... taxed like cigarettes and alcohol (Martin 2009). According to former San Jose Police Chief Joseph D. McNamara, marijuana prohibition is counterproductive to the mission of local law enforcement agencies. Enforcement of drug laws causes law enforcement officers to be more confrontational, preventing public trust. Police need citizens to report crimes, be witnesses, and believe testimony of the police when serving on juries. ... The country learned over 80 years ago that prohibition did not prevent people from selling, drinking, or abusing alcohol. Similarly, drug prohibition does not prev...

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... that legalization supporters make is that prison overcrowding would decrease. The statement has been made for several years, by groups ranging from law enforcement to political, that our local, state, and federal prisons are running out of room because of the number of people incarcerated for drug-related offenses. Now, advocates for the legalization of marijuana have arrived at a solution: Make the ... level, the repercussions would certainly be felt at the state and local level as well. The advocates claim that the workload on local law enforcement will be lessened if marijuana were l...

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... appearances of individuals. Lombroso influenced the academic stance on physical appearance being associated with behavior; in this case, criminality (Carmen, 2009, p. 666). The Drug Courier Profiles were developed by the Drug Enforcement Administration in the 1980's, the public policy has been used to profile individuals based off of their appearance through this policy. Through the "Say No ... to Drugs" campaign, the Drug Enforcement Administration found it necessary to include race and ethnicity as components of profiles used to apprehend drug dealers and traffickers. Since ... the i...

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... Americans were arrested and incarcerated for marijuana possesion with 90% of those arrests being based on possession(Wegman). This is a ludicrous amount of citizens in tax-funded federal prisons for a drug that, if legalized, would create an abundance of positive impacts within the United States. Marijuana should be legalized because it would benefit the economy, help people with physical and emotional ... pain, and allow law enforcement to focus more heavily on violent crime. If regulated like alcohol and tobacco, marijuana would create a tremendous amount of new wealth. Dispensaries a...

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... marijuana would also benefit the federal budget in many ways. First of all, there would be a reduction in the amount of money spent on law enforcement efforts to apprehend and prosecute users and sellers of marijuana. The drug enforcement authorities would reduce their budget requests, or most likely, focus more intensely on harder drugs and violent crimes. According to the book, America's Longest ... War, there would be savings of about 200 billion dollars or more per year with the legalization of drugs. Federal, state and local governments spend about 100 billion dollars a year on law...

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... to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies, which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments, argue marijuana should not be legalized. These agencies believe that ... People will raise the question why marijuana illegal at all if its a medicine. The main reason why the Drug Enforcement Agency does not want marijuana to be legal is because there is no hard-core evidence that proves that marijuana is an effective ... harmful...

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... to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies, which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments, argue marijuana should not be legalized. These agencies believe that ... People will raise the question why marijuana illegal at all if its a medicine. The main reason why the Drug Enforcement Agency does not want marijuana to be legal is because there is no hard-core evidence that proves that marijuana is an effective ... harmful...

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Marijuana: The Illegal Herb The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. A Schedule 1 drug, to law enforcement, is any illegal substance, which is used only for recreation. To some, this may seem to be a misnomer- ... medicinal applications may appear relevant in this case- would that not illustrate marijuana's non-recreational relevance? There is only anecdotal evidence for this application of the drug, however. The simple fact is, that, when exploring the case for the legalization of marijuana, there is no sound, logical reason for legalization. There ......

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Marijuana: The Illegal Herb The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. A Schedule 1 drug, to law enforcement, is any illegal substance, which is used only for recreation. To some, this may seem to be a misnomer- ... medicinal applications may appear relevant in this case- would that not illustrate marijuana's non-recreational relevance? There is only anecdotal evidence for this application of the drug, however. The simple fact is, that, when exploring the case for the legalization of marijuana, there is no sound, logical reason for legalization. There ......

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The debate over medicinal marijuana usage and legality is a controversial one. Many experts argue the drug costs society too much money in terms of law enforcement and incarceration costs when the monies could be better spent in other law enforcement areas. A large majority of the American people believe marijuana should be decriminalized for medical usage. In 2001, 34 percent of adult ... has ever "died of an overdose," and that it is effective and helpful for a variety of serious illnesses, from multiple sclerosis to cancer and AIDS. In fact, even the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA...

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... arguments and gain a broader perspective of legal opinions, I have chosen to take the dissenting view to this issue rather than the more common assenting view. In the field of law enforcement, one of the most difficult undertakings is the gathering of usable evidence without violating a defendant's constitutional rights. . Unfortunately, many would-be defendants" basic constitutional rights are violated during this ... cases in which the bulk of them apply. Their application would be ideal for cases involving previously convicted murders or known drug dealers, but application of these ex...

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... " in the mid-1980s, Black Americans have been arrested, prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned for drug law offences at rates grossly out of proportion to their numbers among drug offenders. Although drug use and selling cut across all racial, socioeconomic and geographic lines, law enforcement strategies have targeted street-level drug dealers and users from low-income, predominantly minority urban areas. For a variety of reasons ... down doors without search warrants, stopping and searching anyone they choose on the sidewalk or street, harassing and arresting young people for wearing "gan...

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... the criminal justice system. Today, skin-color makes you a suspect in America. It makes you more likely to be stopped by a law enforcement officer, more likely to be searched, and more likely to be arrested and imprisoned. Tens of thousands of innocent motorists on highways across the country ... proportions in recent years. Fueled by the "War on Drugs", this fight has given police a pretext to target people who they think fit a "drug courier" or "gang member" profile. At many times, these minorities have been stopped and arrested for illegal offenses, however we are not sure if ... pro...

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... programs. These include health-care financing through Medicare and Medicaid, and research at the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration (Bernotas, 15) Other units resemble business enterprises. Some are corporations owned by the government. Others are corporations sponsored by the government but operating partly or wholly in a ... U.S. Senate with a commitment to strengthen our national defense and homeland security, get the economy moving again, improve education for our children and reform Medicare by offering...

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... warrant that would violate the constitutional rights of the individual. Thus allowing the seized evidence to still be used in trial .A law enforcement official to be acting in good faith must be acting under an objective belief that what they are doing is constitutional and the facts ... faith exception" was accepted into constitutional law. Acting on the information from an informant Burbank, CA police department launched an investigation in drug-trafficking. With observations of the respondents Officer Rombach prepared an application for warrant to search three residences and automobil...

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... law and for those who administer it. In addition, the means used to enforce drug laws have led to significant erosion of civil liberties in the United States including: mandatory drug tests, unwarranted searches and seizures, and the use of the military for civilian law enforcement. Voth presents numerous arguments against the legalization of marijuana. He maintains that the problems ... associated with alcohol and tobacco (the legal drugs) provide insights into the possible consequences of legalizing marijuana. Voth suggests that the violence and hardships during Prohibition were actua...

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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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... Legalizing Marijuana would help the United States in revenue with the taxation in sales and could create millions each month and also save money from drug wars. Marijuana can be used as a legal and safe medicine to treated diseases such as Alzheimer's, Glaucoma and Cancer. There should be ... can retain our rights from the federal government, where in the constitution it states nowhere that government officials can detain the use of any drug. In Kieffers article she states, "For, the Constitution is silent on the federal government's ability to regulate or ban substances that ... changes...

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... both parties of the conversation are being listened to. Therefore the privacy of innocent people along with the suspect is being invaded by law enforcement. Hidden cameras also record the comings and goings of multiple people, not just the suspect in a certain case. By recording the actions of ... every person who walks into a wired room law enforcement officials are taking away the protection of unreasonable searches which is guaranteed in the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. There have been multiple Supreme ... medical records should be kept confidential because they may includ...

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... officials who are concerned about overcrowded facilities may desire to release criminals from prison. Another example of the conflict model that I have witnessed is between local, state and federal law enforcement and there inability or lack of desire to share information. The consensus model argues that the organizations of a criminal justice system either do, or should work cooperatively to produce justice ... . I truly believe and would love to see a consensus model of criminal justice. All law enforcement, which includes local, state, and federal agencies working together, sharing in...

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... officials who are concerned about overcrowded facilities may desire to release criminals from prison. Another example of the conflict model that I have witnessed is between local, state and federal law enforcement and there inability or lack of desire to share information. The consensus model argues that the organizations of a criminal justice system either do, or should work cooperatively to produce justice ... . I truly believe and would love to see a consensus model of criminal justice. All law enforcement, which includes local, state, and federal agencies working together, sharing in...

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... past and still today, marijuana has caused tremendous problems. Many of these problems are a result of misuse and abuse of marijuana. Billions of drug money has been derived from marijuana, causing vast amounts of criminal outbreaks and many deaths. Also, the American government spends millions of dollars ... knowing that marijuana still plagues American society causes a great deal of tension in the national government when a petition for legalizing such a troublesome drug arises. (Boire) This strong psychological effect that marijuana is internally bad is the thought that causes many o...

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... the sale and use of "illicit" substances" (Callahan 1). Anderson concedes that the root of racial profiling streams from the swar on drug and its use in the neighborhood. In Bob Herbert's article, "hounding the innocent" (1999), he asserts that the authority (justice system) ... harmony. Although the Justice system is bound to be equal to all, those who support the police are targeting minorities. Likewise, if the drug brought into the neighborhood is getting unnoticed by the police, how are minorities to be blamed for not following the laws and regulations? According ... to Callahan i...

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... more potent and dangerous self-indulgent drugs. In the Institute of Medicine's report on medical marijuana, researchers found that "Marijuana is not a completely benign substance. It is a powerful drug with a variety of effects. However, the adverse effects of marijuana use are within the range of effects tolerated for other medications." Much remains to be said of the numerous accounts ... helpful in preventing epileptic seizures. In spite of the established medical value of marijuana, doctors are presently permitted to prescribe cocaine and morphine - but not marijuana. On September 6, ...

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... marijuana. Against, and For, Legalization There is, as would be expected, the age-old outcry against drugs being legal, no matter what the drug. This outcry has many arguments, which follow in suit. For example, many argue that if marijuana is legal this will entice people to try ... argument hovers over California's Proposition 215, which would allow sick people to use and grow small amounts of marijuana. The idea is to make the drug available to those in great pain. But the wording of the proposition gives the game away: Growing and using marijuana would be approved for a ... different...

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