... drugs was ineffective and the country needed to decriminalize Marijuana laws (Abramsky, 2010); that President Obama in 2008 stated it seemed appropriate to treat medical Marijuana like any other controlled drug prescribed by a doctor (Parloff, 2009); that the US Attorney announced the DEA would no longer perform raids on approved medical Marijuana dispensaries; that the Department of Justice (DOJ) ... advocate against the legalization of Marijuana for recreational use, the federal government may want to propose their own legislation to reclassify Marijuana as a Schedule II or III drug. ...

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... particularly adolescents. Lenton and Farringdon (2005) conducted a survey amongst students aged 12-17 years verifying that cannabis is the most commonly used drug. This one concern of why people are against the legalization of cannabis in Australia. There are just as many advantages to disadvantages of legalizing ... does contain harmful chemicals. If cannabis were to be legalized in Australia it would help to prevent people from smoking illegally, smuggling cannabis, drug trafficking and trades. In Australia, over 250 million dollars per year is spent on law enforcement for illicit dr...

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