Head: SHOULD DRUGS BE LEGALIZED Comp II Drugs: Should Their Sale and Use Be Legalized Arnold Heningburg Palm Beach Atlantic University Instructor: Heather Patton Drugs: Should Their Sale and Use Be Legalized? In the last 50 plus years‚ the support of legalization of drugs has been a very hotly argued topic in the United States society and the world. Many believe that "street drugs" should be legal and everyone should have
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My position on this issue is that street drugs should not be legalized My main reasons for this conclusion are: Premise 1: They have no beneficial purpose Premise 2: It would affect the lives of kids even more Premise 3: This would endanger the lives of others even more Most street drugs have no beneficial purposes. There are not any street drugs that I can think of besides marijuana that can be used for medical purposes. The benefits of most street drugs are that they get you high‚ knock
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issues‚ that there should be a more thorough process to obtain guns and/or restrictions on the types of firearms that citizens can possess. The recent Oregon shooting has rekindled the debate of gun control‚ many advocates of both sides of the issue have recently started making statements. Some suggest that gun control should not be expanded because it encroaches on the rights of the people‚ and also that gun control will not fix the violent crimes that occur‚ while what should really happen is there
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