... should be given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of drug use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on enforcement, and will therefore increase our countries revenue and lessen drug related crimes. There are rarely any ... women (LaFave). Legalization will be profitable to global economies in two ways. It will allow for money spent on drug law enforcement to be spent more wisely and it will increase revenue. There have been escalating costs spent on the war against drugs and countless dollars...

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... use of substance and further increase problems in society, legalization could in fact be more beneficial than harmful. Actually, there are several benefits with the legalization of marijuana and some of which include: making our streets and homes safer, increasing the economy's revenue, putting an end to prison overcrowding, saving our tax money, crippling organized crime, promoting health ... and safety, reducing official corruption, and using marijuana for medicinal purposes. Legalizing marijuana would first greatly increase our economy's revenue and promote consumer health and safety...

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... the U.S. Pharmacopoeia because it was believed to be a harmful and addictive drug that caused psychoses, mental deterioration, and violent behavior. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a sharp increase in marijuana use among adolescents and young adults. "The current legal status of marijuana was established in 1970 with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act, which divided drugs into ... raised annually through the tobacco tax alone. Imagine a similar tax on marijuana. Whether the figure is in the billions of millions, the fact of the matter is it's more money coming in ...

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... there can be a greater focus on stopping other drugs that are extremely hazardous to individuals in society. Not only would there be more money to be put towards important issues like the national debt and security, but legalization of marijuana would also decrease or eliminate drug specialist's positions ... within the DEA and other governmental organizations. It is well knows that the government has always spent a large amount of money on stopping drugs in the United States. From 1988-1995 there was an estimated $57.3 billion dollars spent on the war on drugs. Of ... sense if one pond...

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... crimes would decrease." Most importantly, legalizing marijuana could stimulate the economy. Although the odds are slim, if the United States legalized marijuana, the chance of the economy improving would increase because of all the capital being saved. Commercial marijuana growing is a booming industry in the coastal country between Silicon Valley and San Francisco. This industry could spread across the United ... States if cannabis was legalized. This move would raise a lot of money for the country. California is one of 10 states allowing the sale of medicinal marijuana, and marijuana i...

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... . The use of citizen's tax money would also be greatly affected. The taxation of items such as legalized marijuana brings a flow of money into the economy that would otherwise not be there. This increase of government funds would allocate more money to federal programs that are in ... financial need such as public education, health education, treatment programs, etc. When the public's way of life is improved it shows in the economy. Tax money is spent more efficiently ... was committed. Legalization of marijuana would save the country $6-9 billion in enforcement costs. By keeping mariju...

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... their body; for example, prostitutes can use their body to make money. Moreover, libertarians oppose "redistribution of income or wealth" (60), which is a law that require people to help each other through the increase of taxation. Libertarian believe those laws are coercive taxpayers' freedom. ... to treat a wide variety of painful conditions, from headache to physical pains. Moreover, many studies show that marijuana has been shown to increase appetite and decrease nausea, which can essentially help cancer patients who are having difficulty eating maintain adequate nutrition. Beyond t...

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... for medical aid, repair of roads and highways, maintenance of provincial and national parks, funding options for low income households, national defense, technological and medical research, etc. Instead, this money is being used to fund a judicial system that arrests and prosecutes people for the possession or distribution of plant with unrivaled health benefits. Our government would not only profit from ... State, the legal age to purchase and use marijuana is 21, and it is only permitted to possess one ounce at a time. Legalized marijuana would reduce the flow of money from the Canadian...

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... pack 3). It is the enforcement of the laws criminalizing the possession, use, manufacture, and distribution of marijuana that are causing the violent crime. This war on drugs is wasting the money, as well as the lives of American people. The widely recognized opinion maker William F. Buckley, Jr. writes: ...The time devoted to tracking down, arresting and then trying marijuana users ... it will benefit society in three ways, including revenue enhancement, medical benefits, and hemp production. The ingest argument for marijuana legalization is revenue enhancement for the U.S. Government....

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... pack 3). It is the enforcement of the laws criminalizing the possession, use, manufacture, and distribution of marijuana that are causing the violent crime. This war on drugs is wasting the money, as well as the lives of American people. The widely recognized opinion maker William F. Buckley, Jr. writes: ...The time devoted to tracking down, arresting and then trying marijuana users ... it will benefit society in three ways, including revenue enhancement, medical benefits, and hemp production. The ingest argument for marijuana legalization is revenue enhancement for the U.S. Government....

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... America must respond to that reality with a basic change in approach. Legalization is the only practical way to bring about positive results. The money legalization would generate to fight drug abuse would make harm reduction, rather than the twice-failed policy of prohibition, the fulcrum of our drug ... or "low" off of them. Of all the so-called "psychoactive" substances, alcohol is the only one whose comsumption has been shown to commonly increase aggression. Only after large doses of illegal substances like cocaine, LSD, PCP, etc., certain individuals may experience violent and agg...

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... as "tea."" The hippies of the sixties followed the ideas of the beats but called marijuana "grass."" The federal government, seeing the increase of marijuana use, passed new drug laws. The Dangerous Substances Act of 1969 classified all drugs, according to their medicinal use and how ... legalization would have favorable effects on the American economy. Proponents say marijuana should be legal because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on enforcement. The jails are overcrowding as more people are convicted of marijuana charges. More than 700,000 Americans were arrested ... ...

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... dollars would be made by the legalization and taxation of marijuana, also new sources of jobs in stores and farms.(Richardson) Agriculture production would increase , helping farmers with their current crops they are harvesting. "By allowing the legalization of marijuana, the funds used to fight marijuana can be ... every $1 in taxes, we spend $10 on social costs"" (7 reasons). The economic burden with regulation and treatment would potentially offset the money brought in by taxation of marijuana. There are few numbers of users and those few have a high abuse rate. If marijuana becomes l...

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... marijuana has stayed the same or even done the opposite when hard drugs have increased or decreased, a 1988 study shows marijuana users showed an increase in awareness of white blood cells which directly fight germs and are the main source of your immune system, researchers have found no difference in ... program that makes big efforts to try to stop the fourth most popular drug which probably benefits people than hurt them, they could be keeping that money and making another thirty-two billion dollars. The government could also make the drug safer. If they regulate marijuana, then they...

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... War on Terror can be won if marijuana is legalized. Many opposers to legalization argue that if marijuana was legal then crime rate will increase, much more car accidents would occur, marijuana use would lead to more harsher drug use, and that marijuana has no medicinal value. ... theory presents as a causal explanation is a statistical association between common drugs and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in prevalence. Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States today. Therefore, people who have used less p...

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... concerns about possible long term carcinogenic (cancer causing) effects of cannabis smoking, but the results are still somewhat controversial. (Nadelmann 2) It can be safely said, however, that health risks increase with frequency and duration of smoking anything. There are no confirmed, published deaths from cannabis-only poisoning. (County 1) There are a small number of people who report serious cannabis allergies which ... cannabis use (like many other strong psychoactives) can precipitate neuroses or psychoses in those who are already at risk. Studies have also shown that cannabis use...

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... aromatic, and very potent. The amount of THC is up to seven times greater in today's marijuana than hundreds of years ago. This tremendous increase in potency is an unintended consequence of the efforts of law enforcement. Marijuana is very bulky when compared to other drugs, which increases the ... reality through the medium of substance abuse will gravitate into the response to life whether or not the drugs are legal. Legalizing marijuana will neither increase nor decrease the number of people inclined toward, or indulging in, marijuana. Marijuana should be legalized because it has bee...

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... individuals were no longer arrested for simple possession. In ten of those states there is a $0-100 fine for possession-the result of a threat by the federal government to withhold highway money for states that did not have minimum punishment standards (Thies and Register, 1993, p.387). Going outside the country for another example of how legalization does not lead to greater use ... 50% and 13%, its clear that marijuana is still readily available and used by a large number of Americans. Two other detrimental effects of marijuana prohibition are the large amounts of money spent on enfor...

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... could not afford a Universities tuition cost, so for student loans to be revoked for such a insignificant offense is rather illogical. The prohibition of marijuana, to contrary belief, leads to an increase in crime. David Boaz, an American libertarian stated that "Addicts are forced to pay for a habit that would easily be affordable if it were legal," (Boaz). Those that become heavily ... immoral and askew. The decriminalization of marijuana may support and uplift the country's dire economic situation. If marijuana was to be decriminalized, taxpayers in turn would save substantial amoun...

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... risk having the national government revoke their license. In today's society, many people look for a feeling of freedom. Some may go on vacations, spend money or go on dates, but the most common getaway for people is drinking or drugs. As we all know, drinking is more highly rated than ... as they don't harm others. The second reason important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save our government lots of money. In the U.S., all levels of government participate in the "War on Drugs". We currently spend billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful ... having marij...

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... it illegally anyway. Not like they are going to stop because it is illegal. Why is everyone out to seek for drug-dealers? The amount of money that our nation is spent on trying to get a zero-tolerance for illegal drugs is absurd. Study after study, has shown us that regular usage among ... daily'(Leshner 2)A victim of the drug Joe Nickell states, "The problem with drug prohibition is that it is fairly lauderable intentions-the desire to increase productivy, preserve public safety, and protect the welfare of innocents "yet the end results of prohibition is the undermining of these goals."...

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... reduce government expenditures on enforcing drug laws and would allow the United States to enjoy a new tax revenue from legal drug production and sales. According to Nadelman, this strategy would increase public treasuries of at least ten billion a year and maybe much more. These strategies propose that legalizing marijuana would have many economical benefits on the United States. Former Mayor of ... book Drugs, Teens, and Recovery Bobby who was a freshmen in high school knows what it is like to have to steal to support his drug habit. He says, "For drug money, I stole a lot. I didn't t...

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... keep it off the streets and into dealer's hands, but their tactics barely do a thing. Today, 62% of all inmates are in prison for drug offenses the result of a 1,100% increase in drug arrests between 1980 and 1992, even though marijuana use dropped from 35% to 13% during the same period. Of felons convicted of crimes related to marijuana possession, production ... 93). In other words, a large majority of these felons should not be viewed as individuals endangering society, and there is no need to ticket or prison them. The amount of money the federal Drug Enforcement Agency spends each ...

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... in diseases such as AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis, among others (Marijuana Prohibition Facts). Groups encouraging the decriminalization of marijuana in the United States argue that money freed up from the prison systems and war on drugs could be used in other areas of government interest. Medicinal use would be an alternative for heavy medications or a ... new approach for otherwise difficult to treat symptoms. They also argue that marijuana decriminalization would not increase marijuana use overall. The United States would benefit greatly from marijuana decriminalizati...

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... illegal drugs should be legalized in the United States has had more publicity in recent years. Proponents of legalization argue that large amounts of money have and are currently being wasted in a failing effort to stop drug use and abuse. They also say that legalization would allow users to ... have more availability to better treatment programs. Opponents say that legalizing marijuana will only make drug use increase and will eventually cost billions of dollars in health-care costs. They also say that legalizing marijuana could destroy many families. Polls show that ... of the unknow...

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