... labeled accurately, and whether any special hazards are associated with it" (144). Information is the best protection against its potential hazards; therefore legalizing it would promote consumer health and safety. Steven B. Duke, professor of Yale Law School, states, "If drugs are legalized the dangers to physical health from using heroin, cocaine, marijuana or other previously illegal drugs would be greatly reduced ... ...

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... friends that they couldn't really be addicted to marijuana" (Boyce). Evidence shows otherwise, however, and several studies have been conducted to prove that marijuana is, in fact, an addictive drug. Steven Goldberg of the National Institute on Drug Abuse conducted one of these studies, in which he found that even lab monkeys would seek out marijuana's active chemical, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which ... ...

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