... , than marijuana. The American people and the federal government are feeling the sting of an economic down fall. Nature has provided a way for the federal government to stop the stinging, legalizing marijuana, its side effect; saving and creating revenue. The federal government spends every year roughly 15 billion dollars, averaging $500 a second to support a war on drugs that is mainly targeting ... boasts 300 coffeehouses retailing cannabis, scaled to the U.S. population this would estimate 60 thousand coffeehouses and100 thousand jobs " created by the legalization and taxation of mari...

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... , than marijuana. The American people and the federal government are feeling the sting of an economic down fall. Nature has provided a way for the federal government to stop the stinging, legalizing marijuana, its side effect; saving and creating revenue. The federal government spends every year roughly 15 billion dollars, averaging $500 a second to support a war on drugs that is mainly targeting ... boasts 300 coffeehouses retailing cannabis, scaled to the U.S. population this would estimate 60 thousand coffeehouses and100 thousand jobs " created by the legalization and taxation of mari...

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... Holder's claim rests upon the questionable assumption that drug dealers will stop dealing because they are afraid of getting caught. From the information given, I would have to conclude that legalizing marijuana would have little to no effect in reducing crime. Another claim that legalization supporters make is that prison overcrowding would decrease. The statement has been made for several years ... , "Colorado Department of Corrections figures show that people imprisoned for marijuana crimes make up about 1 percent of inmates." Quick's point is that the effect on prison overcrowding by...

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... rights, we, as a whole society, must look forward to reform marijuana laws that take away our freedom. Upon the opposing side of legalizing marijuana, anti-marijuana advocates would argue; the harmful effects of marijuana upon society and the human body. The harmful effects upon society because of ... acted upon to claim the benefits that come with reformed marijuana laws. The facts and numbers are all there, and the arguments for legalizing marijuana are valid. The advantages of legalization, clearly out weights the disadvantages (this can be concluded if proper research is conducted),...

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... own body by drinking vs. the pot smoker. Lewis, a former CEO of Progressive, and one of the main backers of the Nevada proposal of legalizing marijuana, says, "The absurdity of its illegality has been clear to me for some time. I learned about pot from my kids and realized it ... people when released from jail, "Many of them will get into trouble again because there is nothing for them when they are outside- (2). Legalizing marijuana would stop the courts from sending innocent people sent to jail for smoking a harmless joint. In the United States, the jails are full ... the government is...

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... own body by drinking vs. the pot smoker. Lewis, a former CEO of Progressive, and one of the main backers of the Nevada proposal of legalizing marijuana, says, "The absurdity of its illegality has been clear to me for some time. I learned about pot from my kids and realized it ... people when released from jail, "Many of them will get into trouble again because there is nothing for them when they are outside- (2). Legalizing marijuana would stop the courts from sending innocent people sent to jail for smoking a harmless joint. In the United States, the jails are full ... the government is...

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... . The government could then focus on cracking down on the harder drugs like crack and heroine. The government should also legalize marijuana because of its several medicinal and industrial purposes. Legalizing hemp based products could create a whole new industry. Fuels can be made by extracting oils from seeds and the hemp fiber could be used to make ropes, clothing, or paper ... after the more serious drugs like heroin and crack. The U.S. government spends over a billion dollars on its "war on drugs," when it could be making at least that much from legalizing and taxing it.18 The avera...

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... flow to these states if legalization were to occur. Aside from the health issues of marijuana, there are the many other aspects to consider when one broaches the topic of legalizing pot. Many arguments exist as to why marijuana should be legalized. Among these arguments exist the campaign of false propaganda which led to the ban on marijuana, the extreme harshness ... ridiculous that this recreational drug remains illegal after 63 years. Especially after comparing it to the effects of alcohol and tobacco. When one weighs the pros and cons of re-legalizing marijuana, the logical result i...

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For many years, the United States government has prohibited drugs such as marijuana from sale in the marketplace. With prohibition, marijuana use has decreased only minimally. Because of prohibition, the media has publicized only the bad aspects of marijuana use. What many people do not realize are the many positive aspects of marijuana legalization, including new medical cures, cleaner and more efficient industry, and reduced marijuana usage. Marijuana, as most people commonly know it, is really a plant called hemp, or "cannabis sativa". There are other plants called hemp, but cannabis hemp i...

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... by smoking the plant, or by eating the plant baked into brownies called Alice B.Toklas. The levels of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active chemical in marijuana consumed from the different methods of administering varies, and so does the effect of the administered amount. THC is lipid soluble and is stored readily in fatty tissues in the body. As a consequence, traces of ... ...

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