... optimism never equals factual evidence. While the increased availability and lower prices would probably make predatory crimes less necessary at first, increased availability would indubitably result in an increase in use. An increase in use would mean users would be going through what little income they already had at an increasingly rapid rate meaning predatory crimes would eventually become a quick and logical ... productivity costs per user by narcotic users compared to alcohol and tobacco users. (Nadelmann 299-310) As discussed previously, the increase in availability under legaliz...

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... optimism never equals factual evidence. While the increased availability and lower prices would probably make predatory crimes less necessary at first, increased availability would indubitably result in an increase in use. An increase in use would mean users would be going through what little income they already had at an increasingly rapid rate meaning predatory crimes would eventually become a quick and logical ... productivity costs per user by narcotic users compared to alcohol and tobacco users. (Nadelmann 299-310) As discussed previously, the increase in availability under legaliz...

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... the U.S. Pharmacopoeia because it was believed to be a harmful and addictive drug that caused psychoses, mental deterioration, and violent behavior. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a sharp increase in marijuana use among adolescents and young adults. "The current legal status of marijuana was established in 1970 with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act, which divided drugs into ... raised annually through the tobacco tax alone. Imagine a similar tax on marijuana. Whether the figure is in the billions of millions, the fact of the matter is it's more money coming in ...

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... , distribution or manufacture of illegal drugs, [d]rug related offenses, to which a drug's pharmacologic effects contribute; offenses motivated by the user's need for money to support continued use; and offenses connected to drug distribution itself [and the] [d]rug using lifestyle, a lifestyle in which the likelihood and frequency of ... , the number of people in prison has tripled due overwhelmingly to criminal activity spawned by drug and alcohol abuse. If this rate of increase continues, then one in every 20 Americans born in 1997 will spend some time during their life in prison, incl...

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... possession, under a certain amount. Although many people feel that decriminalizing drugs would increase the amount of use, drugs should be decriminalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement, decrease crime rates and it will increase our country's revenue. We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health ... United States would benefit the financial well being of the American government and people. Taxes should immediately be placed on drugs thus resulting in a significant increase i...

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... (CBC Canada). Amphetamine, another popular performance enhancer, is more commonly known as speed (Johnson 41). This particular drug is very popular among younger athletes and more specifically, sprinters. Amphetamine will increase the person's heart rate, thereby improving their performance. The development of these new drugs is one of the many effective ways for which scientists help athletes to cheat in sports ... win. In professional sport, winning is not only the feeling of crossing the finish line first or receiving a medal, but winning also means international reorganization, endo...

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... it will naturally begin to fall into the hands of minors as well. This will result in an academic decline as well as an increase in disciplinary problems within schools. He concludes the article by providing a statistic, "Colorado Department of Corrections figures show that people imprisoned ... recreational use is also legal, it stands to reason these numbers can only move upward; therefore, the court system may actually experience an increase in marijuana related cases, not a decrease. Comparing the prohibition of marijuana today to the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920's, propone...

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... the further illegalization of these drugs say that legalization would cost more both socially and economically. They say that legalization would result in increased use and eventually will mean an increase in cancer deaths with greater marijuana smoking(Light). Another result they say will happen is the deteriorization of family values as a result of increased drug using mothers and children. ... Actually, the legalization of drugs will put money which is used for law enforcement into the construction of better rehabilitation and education programs. Education is an essential part in thi...

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... pack 3). It is the enforcement of the laws criminalizing the possession, use, manufacture, and distribution of marijuana that are causing the violent crime. This war on drugs is wasting the money, as well as the lives of American people. The widely recognized opinion maker William F. Buckley, Jr. writes: ...The time devoted to tracking down, arresting and then trying marijuana users ... it will benefit society in three ways, including revenue enhancement, medical benefits, and hemp production. The ingest argument for marijuana legalization is revenue enhancement for the U.S. Government....

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... remember the decade the precluded it. Manufacturing output increased, productivity costs fell, corporate profits boomed, luxury spending increased all in effect due to the government's increased speculation inflating the money and credit supply--leading to an oversupply of goods. In our economy that supply did not equal the demand; middle-class Americans could no longer afford their luxuries and materialistic ... ten years the rate could be lowered to 13.9%".(22:3) The study determines that after ten years we would see the following changes: "1. More than double the national savings rate...

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... as "tea."" The hippies of the sixties followed the ideas of the beats but called marijuana "grass."" The federal government, seeing the increase of marijuana use, passed new drug laws. The Dangerous Substances Act of 1969 classified all drugs, according to their medicinal use and how ... legalization would have favorable effects on the American economy. Proponents say marijuana should be legal because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on enforcement. The jails are overcrowding as more people are convicted of marijuana charges. More than 700,000 Americans were arrested ... ...

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... remember the decade the precluded it. Manufacturing output increased, productivity costs fell, corporate profits boomed, luxury spending increased all in effect due to the government's increased speculation inflating the money and credit supply--leading to an oversupply of goods. In our economy that supply did not equal the demand; middle-class Americans could no longer afford their luxuries and materialistic ... ten years the rate could be lowered to 13.9%".(22:3) The study determines that after ten years we would see the following changes: "1. More than double the national savings rate...

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... doing and/or gaining from crime (Bruinsma, 1992). Belonging to a gang often gives this knowledge and information about how not to be caught, and how to make the most money from crime (Klein, 1995). Nearly all investigations looking at the relationship between poverty, unemployment and crime have looked at crime rates in areas known to suffer from poverty and unemployment ... ). There are particular overlapping areas of evidence suggesting that alcohol use, in obvious surroundings, directly cause the risk of criminal violence. Firstly, alcohol has been shown in behavioural studies to incr...

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... female has testosterone in their body and the chemical is responsible for the development of male characteristics, such as muscle mass, development of hair, and skeletal growth (Jeddahs). If you increase testosterone levels to the point where they are beyond the genetic limit, you end up with incredibly massive muscles as well as many health related problems. Growth hormones work the ... that "Natural bodybuilders have good reasoning behind their reasons for abstaining from drug use, but Olympia bodybuilding will take a competitor much further than natural bodybuilding will." Olympia bo...

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... for cocaine, including coke, C, toot, flake, and snow. cocaine Section: Effects and Addictive Nature Related: Pharmaceuticals Cocaine blocks pain sensation and stimulates the central nervous system , producing a sudden increase in heart rate, temperature, and blood pressure. In the brain, it blocks the synaptic reabsorption of certain neurotransmitters (in particular dopamine ). The resultant buildup of neurotransmitters causes pleasurable sensations to ... frequently involved are cocaine, heroin, and morphine, often combined with alcohol or other drugs. Many drug users engage in criminal...

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... rhinorhea, yawning, perspiration, chills, mayalgia, and mydriasis ("OxyContin,"" 2539). Other symptoms of withdraw include anxiety, backache, joint pain, weakness, abdominal cramps, insomnia, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, or an increase in blood pressure, respiratory rate and heart rate ("OxyContin,"" 2539). Overdoses on the drug can be manifested by respiratory depression, somnolence progressing to stupor or coma, cold and clammy skin ... Force (Gottbrath, 1A). One man, Robert Ramundo, age 28 of Mount Washington, PA, robbed six pharmacies in little over a month to satisfy his ad...

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... marijuana need to be re evaluated.                Many supporters of the illegalization of marijuana believe that by legalizing it, marijuana would become more accessible and use will therefore increase. They base this argument on past experiment dealing with alcohol prohibition. After the end of prohibition with the 21st amendment, alcohol consumption doubled while prohibition decreased use by 50 percent ... result they say will happen is the effects of family values as a result of increased marijuana used by parents and children. Actually, the legalization of marijuana would pu...

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... stealing, violence and other illegal doing, and lose interest in daily activities because he helped get them hooked' to this devastating and terribly addictive drug. In efforts to make money by feeding addictions, Pablo Escobar created a form of terrorism that caused extreme chaos in Columbia. By combining illicit behaviors, Pablo Escobar formed a new style of drug trafficking, ... especiallyof youths, while simultaneously legitimizing, normalizing, trivializing, and glorifying substance abuse and violence. These devices suggest to young people that this behavior is without negative cons...

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... were to be legalized. Research disproves this argument, from 1972-1978, eleven states decriminalized the drug. The results revealed no increase in usage. The obvious solution is that marijuana should be legalized with constraints, in other words, decriminalized. Although marijuana can ... developing cancer (Narconon, 2001). Much more research has been done on the cancer enhancing effects of tobacco products, which has been proven to dramatically increase one's chances of developing cancer. The use of marijuana as well as alcohol, has been proven to be detrimental to the health of both mot...

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... harassed by drug policies and this could cause a lack of productivity due to a constant anxiety over having your personal freedoms violated. This would not only cause the company to lose money due to productivity loss, but it would cause the employee to feel alienated and feel mistreated compared to others. It would cause them to feel that they are unjustly being ... treated, because their lifestyle is not any worse than the lifestyle of the other coworkers. Much of the time, the drug users have stable lives, own enough money to buy drugs, and are active members of society. Many valuabl...

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... harassed by drug policies and this could cause a lack of productivity due to a constant anxiety over having your personal freedoms violated. This would not only cause the company to lose money due to productivity loss, but it would cause the employee to feel alienated and feel mistreated compared to others. It would cause them to feel that they are unjustly being ... treated, because their lifestyle is not any worse than the lifestyle of the other coworkers. Much of the time, the drug users have stable lives, own enough money to buy drugs, and are active members of society. Many valuabl...

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... individuals were no longer arrested for simple possession. In ten of those states there is a $0-100 fine for possession-the result of a threat by the federal government to withhold highway money for states that did not have minimum punishment standards (Thies and Register, 1993, p.387). Going outside the country for another example of how legalization does not lead to greater use ... 50% and 13%, its clear that marijuana is still readily available and used by a large number of Americans. Two other detrimental effects of marijuana prohibition are the large amounts of money spent on enfor...

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... and even death because of your bodies' reaction to the mixing of the different drugs. For example, taking Ecstasy and Amphetamine is dangerous because they both increase the heartbeat, which places strain on the heart (the likelihood of dehydration and overheating is also increased). Using Ecstasy and LSD can turn a bad trip ... sever results. Tolerance is defined as changes in the body that decrease response to a drug even though the dose remains the same. Although tolerance levels increase when people use Ecstasy regularly, meaning that they would need to use a higher dosage of the drug...

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... and even death because of your bodies reaction to the mixing of the different drugs. For example, taking Ecstasy and Amphetamine is dangerous because they both increase the heart beat which places strain on the heart (the likelihood of dehydration and overheating is also increased). Using Ecstasy and LSD can turn a bad ... sever results. Tolerance is defined as changes in the body that decrease response to a drug even though the dose remains the same. Although tolerance levels increase when people use Ecstasy regularly, meaning that they would need to use a higher dosage of the drug in or...

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... already overcrowded jail system. Nationally, opiate addiction is going to be a problem until the right avenues are pursued for effective treatment. Medical insurance has to change and the money that is literally wasted for a ten or fifteen day inpatient treatment could be better used towards the harm reduction approach which better benefits the nation as well as the addict ... than on other illnesses (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002). The abuse of prescription medications has increased in all segments of the population, and in recent years the increase in abuse of prescr...

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