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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The “Canadian Prostitution Laws” can be changed to require condoms‚ strict‚ regular health checks and HIV testing. One great example of decreasing HIV from legalizing prostitution is in Nevada. Since mandatory HIV tests began in 1986‚ no prostitute from a brothel has ever tested positive for HIV ("Legal Prostitution in Nevada". about.com.). This is good for customers because brothel owners can be held liable
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Legalizing Organ Trade One main argument that is in favour of legalizing organ trading is that such a move would help increase the supply for escalating organ demands. Although there has been much debate about allowing organ sales‚ some felt Singapore should set a precedent by taking the lead and legalized such a trade. This could help save desperate patients who are in need of an organ and had to suffer by going through a series of painful and long dialysis procedures every day. HOTA should not
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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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Legalize it I Abstract 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
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ethic. It remained a criminal offence for three-quarters of a century until‚ under pressure from Quebec to pay off its debts and raising money for the Montreal Summer Olympics‚ prime minister Pierre Trudeau legalized lotteries in 1969‚ as well as legalizing abortion‚ homosexuality and expanding gun control. Ontario’s government is hardly alone in its unabashed enthusiasm for gambling. From lotteries‚ to casinos‚ to electronic gaming machines at bars and restaurants‚ gambling now generates an astonishing
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Legalizing Marijuana in Uruguay In Uruguay there is a movement to legalize marijuana‚ and the Uruguayan government attempts to become the first government in the world to legally sell marijuana. Socially‚ the government wants to separate the traffickers from the users. Politically‚ this is a bold step by their President to take a different approach to and old problem. They feel economically that this program will increase revenue. By Uruguay trying to legalize marijuana they might improve the
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Every time marijuana is purchased on the black market‚ profits go toward fueling this violence. The violence emanating from the criminalization of marijuana is far more dangerous than the drug itself. While drug trafficking can never be eradicated‚ legalizing marijuana will eliminate a large part of the cartels market‚ and they would quickly lose their competitive advantage (Soros). Sixty years of criminalization have not reduced marijuana’s use so why should it be criminalized for another
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The War on Drugs and The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world. The word “marijuana”‚ referred to as “herbal cannabis” by the rest of the world‚ is the American term for dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis sativa plant (Caulkins 2012). The drug can be dated back to as far as 6000 B.C. when the plant’s seeds were used in China as food. It was used as a pain reliever and sedative in Napoleonic France (Spaulding and Fernandez). The flowers on
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INTRODUCTION: What is justice? This may seem like a simple question to answer but for many in today’s society it is not. Individuals throughout society have their own distinctive explanation of justice. It is a word in which‚ to every person‚ has a different meaning. Although "Justice" has a vast list of meanings‚ it can somewhat be defined. Loosely‚ it can be defined as “the principal of fairness and the ideal of moral equity.” In our world today they are many ways we have seen how justice work into our
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