... 1). Ecstasy was legal until 1985. In 1985, MDMA/Ecstasy received massive media attention when a group of people sued the United States Drug Enforcement Agency to try to prevent them from outlawing the drug by placing it on Schedule I (Narconan 2). The Drug Enforcement Agency utilized a law, recently passed in Congress, to put an emergency ban on MDMA while the hearing and deliberation occurred. After ... the hearing Judge Young, the residing judge, suggested the Drug Enforcement Agency place MDMA under Schedule III. Schedule III means: less potential for abuse the level I or II : is a cu...

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... legalization of marijuana would greatly reduce drug violence in cities and reduce spending by law enforcement, as well as helping the American economy. Many United States citizens who were once adamantly opposed to legalizing marijuana pessimistic are beginning to see the probable benefits of changing these laws. A study conducted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy indicates "perception of ... million registered patients in the United States.(Green) Marijuana legalization would bring many benefits to the United States and its residents. Law enforcement costs would be greatly r...

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... it on a regular basis. Based upon these figures, our government's spending nine billion dollars a year to enforce marijuana laws is a waste. ("Prohibition"). This amount includes money spent for law enforcement, as well as the cost of housing those arrested and jailed. Judge Richard Posner, Senior U.S. Appeals Court Judge, agrees. He has argued that "it is nonsense that we should be ... devoting so many law enforcement resources to marijuana" ("Senior"). Many people feel that the government's efforts in drug control should be directed at those drugs that are addictive such as heroin and...

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... , but really should be given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of drug use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on enforcement, and will therefore increase our countries revenue and lessen drug related crimes. There are rarely any deaths caused by the smoking of marijuana, however cigarettes, which are ... legal, cause millions of deaths per year. Alcohol, another legal drug, also causes millions of deaths per year, either from overdosing or driving ... . Marijuana is also said to help relie...

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... allows them to eat when their body still tells them "no". III. How much do we spend a year in Drug enforcement? According to the DEA, the national government spends around $30 billion dollars annually. The current drug-war strategy is; 75% for "interaction" and enforcement, 15% for education and prevention, 10% for treatment. Propositional Statement: Outlawing marijuana is a severe problem in the ... cost so much. 1. Imprisoning 458,000 people costs our government $9 billion annually. 2. $10 billion a year in prosecutions 3. $10 billion a year in local and federal law enforcement 4. $19 ...

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... allows them to eat when their body still tells them "no". III. How much do we spend a year in Drug enforcement? According to the DEA, the national government spends around $30 billion dollars annually. The current drug-war strategy is; 75% for "interaction" and enforcement, 15% for education and prevention, 10% for treatment. Propositional Statement: Outlawing marijuana is a severe problem in the ... cost so much. 1. Imprisoning 458,000 people costs our government $9 billion annually. 2. $10 billion a year in prosecutions 3. $10 billion a year in local and federal law enforcement 4. $19 ...

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... lead to a sharp increase in its use, but it might be worthwhile because it would reduce the amounts of money spent on government enforcement of current laws, if taxed, it could increase our country's revenue. The government could then focus on cracking down on the harder drugs ... not physically addictive, and in fact many users experience a reverse tolerance, this is where after long-term use smaller amounts of the drug eventually produce the same high.12 Some psychological dependence is possible. Studies have found that the psychological dependency is less than sugar or chocolate ... ...

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... abuse of alcohol. In 1993, the Rand corporation did a study of U.S. states that had somewhat decriminalized marijuana use; in these states, hard drug use decreased. Over the years, many judges have approved of marijuana legalization. In 1988, 5,0000 pages of information were given to judge Francis Young ... legalize it. Judge Whitman Knapp said that: "After twenty years on the bench, I have concluded that federal drug laws are a disaster. It is time to get the government out of drug enforcement." The first and most basic reason that marijuana should be legal is that there is no good reas...

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... marijuana, which is very effective in treating this and many other serious conditions that I will discuss later. Through extensive, very thorough research I have learned why people view it as a gateway drug, and I will prove that marijuana decriminalization would not lead to an increase in use by our nations adolescents. Body: I. One of the main arguments stopping the decriminalization of marijuana is ... been decriminalized; regulating the marijuana would separate marijuana from cocaine, heroin, crack, and other hard drugs. II. There have been federally funded researchers who have been...

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... including; a control of the marijuana substance; a decrease of usage of both legal and illegal drugs; and an increase in tax revenues, along with a decrease in government spending on drug enforcement and crime. Although many may view marijuana as a negative effect on society, as clearly demonstrated through the selling of marijuana in The Netherlands, the legalization can ultimately help a nation move ... Discussion), where "$400 million is spent on cannabis related offences" (Frank Discussion). Through the legalization of marijuana, the Canadian government will not only see a smaller ne...

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... lethality is on the order of one to two thousand cigarettes." Over 1,000 people in the U.S.A. die every year from our most common non-prescription drug: aspirin. Since the times of Ancient Egypt and China, marijuana has been used as a medicine. Not one case has been reported of a strictly ... safer than many foods we commonly consume." (DEA Judge Francis Young, pg. 2) Furthermore, a lot of money that is spent on drug enforcement and building prisons for offenders. Also, if marijuana was legal, a tax similar to the one placed upon alcohol after its prohibition ended ... .nas.edu). The Ac...

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... , National Lymphoma Foundation arguing that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Many anti marijuana agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and police department argue that marijuana shouldn't be legalized because there is no hard core evidence that proves that marijuana has medical value ... continue to use marijuana because it is not that hard to possess it and for some it is common to use it. Marijuana is a drug that is derived from the dried and cut leaves of the hemp plant known as "cannabis sativa". The main active chemical is THC(delta ... ...

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... of medical, industrial, and restricted recreational use. When marijuana was banned in 1937, one of the main arguing points for its illegality was "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind. Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white ... all new businesses there are new jobs. All of these new jobs would lower the unemployment rate and create even more tax money for the government. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies mar...

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... other criminal behaviors (Rosenthal and Kubby 27). A perfect example of this can be seen in the 2001 movie "Blow", which stars Johnny Depp who plays a drug dealer (marijuana) who was caught and sentence to prison where he learns to traffic cocaine. "I came here (jail) with a bachelor in marijuana, and left ... marijuana laws. Today, "according to the United States Department of Justice, Federal, State, and local government currently spends over $20 billion per year on drug enforcement (Cussen and Block, par.25). If that money was only used for education, there would be more schools and...

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... substance should be legalized or not. Legalizing marijuana would benefit the country as a whole. Millions of tax dollars go into the drug war each year. Law enforcement officers risk their lives everyday in order to apprehend the countries" many marijuana dealers. Marijuana is a perfect example of market failure ... leading to the potential oligopoly's reign of marijuana are predatory pricing and the existence of cartels. Although illegal, predatory pricing could occur if the drug is legalized. For instance, if a seller of marijuana lowers their price far below that of any competitor, the...

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Marijuana: The many uses. Marijuana a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the cannabis sativa. Smoked by rolling in tobacco paper or placing in a pipe. It is consumed worldwide by an estimated 200,000,000 ... the user, has two parts. The first deals with physical injury and the second with spiritual health. The main physical threat to society is that users under the influence of a drug with crash a car or airplane, or lose control in some way and do harm. People who have recently smoked marijuana do show signs of clumsiness and forgetfulness. They should not ... point of sale. Th...

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... is incredibly expensive to keep marijuana illegal. Since marijuana is illegal the government has to spend money for the cost of the active law enforcement, prosecution of accused offenders, incarceration of convicted offenders, and the cost of anti-drug education and propaganda. Also hundreds of million dollars in tax revenue would be generated if marijuana was illegal and taxed, the cost of ... worried about being "busted." They must protect themselves because they can't rely on the police for protection so they arm themselves, and violence becomes an issue. Controlled distribution of ...

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... Hemp And Marijuana Hemp; has there ever been a plant so burdened with confusion and controversy? Why such confusion? The answer is, quite simply, Marijuana. To this day the United States drug enforcement agencies continue to call the hemp plant marijuana without any mention of the botanical distinctions between the two. The connotations of the word "marijuana" and the word "hemp" have placed ... ...

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