... result, marijuana's medicinal uses are often negated by our society. In fact, a campaign to discredit the notion that smoking marijuana has medicinal benefits is currently being implemented by the Clinton Administration (Zeese). The victims in this offensive are the millions of U.S. citizens suffering from cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy, for whom marijuana would provide the ... research required to persuade the FDA to change marijuana's classification to a Schedule II controlled substance. Unfortunately, those favoring expansion of the war on drugs, namely Pres...

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... retired law enforcement officials who have fought in the war on drugs and believe that war cannot be won (Martin 2009). In 2012, police made a marijuana arrest every 42 seconds (Nelson 2013). That is a lot of manpower. In the early part of the Twentieth Century, alcohol prohibition began as a wartime necessity. It then became synonymous with organized crime and violence as ... ...

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... ). One can only imagine what this figure would be like today. Too much money is wasted on a cause that seems to be no end to. "In 1989, a Republican county executive of Mercer County N.J. estimated that it would cost him as much as 1 billion dollars to build the jail space needed to house all the hard-core drug users in Trenton alone" (Long ... ...

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... ). One can only imagine what this figure would be like today. Too much money is wasted on a cause that seems to be no end to. "In 1989, a Republican county executive of Mercer County N.J. estimated that it would cost him as much as 1 billion dollars to build the jail space needed to house all the hard-core drug users in Trenton alone" (Long ... ...

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... ). One can only imagine what this figure would be like today. Too much money is wasted on a cause that seems to be no end to.In 1989, a Republican county executive of Mercer County N.J. estimated that it would cost him as much as 1 billion dollars to build the jail space needed to house all the hard-core drug users in Trenton alone? (Long ... ...

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... ten billion dollars were spent on drug enforcement alone. Drugs accounted for more than forty percent of all felony indictments in our nation's courts in 2002. In 1999 a county executive of mercer county, new jersey, estimated that it would cost as much as one billion dollars to build the jail space to house all of the drug offenders in Trenton alone. The ... ...

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... marijuana illegal? It started with late President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush during their second term in office and proceeded on into President George Bush's and President Bill Clinton's office. The American people were now under the impression that this drug was the number one problem facing society-beating out the economy, violent crimes, poverty, illiteracy, domestic abuse, and ... ...

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... . As a result of Proposition 215 in California, patients now smoke marijuana provided their physician recommends its usage. A prescription is not required, and marijuana continues to be illegal to prescribe. The Clinton administration responded that it "would not recognize these decisions, and would prosecute physicians who recommend or provide marijuana to their patients." Although California and Arizona are the only two states ... ...

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... new program's system. Then in 1992, when a flood of applications from AIDS patients came through, the Bush administration closed the program to all new applicants. On December 1st, 1999, the Clinton administration stated that the IND program would not be reopened. This means that presently, the IND program remains in operation only for the seven surviving previously approved patients. This is ... ...

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... the question "why not legalize marijuana as a medical drug?", when it is proven safer than cocaine and morphine. Groups in San Diego, California, unanimously voted to urge former president Bill Clinton and congress to end Federal restrictions against the use of marijuana for legitimate medical use. City council woman Christine Kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego to go ... ...

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... as medical drug, which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine? Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California and the council committee unanimously voted to urge president Bill Clinton and congress to end federal restrictions against the use of marijuana for "legitimate medical use." City council women Christine Kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go ... ...

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... them ask, "Why not legalize marijuana as a medical drug, when it is proven safer than cocaine and morphine?" Lobbying groups in San Diego, California unanimously voted to urge President Bill Clinton and Congress to Thompson 2 end federal restrictions against the use of marijuana for " legitimate medical use". City Councilwoman Christine Kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go ... ...

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... small amounts. However, this was short lived. Under President Reagan, the nation took a strong shift to the right and responded with harsher penalties for drug offenses. This continued through the Clinton administration with massive federal funding for the war on drugs. There are arguments for and against legalization. I believe the legalization of marijuana could help solve many problems we face in ... ...

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... as medical drug, which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine? Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California and the council committee unanimously voted to urge president Bill Clinton and congress to end federal restrictions against the use of marijuana for "legitimate medical use." City council women Christine Kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go ... ...

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... . NORML. 1. http://www.norml.org). Keeping violators behind bars is estimated at $8.6 billion. In 1969, President Nixon spent $65 million on this so called war against drugs, and by 1998, Clinton raised that amount to $17.1 billion (Office of National Drug Policy (1998). National Drug Control Strategy: Budget Summary. 5. Washington D.C. US Government Printing Office). In American today, this valuable money should ... ...

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... , including cocaine and heroin. To get more evidence, the executive office ordered multiple studies be done in order to determine if marijuana had any medical value. The decision of the Clinton Administration came two months after a government-sponsored study concluded that "the active ingredients in marijuana, called cannabinoids, appeared useful for treating pain, nausea, and severe weight loss in AIDS patients ... ...

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... (Conant 26). Anyone who has read the book Catch-22 will find this situation familiar. The government opponents of medicinal marijuana are against it for political rather than practical reasons. Clinton, who suffered in the polls after he admitted to smoking pot, has taken a strong anti-drug stance to follow in the popular vein of Reagan and Bush's "war on drugs ... ...

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... down. "As the number of medical marijuana shops and dispensary-related crimes in Colorado Springs has fallen over the past five years, medical pot tax revenue in El Paso County has soared"(Fewer crimes). Crime would be another thing that would be affected if marijuana was legal. As I showed before, since the legalization of it in Colorado the crime ... ...

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... , many countries have legalized the "small-quantity possession" of marijuana. Some countries have legalized the use of marijuana for particular purposes. The level of legalization also varies depending on the county's laws and regulations. Some countries impose more restrictive laws on the use of marijuana than other countries. According to Anderson (2013), legalization has been effected in many countries in Europe ... ...

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... 21, with the ability to grow up to six plants for personal use. However, commercial marijuana stores will not open until 2014, and "in some areas such as Douglas county, recreational pot sales will be banned under local ordinances" (Policymic.com.) While people have the freedom to purchase the marijuana and grow the marijuana they desire, the state still ... ...

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... our state have not only taken advantage of this but a lot of people have continued to do it illegally because of how easy it is to access. I live in Pueblo County and just within the last few months three dispensaries have all been opened all within a mile or less than each other. Even though I see this as being to many in ... ...

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... other people who suffer from AIDS and cancer, benefit from marijuana. They benefit from it because it's used as an appetite stimulant. According to Joni Commons, a deputy director of the county's health services, "smoking pot was the only thing that relieved her otherwise constant nausea from chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer" (Maier 24). Marijuana helps control nausea, vomiting, and pain, as ... ...

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... Las Vegas and Reno. Other counties may decide for themselves whether to permit prostitution. Carson, Douglas, and Lincoln counties have opted to ban it to please the citizens in the county. Storey and Lyon counties have enacted laws specifically and unequivocally legalizing prostitution. In the rest of Nevada, prostitution is legal by default: there are simply no laws to the contrary ... ...

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