2013 Week 9 Research Paper “Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science‚ and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for] medical marijuana is the most hideous example of government interference in the private lives of individuals. It’s an outrage within an outrage within an outrage”. Peter McWilliams Author and Advocate for Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana has found its place once again as
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Marijuana vs. Alcohol. Why is it still illegal ? “In any civilized society‚ it is every citizen’s responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time‚ it is every citizens responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” -Martin Luther King Jr. The topic of legalizing marijuana is a very conversational issue in American politics today. Marijuana is a very popular drug that many people have used. Over 98 million people over the age of 12 in the United States have smoked marijuana. It is known
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Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana? Marijuana is a commonly used term referring to the cannabis plant. There are three species of cannabis: cannabis sativa‚ cannabis indica‚ and cannabis ruderalis. Holland is the first country to legalize marijuana‚ the research show that the level of drug abuse in this country is very low. Moreover‚ recently a lot of new information about the effects of using cannabis was revealed and marijuana related dangers proved to be minimal. Marijuana has been used for
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David Beckam Dropbox 4 Business Ethics A Utilitarian Argument in the Ford Pinto Case In 1971 Ford Motor Company decided they wanted to create a compact car that could compete with the other Japanese manufactured cars. It rushed from its inception to its actual production. In the end‚ these cars proved to be one of the most dangerous ever produced because of their extreme flammability in instance of rear impact collision. The decision by Ford to not recall any of its cars‚ and not fix
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as an effective medicine and has other positive potential. In this article I will explain how legalizing pot could better the economy and result in a lot of constructive influence. Drug arrests would decrease and prisons would have more room for actual dangerous people. In the U.S. today‚ a marijuana arrest happens every 45 seconds and in 2015 over three-quarter of a million arrests were made. If marijuana became legal‚ drug-related arrests would decelerate vastly‚ resulting in more jail room and
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Marijuana is a popular and universal drug. It is easily accessible to most people and is the number one illicit drug used in North America. Although the availability and knowledge of this drug is fairly equal for all people in North America‚ marijuana tends to be more prevalent in teenagers and young adults. Maisto‚ Galizio‚ and Conners (2004) reported that "use of marijuana [in young people] was 8.0% among those aged 12-17; 16% among those aged 18-25‚" as compared to "6.8% among those aged 26-34;
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Marijuana in Today ’s World While doing a bit of research‚ I stumbled upon something that I found quite fascinating. Marijuana‚ America ’s favorite and most widely-used illicit drug‚ is being tested in studies to treat sick patients with symptoms of nausea‚ pain‚ muscle spasms‚ glaucoma‚ vomiting associated with chemotherapy‚ and weight loss associated with AIDS. Marijuana‚ also known as weed‚ mary-jane‚ dope‚ or reefer‚ is not only currently being used and tested for medicinal purposes‚ but is
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Legalization of marijuana Morals and politics are what make up the structure of this country‚ so when an issue receives mixed responses coming from two different points of views it becomes contraversial. The legalization of marijuana is a controversial subject; however‚ there are many positive arguments to support the idea. First of all‚ it is very expensive to keep marijuana illegal. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ marijuana has also proven to contain positive medicinal
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Utilitarian Theory and Human Rights Utilitarianism can be defined as a moral theory by which the public welfare of a community is dependent on the “sum welfare of individuals‚ which is measured in units of pleasure and/or pain”‚ requiring governments to make decisions based on the “largest sum of pleasure” (Postema‚ 2006). However Bentham argued that "every individual in the country tells for one‚ no individual for more than one"‚ meaning that the weight of an individual’s happiness should always
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INTRODUCTION OF MARIJUANA INTO THE UNITED STATES The use of marijuana has been an active past time for thousands of years‚ however‚ it did not reach the United States until around 1912. A wave of Mexican immigrants was entering the country in the effort to find work; with them came marijuana. The use of marijuana was a normal custom among the Mexican people‚ but the White Americans in towns bordering Mexico saw the use of this particular plant in a different light. Fueled with racism and
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