... year span from 2001 to 2010, 8.2 million Americans were arrested and incarcerated for marijuana possesion with 90% of those arrests being based on possession(Wegman). This is a ludicrous amount of citizens in tax-funded federal prisons for a drug that, if legalized, would ... physical and emotional pain, and allow law enforcement to focus more heavily on violent crime. If regulated like alcohol and tobacco, marijuana would create a tremendous amount of new wealth. Dispensaries and small businesses based on the distribution of the drug would open up, along with already established stores ...

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... legalized some of which include; the fact that the use of marijuana is safer than cigarettes and alcohol, marijuana has medical use, the crime rate would be lower and the economy could benefit from marketing it. The prohibition of marijuana is unconstitutional, unfair, and is taking away ... ancient Middle Eastern women used inhaled marijuana smoke to reduce labor pains. Despite the fact that marijuana was made illegal in 1937 medical research based on its use has continued. One of the most recent and interesting findings concerns the effect of cannabis in reducing intraocular pressure. ...

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... legalized some of which include; the fact that the use of marijuana is safer than cigarettes and alcohol, marijuana has medical use, the crime rate would be lower and the economy could benefit from marketing it. The prohibition of marijuana is unconstitutional, unfair, and is taking away ... ancient Middle Eastern women used inhaled marijuana smoke to reduce labor pains. Despite the fact that marijuana was made illegal in 1937 medical research based on its use has continued. One of the most recent and interesting findings concerns the effect of cannabis in reducing intraocular pressure. ...

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... one last belief to address, in its own way it is quite similar to Societal Relativism but it still has its alterations. The belief in truth based on Individual Relativism. It is the belief that truth only pertains to each person, "your version of the truth is different than my version" ... 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 ... ...

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... people across the country. It has become a part of American culture. Over sixty five million Americans use marijuana either occasionally or on a regular basis. "Most government research on marijuana is based on the "Pathology theory", or trying to find diseases caused by marijuana." (Rosenthal, pg.48). The government admits that it is harmless, and there is little evidence it is addictive ... be genetic, but is not always the case. The Marijuana prohibition has been in effect since 1937, with trends that closely resemble those of alcohol prohibition- meaning an increase in crime, distru...

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... of your parents' they each provide you with 13 chromosomes that develop you into who you are physically. Having to abide by your parents rules and do what they ask based on their say-so is what develops the type of mental state you'll have and your initial outlook on different subjects. As I grew older, I began to gain a bit of ... most used drugs; and has a far less death related rate than alcohol and tobacco combined (Lachenemeier 2). The combined impediments of my challenge of authority as well as the views developed based on the news, drove me into researching the facts and fictions...

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... Institutes of Health examined all existing clinical evidence about smoked marijuana and concluded that, "There is no scientifically sound evidence that smoked marijuana is medically superior to currently available therapies." Based on the conclusion made by the US National Institutes of Health, marijuana should remain illegal. Although it does have many medicinal benefits - including improving the appetite in chemotherapy and AIDS ... with an easy opportunity to escape prosecution for trafficking and dealing drugs. "Reversed psychology" would not work in this situation, for the legaliza...

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... is allot of ignorance in our society so I will clear up a few things. First, decriminalization vs. legalization; Decriminalize = to remove the criminal classification of, to no longer prohibit. Legalize = something based on or authorized by the law. With the new laws being pushed into senate is that anything under 1 ounce (31 grams) of marijuana for personal use and not the intent ... . On the negative side, they say that our future generations of children are going to be hooked on drugs and that our communities will become like many low class, high crime cites that none of us want to li...

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... Drug Enforcement Agency also believes that if marijuana is legalized as a medicine, then in turn, it will lead to the abuse of other drugs, an increase in drug trafficking, and crime will increase due to a higher rate of marijuana users that will eventually become addicts, and will steal or kill in order to get their drugs. I believe that Thompson 3 through these ... . I believe these new findings presented by the Drug Enforcement Agency are of great importance, but the agency does not reveal any numbers for which a patient could make an accurate decision based on both, the positives, an...

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