... left to cover the bill. We the taxpayer has to pay for housing, health care, attorney fees, courts costs, and other expenses just to try to keep marijuana off the street, and that is impossible to do. Instead of wasting money trying to lock up the one that are do no harm to no one, the government could make billions of ... . To me, I just think of a drug dealer as being a pharmacist, giving their customer what makes them feel good. You never have heard of someone being killed in a car accident, the leading causes of car accident are caused by drunk drivers, and they has still keep alcoho...

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... makes the drinker feel he or she is more confident. The drinker thinks they are in control, even if a little high, and they might get behind the wheel of their car and go for a drive. Drunk driving is deadly. Hundreds of thousands of people get killed every year due to drunk driving. Other physical effects of drinking are vomiting, passing out ... after. Marijuana tends to diminish the ambition and motivation in the user. In the long run, it may cause lung cancer and other breathing problems. Cocaine is another popular, illegal, street drug. Cocaine is snorted or smoked as "crack". Coca...

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... . Long term users of marijuana develop the amotivational syndrome in other words they become losers. They don't care what the look like, they don't care what happens, they have no desire to work and do not care about bettering themselves. Marijuana also effects short term memory. In athletes it could cause their performance to decrease and cause their timing to be ... could become uncoordinated. Marijuana also affects a persons driving ability by slowing their reaction time. Driving while under the influence of marijuana it is just as likely to be involved in a car accident as driving wh...

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Say "NO!" To Pot "Pot", "dope", "dank", "doja", and "weed" are a few street terms used for marijuana. Marijuana is a plant that can be ingested or smoked for pleasurable and hallucinogenic effects. This drug is widely used among teenagers and college students. Brent Staples ... with government regulations and prohibitions. Marijuana should remain illegal to lower dangerous risks such as having unprotected sex that can lead sexually transmitted diseases or driving impaired and getting into car accidents. America should rid of any factors that can be a great risk to society, not heighten the r...

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... . A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: "He spends the whole day laughing and watching movies...He can"t even drive a car because he's so out of it." (3/25/97) In addition to that, Marinol only comes in pill form, which makes it useless for patients taking it for nausea. Marijuana has ... ban drugs, especially not if it overrides a state law. This issue has become more than just marijuana for treatment of the sick, it has grown to include the federal government's desire to maintain its dominance over the state gover...

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... drivers? Teen drivers have the popular upward trend in America and it is growing in vast numbers. The teen driver's experience is all about getting your first car and learning all the rules to driving. The reason why teens like driving is because it gives them freedom to be wherever, whenever they want without asking permission ... shopping and returning books to the library. Teens may join a fun extra circular activity that is far across town and will need the assistance of a car to get there. Due to the multitude of daily appointment times that teens are required to be present for on ...

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... . The best way to rid this drug is to inform young people about how marijuana can be harmful. Cocaine and Heroin are two more street drugs that endanger our society. They are one of the most dangerous drugs on the street today. In 1995, over 500,000 emergency room accidents were cocaine-related (Belenko). Heroin is the most addictive drug on the ... street today. Drug abuse leads to all sorts of other crimes. Addicts need money to support their habits, and will do just about anything to get it. Drug users often commit ... ...

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... pulled me over early in the morning for having a "suspicious vehicle. " The officer claimed he smelled marijuana and took me out of my vehicle and put me in another officer's car and ransacked through my vehicle, damaging several of my personal belongings. After subsequently pulling me over for nothing, damaging my personal items ($300 glass aquarium among one of the items ... my fitness center in an area that was surrounded by businesses and parking lots. I have zero criminal record, do not smoke marijuana, and had gotten my car detailed the day before, putting in five "new car " scent...

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... that the #5 cash crop in the state of Michigan in the year 1997 was marijuana. According to NORML, in 1997 roughly 61 units of marijuana were produced in Michigan. The street price for marijuana that year was $2,544 per unit. This brings in an income of $154,802 on that marijuana alone. To put this into perspective, the biggest cash crop ... to be $671,288. If one does the math, if as many units of marijuana were produced in Michigan as were units of corn, sold for even half of the street retail price this would show a total income of $334,854,000. The government could easily grow marij...

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... . Much like in the lottery and state liquor and cigarette stores, marijuana could be sold in packs with minimal markup and could still beat out any possible competition on the street (Time Magazine, Month year, page #). With all the business within the government, more farmers could be employed by the government to provide for the new crop programs. Even price ranges ... could be stablished much like on the street where a pack of marijuana cigarettes could be marked with a strength range depending on the strength of the plant matter. With marijuana a lesser problem, law enforcement could...

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... operates today in an illegal competitive market. If legalized, the chance of oligopoly by a major tobacco producer is a legitimate threat. Large companies have the resources that many street dealers don't have. A large amount of street dealers produce marijuana inside small rooms and buildings for two reasons: 1. The dealer deals mainly in urban areas where land that would be able to be cultivated ... ...

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... could be seen, as marijuana would be used as a kind of substitute for alcohol, and is not so much the social drug as alcohol is. The number of violent crimes, car accidents involving serious injury or death would decrease as a result of people substituting alcohol for marijuana. Rather than people showing aggressive behavior as occurs when intoxicated by alcohol, people would ... become much more passive toward fighting and aggressive behavior. Because marijuana actual heightens sense perception, people are better drivers when stoned than when drunk, so the number of car accidents attri...

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... children. Try to make the teenagers understand the damages one can have because of taking drugs. If your child shows the desire to take drugs, don't come down too hard on him or her as it might actually increase their desire to have it. Parents need to develop openness and trust with their teenage children and chances are, that if at any ... stage they had the desire to try drugs they may come and ask their parents about it and it would become easier for the parents to make them understand the worst effects that can happen ... ...

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... have sex and be more indiscriminate and sexually available when drunk. Marijuana has also been found as a reason for increase in sexuality. Research shows that marijuana produces heightened sexual interest, desire and arousal in a substantial amount of both male and female users. In a study of regular marijuana users conducted by three unanimous physicians, heightened sexual feelings and increased sexual arousal while ... users of marijuana. Recently professor Goode published the results of an informal survey of about 200 marijuana users in which he acquired about the relationship of ma...

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... children. Try to make the teenagers understand the damages one can have because of taking drugs. If your child shows the desire to take drugs, don't come down too hard on him or her as it might actually increase their desire to have it. Parents need to develop openness and trust with their teenage children and chances are, that if at any ... stage they had the desire to try drugs they may come and ask their parents about it and it would become easier for the parents to make them understand the worst effects that can happen ... ...

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... seven billion dollars the government dumps for prohibition. Most cops of any police department go after pot users (A large amount just for possession!) rather than the real bad guys like street meth, crack/cocaine and heroin. For something like weed which is used wide spread, punishing pot users and chasing after them is more of a waste of time for the police ... ...

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... the violence associated with the illegal trade. When illegal drugs are popular, the demand creates tremendous inflation. What costs pennies to grow and process brings hundreds of dollars on the street. Black market drugs bring in $50 to $60 billion annually. If this were a legal trade, the drug industry would be highly regulated by rules and enforcement as are the alcohol ... ...

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... false propaganda around the subject, led me to need to know for myself. What is it about the experience that makes people who recognize it is illegal and continue to desire to do so? Why is it that the government is so strict upon the use of marijuana? How could some, (medical users) develop the approval to use marijuana and not ... peers and a need to want to be accepted led me to trying. My closest friends started first with their older friends and made it seem so fun and carefree, my desire to go against what my mother taught me rose. Everything about what my friends told me were tru...

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... are marijuana can offer patients a relief from nausea discomfort, muscle spasms, joint pain and other symptoms for numerous of individuals who have not had success with conventional medication. Many adults desire marijuana in oppose to alcohol as a simple way to unwind. In addition, the government has been unsuccessful in marijuana prohibition for over 50 years and the use of criminal punishment ... is commonly used by people between the ages of 16-30 years of age. Giving them the freedom to buy this drug will likely end the trend for many and desire for thousands. Today virtually one i...

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... of chaos. There would be no right and wrong as a whole it would just be based on the individual; and more likely than not crime would run rampant upon the street. There must be structure in a society and our country is based on truth, when sworn in during a court proceeding you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing ... ...

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... helping them, we should deliver. Let's put aside our moral beliefs and focus on the needs of the patient. Introduction Marijuana (cannabis) or refer as it is called on the street, has been used medicinally for centuries. Historically it has been shown to be effective in treating a wide range of symptoms in a variety of conditions. Also, historically it has been used ... ...

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... have currently found no positive correlation between marijuana-use and lung cancer, mental disorders, or permanent memory loss, despite what opponents of the legalization of marijuana argue (Szalavitz, M). On the street, half a gram of marijuana costs around $10.00 to purchase, but costs around $2.00 to actually produce, allowing a potential profit margin of $8.00. Opponents of the legalization of marijuana believe ... ...

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... inhaled into the lungs in a cigarette like paper called a joint or packed down into a pipe, such as tobacco is. I learned this information from what some people would refer to as street smarts. What I was unsure about was what happens after this smoke is inhaled. I found that while the smoke travels down your lungs, it is also affecting various other parts of ... ...

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... legalized will lower the number of violent crimes. Smoking marijuana typically leads to non-violence and pacifism. For example, a person before using marijuana. " Don't let me catch him on the street, Its gonna be game over", the same person after using marijuana "man forget him." Everyone who has ever used marijuana or knows someone, who has used it, knows that after ... ...

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... pass to legalizing marijuana. Doctors are saying that "many people are too ill or unskilled to grow their own pot, they risk arrest by resorting to buying it on the street his to the government for a law to be passed to legalizing marijuana." Marijuana use poses an even greater danger from a sociological standpoint than it does to the health of individuals ... ...

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