Prohibition was the result of nonpartisan public outcry over the negative effects of unrestricted drug use. ... (DuPont 126-132) Since there has never been an experiment in the United States regarding the effects of legalization of drug usage, no conclusions can be drawn without some uncertainty. ... The Netherlands provides another great example, as they have chosen not to enforce their anti-drug laws, exhibiting tolerance in hopes that the people will learn for themselves. ... This led to a great push for non-enforcement of existing anti-drug laws. ... (Olson 112-117) Legalizing the use of a...

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Prohibition was the result of nonpartisan public outcry over the negative effects of unrestricted drug use. ... (DuPont 126-132) Since there has never been an experiment in the United States regarding the effects of legalization of drug usage, no conclusions can be drawn without some uncertainty. ... The Netherlands provides another great example, as they have chosen not to enforce their anti-drug laws, exhibiting tolerance in hopes that the people will learn for themselves. ... This led to a great push for non-enforcement of existing anti-drug laws. ... (Olson 112-117) Legalizing the use of a...

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" Legalizing marijuana would also place a dual burden on the government of regulating a new legal market, while continuing to pay for the negative side effects associated with an underground market, whose providers have little economic incentive to disappear.... * However, during the same period in Colorado, traffic deaths increased 114% involving drivers testing positive for marijuana... * In 2006, drivers testing positive for marijuana were involved in 28% of fatalities; by 2011, that figure doubled to 56%. ...

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