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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Legalizing marijuana in America Illegal drug use is a huge part of American culture and one the most controversial of those drugs is marijuana; its technical name is Cannabis Sativa. But whether you call it cannabis‚ marijuana‚ pot‚ reefer‚ weed‚ bud‚ herb‚ Mary Jane‚ hemp‚ grass or wacky tabacci‚ it is still illegal in the United States. Actually‚ all over the world the deliberation rages about the harm or benefits that marijuana has to offer. Attempts to legalize it in the United States
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topics in today’s culture is whether or not medical marijuana and recreational marijuana should be legalized. There are plenty of studies and statistics listing reasons why marijuana should be legalized or why it should be illegal. Is legalizing marijuana going to make this country a better or a worse place? I believe that medical marijuana should be legal and recreational marijuana should be illegal. The reason I believe medical marijuana should be legalized is because it can offer real health
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For the past decade‚ the regulation and legalization of recreational marijuana has been a controversial topic in the United States‚ provoking numerous debates among politicians and policy makers. Marijuana‚ according to “Marijuana Legalization and Regulation”‚ has been legalized in five states that have changed their laws to allow small amounts of marijuana: Colorado‚ Washington‚ Oregon‚ Alaska‚ and Washington D.C. The legalization of the drug across all 50 states is becoming more popular than ever
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legalization of recreational marijuana in 2012‚ in the states of Washington and Colorado‚ the debate on whether the federal government of the United States of America should also legalize the use of recreational marijuana has grown. In 1996 the first state‚ California‚ legalized medical marijuana. In the years following‚ a total of 22 other states and one district has legalized marijuana with different restrictions ranging from the type of marijuana to the amount of marijuana. In 2012‚ the first states
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Running head: LEGALIZATION OF Legalization of Marijuana: A hot topic Tonie J. Moutra GEN 499 Dr. Curt Sobolewski November 26‚ 2012 The legalization of marijuana for recreational usage could may be a new trend in America but the Federal government will likely oppose usage through the end of time. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) stance is that marijuana is an illegal drug and that using this drug whether for medicinal or recreational purposes is illegal
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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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46 years. It seems that legalization nationwide is inevitable in the coming years. This essay with delve deep into cannabis country and explore the rich history of marijuana as well as it’s side effects‚ legal limitations‚ and it’s impact on American culture as a whole. For us to fully understand the origin and history of marijuana‚
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