... be legalized is a highly controversial issue in the United States, and will likely continue to be so for many years to come. Scientifically known as Cannabis Sativa, marijuana is a hemp plant (Marijuana). There have been more than 5,000 years of recorded history of use but the earliest known use was in China and Central Asia around 3000 B.C. In North America, Native Americans ... have been documented, and it is unlikely that any will be" (Gottfried). Many drug war institutions have hidden the true knowledge about the plant, including the benefits of using marijuana. With teens knowing m...

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... positive economical and social outcome. Before the initiatives and laws are passed the people of Nevada need to know what they are getting in to. Marijuana is a serious issue across the world and governments need to do whatever is best and necessary for their citizens. Nevada is headed down the ... and other felonies. Section 38 of Article 4 of the constitution of Nevada states that "The use or possession of three ounces or less of marijuana by a person who has attained the age of 21 years is not cause for arrest, civil or criminal penalty, or seizure or forfeiture of ... assets". In th...

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... "political world" we use "liberty" more often than those who try to exercise our liberalism. I am at liberty (freedom) to voice decriminalization of marijuana, as well as my fellow pot smoking Americans. We would like full use of our liberalism without conditions. Therefore I step ahead of the rest and ... . The executive branch would contribute towards the legalization not only because of pay raise, but because they get to put all the regulations on marijuana use, marijuana plantations; such as how it's grown, how much is grown, and who gets to be licensed to plant, grow, and process it...

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... put into pipes or formed into cigarettes for smoking"(Encyclopedia Britannica). The intoxicating chemical in pot is THC or Tetrahydrocannabinal. The use of marijuana has been practiced for thousands of years. Numerous different cultures have had their own different uses for the drug. Snyder explains, "Marihuana ... in smoke to your body it is causing your lungs to deteriorate. In the article "Facts Parents Need to Know About Marijuana" the author explains, "Marijuana users may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers have, such as chronic bronchitis and inflamed ...

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... body weight. B. Patients suffering from cancer 1. 1 in 3 patience discontinue chemo despite a 50% chance of improvement because they cannot handle the side-effects of the treatments. 2. Marijuana is often the only way to help counteract vomiting and nausea associated with chemotherapy. C. Patients suffering from glaucoma 1. According to the New England Eye Center, over 3 million Americans currently ... suffer from glaucoma. 2. Doctors and researchers report that marijuana is effective in lowering internal eye pressure associated with glaucoma. Thus reducing the threat of blindness. D. M...

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... body weight. B. Patients suffering from cancer 1. 1 in 3 patience discontinue chemo despite a 50% chance of improvement because they cannot handle the side-effects of the treatments. 2. Marijuana is often the only way to help counteract vomiting and nausea associated with chemotherapy. C. Patients suffering from glaucoma 1. According to the New England Eye Center, over 3 million Americans currently ... suffer from glaucoma. 2. Doctors and researchers report that marijuana is effective in lowering internal eye pressure associated with glaucoma. Thus reducing the threat of blindness. D. M...

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... . An age requirement of twenty-one would be put on those who wish to purchase marijuana. There would be a limit on how much marijuana a single person could have concealed on him/her at one time. If marijuana were legalized the government could then heavily tax the sale of marijuana and use the extra money to improve drug rehabilitation programs for people who have uncontrollable ... their own choices. It would be like signing a peace treaty in the war against drugs. People who are against the legalization of marijuana believe the war on drugs is a never-ending campaign. They seem to thin...

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... the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use. There has been a lot of controversy lately deciding whether or not we should make marijuana legal again in the United States. The opposing side declares that it should stay illegal because it alters the mind and is just as bad as ... market including the medication used to help cure or decrease the pain people go through which have these certain diseases. If we legalized marijuana, the crime rate in the United States would decrease at a relatively fast pace. One of the reasons why it would decrease would be ... with dr...

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... All of the dealers would be put out of business. Most of the dealers have double income because their profit is created by trafficking marijuana plus most of the dealers receive a welfare check. The welfare check, alone is not enough to support their lifestyle. This would require ... would show up once again. Also, by having the dealers in a workplace environment and off the street, violent crimes most importantly would decline. When marijuana is legalized I feel that there needs to be strict regulation on it such as with alcohol and tobacco. It would be taxed just as alcohol, ... it us...

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... state, because there are many people for it and there are many people who are against it. The problem is what has occurred and how marijuana has affected people in our state since the legalization has occurred and what the future outcomes look to be such as it becoming to much for ... schools, which goes to the schools across Colorado and buildings which are deteriorating. Most people say there is no turning back because the rise of legal marijuana on its way which is hard to believe considering how much it already is such a big part of peoples' every day lives and a huge part ... also m...

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... now. Some people believe it would be a good idea while others are completely against it. In this paper I will tell you the pros and cons to legalizing marijuana and why I believe it would be a good idea. Just to set the record straight, I am not a user of this drug, but I feel strongly for ... appetite, and lets these people eat, which in the end will make them stronger and help them to try and recover from this awful sickness. Marijuana has been proven to relax your muscles and used to stop the spasms caused by multiple sclerosis. There are also some reasons to legalize this drug ... b...

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... serious problems in society: accidents, lost productivity on the job, and wrecked families." Some say that legalizing marijuana will make things worse, and others say these things are only happening because marijuana is illegal. Marijuana actually is less impairing on you perception than alcohol. A study by the British Transport researchers says that ... cannabis combine to affect driving behavior suggests that someone who has taken both may drive less recklessly than a person who is simply drunk." If marijuana were legal we would be cutting back on crime. We would do this because by maki...

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... sclerosis, paraplegia, quadriplegia, AIDS, chronic pain, migraines, purities, menstrual cramps and labor pains, depression and other disorders. For people with cancer, marijuana can even be life saving. This is because through chemotherapy, many patience experience loss of appetite and extreme vomiting to the point of where there ... people more concerned with peace than with the war in Vietnam. The government thought that this was due to the "horrible" side affects of marijuana, which left people in a dazed state, not knowing what they were really talking about (Cantil 78). So, the go...

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... have hemp growing in their fields, they were fined because of its many uses and invaluableness of hemp. It produced paper, clothing, rope, and was used marijuana was used to treat almost every ailment. The first president of the United States, George Washington, was an early hemp farmer. He kept notes in a ... or disease. How do you think the people with massive migraines or depression felt when they got denied over and over again of their treatment? Marijuana has been a wide spread drug across our country since mainly the late 60's and lately even more people are using it. According to ...

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... it will keep using it., and although there may be an initial increase in it's use, the number of people using it will gradually decrease as people get used to Marijuana and it becomes an every day thing. For instance, during prohibition people were still illegally using alcohol, and after prohibition its use increased, but gradually decreased and fit into every ... 's revenue. These solutions would have almost immediate positive effects on our country, and would positively impact it like nothing else seen for decades. The benefits of legalizing Marijuana are pure and simple. Making Marij...

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... remember her telling me that if the cancer didn't kill her, the treatments would. All this changed when we started providing her with some marijuana after her chemo treatments. Her appetite improved, she was not nauseous and her pain was reduced so much that the overall quality of life improved ... company just a few months longer. Meanwhile, the black market would disappear overnight. Some arrangement would be made to license the production of marijuana cigarettes. Thousands of dealers would be put out of business, and a secret part of the economy would come into the open. It ... inc...

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... and it will increase our country's revenue. There are also many benefits that can be uncovered to help people if legalization of marijuana is given a chance. Legalizing marijuana would increase our economy's revenue. During Prohibition alcohol use was still sold and used, but people were doing it illegally. ... drug users in Trenton alone" (Long 128). All of this money could be used on better things. By lifting the ban on marijuana use and treating it like other drugs such as tobacco and alcohol, the nation would gain immediate and long-term benefits. This change ... income taxes.. Se...

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... its' fullest. Sure, the government is also supposed to protect us from ourselves, but if tobacco and alcohol are legal, why isn't marijuana? Many of the most harmful ingredients of marijuana could be eliminated if refer was legalized. Since "marijuana is not regulated, there are no safeguards against contamination by pesticides, herbicides, and other toxic chemicals. In this sense, it is actually the ... illegal that causes the health danger."(http://lightning.prohosting.com/~mlo/htm) If an individual wants to smoke cigarettes they can. Is, or rather, should marijuana be any different? ...

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... I have taken that position based on some of the so-called "proven" studies Mr. Yates describes. Yates explains many issues dealing with marijuana. First he explains how the uses can be helpful to some then he goes and talks about how some people support and oppose the ... policies of legalization and finally he describes the harsh penalties of people who have marijuana right now when it's considered illegal. One of the strong arguments about legalization Yates uses is the whole belief of how the drug can help ... the THC did in fact kill the virus. Then the article displays another equ...

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... children of America a message of death. Do we want our children to die? Of course not therefore we should not legalize marijuana. Marijuana is associated with the "gateway theory". Any person who uses marijuana will eventually move on to bigger and harder drugs. After awhile of steady use, the user does not get the same ... " as he may have the first time he used the devils candy. As a result he starts to lace his marijuana with opium, which is unrefined heroine! Marijuana users become heroine addicts. That is why marijuana is illegal. We stop them why they are low on the chain. It doesn...

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... and it will increase our country's revenue. There are also many benefits that can be uncovered to help people if legalization of marijuana is given a chance. Legalizing marijuana would increase our economy's revenue. During Prohibition alcohol use was still sold and used, but people were doing it illegally. ... drug users in Trenton alone" (Long 128). All of this money could be used on better things. By lifting the ban on marijuana use and treating it like other drugs such as tobacco and alcohol, the nation would gain immediate and long-term benefits. This change ... income taxes.. Se...

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... lawyers, and handeling court cases. Prosecuters would also lose money because they would not have as many people to prosecute. If the government would legalize marijuana for personal uses, I think that the crime rates in the U.S would decrease. People would not be dieing over shady drug deals and prisons would ... not be as crowded as they currently are. Many people are sent to prison for marijuana possesion and become more educated criminals rather than an innocent marijuana user which they were before entering prison. Priosns just make people educated in commting harmful crimes such a...

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... ways. For example, if the government said that the state wasn't going to get 10 million in federal funds unless the state forbids prostitution and marijuana. Of course the state would stop permitting prostitution and marijuana and take the 10 million in federal funds. It states in the 10 Amendment any power not given to the national government is then reserved to ... the states. Which means if there is no statement about forbidding usage of marijuana, then Alaska is free to do whatever. The national government cannot stop Alaska for permitting marijuana. If the states believe permitting...

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... only worsen the moral of American society. Last semester I took drugs and crime with Dr. Wolfe and we discussed this idea regularly. We mostly talked about legalizing the use of marijuana. This is more understandable and possible then legalizing the use of all drugs. But then you have to ask the question: if we legalize ... marijuana where does it stop? The result would be a slippery slope to legalizing every other drug. When it comes to legalizing illicit drugs there can be no medium. By keeping drugs ... ...

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... while legal immigrants may even be deported back to their original country (Nadelmann). Under the federal Higher Education Act, young students are forbidden from obtaining student loans if convicted for marijuana possession, while many other irrational criminal offenses remain undetected by the Organization (Nadelmann). Without student loans, the majority of college students could not afford a Universities tuition cost, so for ... student loans to be revoked for such a insignificant offense is rather illogical. The prohibition of marijuana, to contrary belief, leads to an increase in cr...

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