... to marijuana and then on to cocaine. (13) Marijuana supporter, Roger Christie and founder of the Hawaii Cannabis Ministry that promotes marijuana use as a religious sacrament, acknowledges he has no proof eradication caused the rising of popularity of ice, but points out in a 1994 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse that found an eradication-ice link. That study was ... year 2000, the Hawaii Student Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drug Use Study showed that the lifetime prevalence of marijuana abuse among tenth grade students increased from 25.7% in 1991 to 39.2% in 1998. (1) That...

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... to take 15 to 20 of his strongest pain killers to relieve his soreness. Now Allen can leave his home and function like he used to (Donnelly 2). He is living proof of the effects of using marijuana as a medicine. Although some people will say that using marijuana, even for medicinal purposes, is harmful to anyone's health, research has shown that it ... do the clinical testing on the drug? "Randomized clinical trials cost money," said Dr. Kleiman, drug policy specialist at Harvard University. "Who's going to put it up?" (Kolata 12). Dr. David Smith, founder and medical director of the Ha...

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... Federal government, states, and localities all levy taxes on tobacco products. For example, in New York City taxes on a pack of cigarettes include $.39 Federal tax, $1.50 state tax, and $1.50 city tax for a total tax of $3.39. Voth's misrepresentations in these two verifiable instances require that his references to studies revealing damage caused by marijuana be more complete. I do not believe ... ...

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... been a marijuana-related death as far as health is concerned, I believe that these patients truly deserve any benefits derived from the use the drug, even in the absence of scientific proof. Many agencies that are anti-marijuana such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments argue that marijuana should not be legalized. These agencies believe that if marijuana is to ... by The American Cancer Society, The American Glaucoma Society, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The American Academy of Ophthalmology, and The American Medical Association, there has been no reliable sc...

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... stores and grocery stores which would lead to under-age children getting access to narcotics at such an impressionable age. This argument commits the fallacy of shifting the burden of proof, a fallacy of presumption. Using the false hidden presumption that [P5], which is false because in [P1-P3] the benefits of legalization was stated but in [P4] the topic was turned ... onto the hidden agenda the government has for pot legalization, a logical problem which could have been avoided if the author understood the fallacy of "shifting the burden of proof", in which case the premises does not...

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... five minutes, to produce a lethal dosage (Fish 413). Incredibly, while there are numerous deaths each year from overdoses of alcohol, there has never been a death resulting from overdose of cannabis. David Baggins says on page 72 of Drug Hate and the Corruption of American Justice , " there are zero fatalities in medical history from marijuana use. This compares to nearly a half million ... insisting on the partial or full decriminalization of cannabis and medical marijuana bills winning popular approval on state ballots, there are more marijuana-related arrests now than ever before (Gi...

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... . It may also weaken the immune system and possibly increase a user's likelihood of developing cancer." (NIDA) There is no proof that it weakens the immune system and I"ve heard about a few hundred things that cause cancer, but there isn"t even any proof that marijuana causes cancer. That is the chemicals; you can get lung cancer if you smoke anything enough and are ... ...

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... never caused a death or overdose and is not considered addictive. The federal government refuses to reclassify marijuana because there "is no proof that smoked marijuana is the most effective available treatment for anything." (McCaffrey 27) There can be no proof until marijuana has been tested in a series of clinical trials. There can be no clinical testing of marijuana because the federal government ... ...

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... . According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), of the estimated 1,538,813 State and local arrests for drug abuse violations in 2002, about 5.4% were for marijuana sale/manufacturing and 39.9% were for possession. There were more than 700,000 marijuana arrests in the United States in 1997. This was the largest number in U.S. history. Of these arrests, 87% were for ... ...

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... was willing to plead guilty but his offered was denied. In January of 1997, Foster was sentence to ninety-three years in prison and fined sixty-five thousands dollars (Lawler 39). Take a look at this situation and ask yourself whether or not this was justified? In the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, it states: "Excessive bail shall not be ... ...

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... power to declare war, not the president (Kieffer, Par12). One issue with legalizing marijuana is controlling who can purchase the drug and keep it out of hands of adolescences. In David Sheffs article "Marijuana should be legalized, but" he talks about the changes in the brain of children quoting that it "Causes structural and functional changes in the ... ...

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... opportunistic crime (Yu-Wei Chu, 2012)4. Which is interesting but how do recreational dispensaries hold up to the same theory, which should be noted is only a theory and not substantial proof that dispensaries cause negative ecological impacts. Therefore we will want to perform a local cross-sectional survey, interview of the current feelings and attitudes towards dispensaries as well as an analytical ... ...

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... also states that this is a very controversial subject (Kytr interview). Groups like the U.S. Institute of Medicine recognize several medical conditions such as diabetes, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and metastatic cancer. David Slade, U.S. Supreme Court member, states where the most common treatments for these diseases are usually a failure. " Herbal cannabis significantly relieves their suffering when other medications do not" (Slade 48). Also ... ...

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... would be if this drug was legalized more people would try harder drugs because after all marijuana is a "gateway drug". To argue this, first of all there is no scientific proof that marijuana is a gateway drug. Plus according to the survey 'Hawaii on pot pushed users to ice' pot smokers use harder drugs because they are available when they buy pot ... ...

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... medicinal benefits - including improving the appetite in chemotherapy and AIDS patients, reducing muscle spasms associated with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, and alleviating eye pressure in glaucoma patients - there is no proof that marijuana is the most effective treatment. The main active ingredient in marijuana (THC) is already available in its legal form, Marinol; it does in fact have therapeutic applications; therefore ... ...

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... Harlem jammed movie houses to watch the newsreel footage of his coronation. And in the Caribbean, as elsewhere in the West, the advent of Selassie's reign was taken as shining proof for all downtrodden people of color that, as the back-to-Africa Garveyites and the firebrands of the syncretistic Rastafarian cult had foretold, the day of Deliverance was at hand ... ...

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... marijuana to be legal is because there is no hard-core evidence that proves that marijuana is an effective drug as a medicine. In twenty years of research, no reliable scientific proof that marijuana has medical value was produced. The American Cancer Society, American Glaucoma Society, the National Multiple Sclerosis, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, or the American Medical Association, say that ... ...

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... $50 billion dollars a year from drug trade alone (More Reefer Madness, 15-25). Again, in concurrence with the prohibition of alcohol, during the 1920s, bootleggers marketed small bottles of 100+ proof liquors due to their ability to more easily conceal them (Encarta, "Prohibition"). Drug smugglers tend to carry and sell hard drugs in extremely potent form (i.e. cocaine) for the same reason ... ...

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... , wasting, appetite loss, cramping, seizures, muscle spasm, and/or spasticity, when these symptoms are unrelieved by standard treatments or medications. Patients who meet all of these requirements must also have proof of their identity and show it to any law enforcement officer who questions the patient regarding his/her use of medical marijuana. Valid documentation can be a statement signed by the ... ...

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... the lungs that are caused by regular tobacco smoking. Although scientists have been convinced in the past that smoking causes lung cancer, the strong statistical associations did not provide absolute proof. This paper pinpoints that mutations in lung cancer cells are caused by benzopyrene. This potent carcinogen damages a gene that controls growth of cells. When this gene is damaged, the body ... ...

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... J. Anslinger). Today these accusations would be laughed out of court. Americans now consider jazz and swing to be an important piece of American culture, and the other "reasons- have no proof to back them up. Because these blatantly outrageous lies went unchallenged, marijuana had no chance of survival. Marijuana is known only for its supposedly harmful effects and the crowd associated ... ...

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... marijuana to be legal is because there is no hard-core evidence that proves that marijuana is an effective drug as a medicine. In twenty years of research, no reliable scientific proof that marijuana has medical value was produced. The American Cancer Society, American Glaucoma Society, the National Multiple Sclerosis, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, or the American Medical Association, say that ... ...

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... because of curiosity. People whose close friends and family do it are most likely to try it. Some people think marijuana improves their creative talents but there is no scientific proof that this has happened but marijuana may increase a persons willingness to accept new ideas and some people think that marijuana give them a new understanding about life. Teenagers bodies are still ... ...

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... in order to produce the active ingredients without releasing the 400+ other cancerous particles into your body. I firmly believe that marijuana should be legalized for medical use due to the proof the Institute of Medicine has gathered, showing marijuana's benefits. If a certain plant can help ease the suffering of our fellow citizens than why not take advantage from it. Not only ... ...

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