... Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan believed drug use was a moral problem. Under the drug policies of the Reagan Administration, the Justice Department gave the government the right to seize assets (such as cars, boats, bank accounts, stock portfolios, anything suspected to be derived for drug profits) then ... limited to minorities in the US. Five times as many whites use drugs. According to the government's own reports, 80 percent of the country's cocaine users are white and middle class. Regardless, law enforcement tactics are concentrated in the poor minority neighborhoods. 2. There are a nu...

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... person applauding the war on drugs is a congressman or someone else of high prestige. This side of the battle line believes that the government's war on drugs should be maintained until the drug problem in America is eradicated. Even though these advocates are definitely pro-war on drugs ... and addictive substance that can cause respiratory disease, mental disorders, and other health problems. Marijuana can also lead to abuse of other drugs. The government should keep marijuana illegal and strengthen its efforts to prohibit it," Congressman Souder wrote. Some people, like the congressman...

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... respected and feared extradition, and recognized the threat. When the Colombian Justice Minister openly supported extradition, he was assassinated. Still, the U.S. pressures the extradition issue. In 1985, anti-Government Guerillas, mainly composed of the drug dealers, attack the Colombian Supreme Court. The extradition requests were destroyed, and eleven Supreme Court Justices were killed. In total, over 200 people lost ... Service column that no clinical evidence demonstrates that smoked marijuana is good medicine, is inconsistent with the facts. Whether this is an intentional decepti...

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... respected and feared extradition, and recognized the threat. When the Colombian Justice Minister openly supported extradition, he was assassinated. Still, the U.S. pressures the extradition issue. In 1985, anti-Government Guerillas, mainly composed of the drug dealers, attack the Colombian Supreme Court. The extradition requests were destroyed, and eleven Supreme Court Justices were killed. In total, over 200 people lost ... Service column that no clinical evidence demonstrates that smoked marijuana is good medicine, is inconsistent with the facts. Whether this is an intentional decepti...

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... the courts came into accordance that violation of the Act was actually a tax violation. Trade, interstate commerce, and fallacious logic, these were all implements in the argument that the Federal Government could regulate what an individual chooses to put in his body. Marijuana was outlawed in 1937 during the depression, perpetuating the negative propaganda about Mexicans that were crossing the boarder ... drug problem through counseling and medical treatment. Because of the newly created dilemma of prison overcrowding, intertwined with the increasing harsh punishments for drug offenses,...

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... respected and feared extradition, and recognized the threat. When the Colombian Justice Minister openly supported extradition, he was assassinated. Still, the U.S. pressures the extradition issue. In 1985, anti-Government Guerillas, mainly composed of the drug dealers, attack the Colombian Supreme Court. The extradition requests were destroyed, and eleven Supreme Court Justices were killed. In total, over 200 people lost ... Service column that no clinical evidence demonstrates that smoked marijuana is good medicine, is inconsistent with the facts. Whether this is an intentional decepti...

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... ... that liberalization does not increase cannabis use [and] that the total prohibition approach is costly [and] ineffective as a general deterrent." - L. Atkinson and D. McDonald. 1995. Cannabis, the Law and Social Impacts in Australia . Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice 48. The United States The U.S war on drugs places great emphasis on arresting people for smoking marijuana ... the tremendous wholesale and retail tax benefits from America's multi-billion dollar domestic marijuana industry is totally unrealized tax revenue for local, state and federal governments. Additio...

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... seed, stems, and chemicals. To understand why hemp is illegal, it is necessary that we take a look at the law prohibiting hemp today. The law that prohibits hemp is called the "Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1970". The Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act of ... 1970, (Public Law 91-513), overhauled the nation's drug regulation apparatus. Title II of the law, known as the Controlled Substances Act, established criteria for determining which drugs should be controlled, mechanisms for ... police officers. During Prohibition, being a police officer was a very good thing. ...

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... claim that legalization supporters make is that prison overcrowding would decrease. The statement has been made for several years, by groups ranging from law enforcement to political, that our local, state, and federal prisons are running out of room because of the number of people incarcerated for ... level, the repercussions would certainly be felt at the state and local level as well. The advocates claim that the workload on local law enforcement will be lessened if marijuana were legalized rests upon the questionable assumption that drug dealers will stop dealing, now that their produ...

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... , you ought to come here with some constructive proposals ... rather than trying to throw obstacles in the way of something that the federal government is trying to do (U.S. Congress, House of Ways and Means Committee)." After the bill was passed in the Ways and Means Committee, it ... media and individuals who have no back round in the subject. If one were to ignore the shady and deceitful ways in which the government criminalized the usage of marijuana, plenty evidence as to why it should be legalized still exists. Despite the 63 year prohibition on the ... busted Santa Cruz's Women an...

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... marijuana, police would have more time to spend time on solving crimes such as rapes, robberies, killings, and gang wars. The prohibition of alcohol was a mistake for the government in the 1920s. The government learned people still drank alcohol regardless of the legality of it. During the prohibition of alcohol, the crime rates increased; criminal gangs were supported and respect for the ... law weakened. The citizens of the U.S. can remember the history when alcohol regained legality. Money was taken away from the black market, violence was reduced. The black market relies on ... vio...

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... marijuana, police would have more time to spend time on solving crimes such as rapes, robberies, killings, and gang wars. The prohibition of alcohol was a mistake for the government in the 1920s. The government learned people still drank alcohol regardless of the legality of it. During the prohibition of alcohol, the crime rates increased; criminal gangs were supported and respect for the ... law weakened. The citizens of the U.S. can remember the history when alcohol regained legality. Money was taken away from the black market, violence was reduced. The black market relies on ... vio...

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... heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug, i.e., having the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Most marijuana at that time came from Mexico, but in 1975 the Mexican government agreed to eradicate the crop by spraying it with the herbicide paraquat, raising fears of toxic side effects. Colombia then became the main supplier. The "zero tolerance- climate of the ... it was used by millions of young people in America; its popularity waned as its reputation for bad trips and resulting accidents and suicides became known. In 1967, the federal government classified it as...

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... demand reduction strategies were grounded in the traditional deterrence model: Though legislation and criminal penalties, individuals would be discouraged from using drugs; by setting an example of traffickers, the government could force potential dealers to seek out other economic pursuits. In time, other components were added such as enforcement, treatment, education, and pre-venting for the would-be user ... and unsafe to drink. Faced with the disastrous consequences of Prohibition, Congress decided in 1933 to repeal the Volstead Act. Since that time, the government has implemented the...

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... by flooding the brain with the neurotransmitter, seratonin. Some therapists believe that it helps people to bring out their true feelings in a peaceful and open manner. Nevertheless, the government classified it as a drug with no recorded medical use and high abuse potential. MDMA is now illegal in the United States. The increase in the dosage of Ecstasy ... the mainland. For additional information about this program, see the "Marijuana Eradication" section. A trend toward indoor marijuana production in the United States is largely due to successful drug law enforcement efforts to curtai...

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... Besides freeing up billions of dollars, my plan would also open up new sources of income and jobs for our government and many others. Like tobacco, my plan calls for the government's regulation and taxation of the sale of marijuana once made legal. Although not as much as tobacco, this tax ... to restate that I do not condone the use of marijuana just like I don't condone the use of nicotine and alcohol, but is something the government can not and should not try and stop and doing so only causes more problems. Many of those who propose this idea say that if made ... prevalence of heroin...

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... . Many physicians have already recommended this drug to their patients and advised them to break the law if necessary. In a survey conducted by Dr. Mark A. R. Kleiman, drug policy specialist at the Kennedy School of Government and a student, Richard E. Doblin, taken at Harvard University in 1993 concluded that nearly half ... classified as Schedule II drugs yet claim thousands of lives each year. The people of America only know only what they are told. When the government renames a drug and speaks about how beneficial it is, it is deemed as a "good drug". This can be seen by morphine(her...

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... incidents reported by police agencies to Statistics Canada occurred in the province of British Columbia (Statistic Canada, 2004). Furthermore, in 2001, major Canadian law enforcement agencies seized close to 1.4 million marijuana plants, a six-fold increase since 1993 (Statistic Canada, 2004). Based on the seizures and average ... ). Ten years ago, it was estimated that about 10 percent of the marijuana available in Canada was produced within our borders. Today, most law enforcement experts agree that over half of the marijuana is now grown domestically (RCMP). In 2001, the police depart...

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... (which is also the psychoactive ingredient in hashish) determines the potency and, therefore, the effects of marijuana.1 In 2000, state and local law enforcement arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations. This is an increase of 800 percent since 1980, and is the highest ever recorded by ... engaged only by those on the margins of American society. Marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of middle class Americans. Government's surveys indicate more than 70 millions Americans have smoked Marijuana at some point in their lives. Marijuana is the third most popular r...

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... Constitution. As citizens of this country, we elect representatives and entrust them to form and shape our society for the better. We also entrust our government to protect and grant us of Constitutional rights, which we are all entitled to. But what happens when our Constitutional rights and trust are threatened? ... related crimes were under the age of 21 (26). "For most of these youths, their pot bust is their first time in trouble with the law" (Rosenthal and Kubby 26). Perhaps not all of these youth arrested go to jail, but the ones that do get incarnated, have not only been ... dr...

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... 1884. During the seventeenth century thru the early 1900's the production of the cannabis plant was actually encouraged by the United States Government (PBS.org 2008). In the United States around 1619 in Jamestown Colony, Virginia the first marijuana law was passed through legislation and put into effect that required all settlers to grow hemp which is derived from the cannabis plant ... feelings of resentment and fear of Mexican immigrants. Deep feelings of dissatisfaction grew among people and they were upset with how society was functioning and lacked answers to why the government/so...

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