... key factor is taste. People who are extremely interested in altering their consciousness are likely to want to try more than one way of doing it. If you are a true music fan, you probably won't stick to listening to just one band or even a single genre"" (Szalavitz) How can a society that allows the consumption of alcohol which kills thousands every year ... currently spend billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful people who happen to like to get high. These people get locked up in prison and the taxpayers have to foot the bill. We have to pay for food, housing, health care, att...

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... There are many reasons why young kids get into this drug at an early age, one reason I think this is because of the types of music kids listen to. If your children listen to any CD with a parental advisory sticker, most likely that record will take about the use of ... -half-million people were arrested for pot offenses. Eighty -six percent of them were arrested for marijuana possession. Tens of thousands of people are now in prison for marijuana offenses. An even greater number are punished with probation, fines, and civil sanctions, including having their property seized, their driver'...

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... There are many reasons why young kids get into this drug at an early age, one reason I think this is because of the types of music kids listen to. If your children listen to any CD with a parental advisory sticker, most likely that record will take about the use of ... -half-million people were arrested for pot offenses. Eighty -six percent of them were arrested for marijuana possession. Tens of thousands of people are now in prison for marijuana offenses. An even greater number are punished with probation, fines, and civil sanctions, including having their property seized, their driver'...

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... 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 ... nausea and vomiting, which can last for days or even weeks. Patients begin to lose weight and strength because they cannot eat or even stand the sig...

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... to write articles about "lazy Mexican marijuana smokers raping women and children after smoking the drug" (brief). Since most of the population in prison at the time was minorities, he began to gain the public's interest about why people were attacking citizens. Randolph was saying it was ... 1965. There are an estimated 15,668 people presently incarcerated in federal prisons for marijuana offenses, comprising about 12.7% of the total federal prison population. MPP estimates that the number of marijuana offenders presently incarcerated in state prisons and local jails is approximately 21...

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... had a home, a wife and a two-year-old son. The man who sold him the drug, Jimmy Wilcox was a felon just released from prison with more than thirty convictions on his record. Wilcox was also an informer employed by the Morgan County Drug Task Force. The local sheriff's department, as ... to a rise in the use of hard drugs (Lancet 1).6 Studies revealed that almost a third of all violent offenders who are released from prison will be arrested for another violent crime within three years. No one knows how many violent crimes these inmates commented without ever being caught. According ... wa...

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... argument marijuana. If a person is found to be under the influence or in possession of any controlled substance, penalization by the state or federal court may include fines and or prison. When referring to the legalization of some uses of marijuana, the word some must be highly emphasized. Legalizing some uses of marijuana includes distribution, possession and use. This does not ... distribution of illegal drugs is the largest reason for America's ever expanding prison population. Currently the United States has the largest and most expensive prison system on the planet. The prison pop...

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... could not make bail. The second problem is more difficult to address. Since everyone is "innocent until proven guilty," potentially innocent people should not be in prison with the proven criminals. People who can't make bail should be kept in a separate "holding cell." They should have modern luxuries such as television, ... also be able leave their holding area when needed. Of course these people would always be watched. This solution would eliminate the torment of being in prison before a suspect is found guilty of criminal charges. The public would not like this solution. These holdi...

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... quite frightening considering that America is considered to be a very liberal country in terms of litigation and therefore less likely to just haul people off to prison. These statistics mentioned before a but a few of the reasons drug legalization has become a hot topic in the American judiciary realm. The drug most ... and dealers, and with that comes not only drug related, but violent crime as well. According to proponents, half of all law enforcement and prison costs are spent on drug related crime (Unknown, 186). However, the majority of those arrested for drug related crimes are no...

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... in Colorado". Moreover, making marijuana legal would further help the government save millions of dollar every year on solving the marijuana crime such as prohibition enforcement costs and huge prison costs. Laura points out that Colorado has been using the first 40 million dollar of the tax revenue for education, healthcare and infrastructure. Therefore, regulation of marijuana also has promising ... ruin their lives. Besides, schools need to put drug under control and create a safe environment for children. Also, Marijuana legalization has been used for a long time in various industri...

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... research on the drug in order to further our knowledge of this drug. Non-violent drug offenders clog prisons all over the United States. Nothing has driven the boom in prison construction as much as government efforts to crack down on drug use. In New York City alone, there are 150 drug possession arrests made every day. Even if only one ... a convicted felon who has to try and get a job with a criminal record. An ex-prisoner is also likely to have continued their drug habit in prison thus leaving the person worse off than when they entered the prison. Overall, the marijuana debate is a...

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... smokers, just like heavy smokers or heavy drinkers. These people will be looked at like outcasts, which will control people's smoking habits. Governmental purposes for legalizing marijuana consist of prison facilities and prison sentences. Our prisons are vastly overcrowded. Many prisoners are in jail simply for simple marijuana possession. Different states have different policies. Some states have no penalty other than a civil ... keep it illegal, then they should stop locking responsible marijuana smokers up, and make them do other things like pay fines or do community service. This w...

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... be too many farmers that would be angry if the corn prices came up. 5. Another reason for legalizing hemp, would be keeping good men and women out of prison. Many people have gone to prison for suspicion of distributing marijuana, when all they actually had growing around their house was hemp, the non-mind altering plant. A man by the name of Ken ... Stevens, 50, was arrested with 11 lbs of hemp. He was sentenced to life with out parole in a maximum-security prison. This seems strange to me when a drunk driver can run a stoplight and kill a fifteen-year-old girl and get off with 15 to 1...

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... 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 ... , possession, and distribution are all illegal in the United States resulting in 13 million marijuana arrests since 1970. Currently, it is estimated that 77,000 marijuana-related offenders a...

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... currently spend billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful people who happen to like to get high. These people get locked up in prison and taxpayers have to pay the bill. We have to pay for food, housing, health care, attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses to lock these people up for having marijuana. In addition, if marijuana were legal ... ...

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... an ounce. A person using marihuana for any other purpose had to pay a tax of $100 an ounce on unregistered transactions. Those failing to comply were subject to large fines or prison terms for tax evasion. The law was not aimed at medical use of marihuana - its purpose was to discourage recreational marihuana smoking. It was put in the form of a revenue ... known as the "wasting syndrome" which can lead to drastic weight loss and weakness. Chemotherapy used in the treatment of cancer causes nausea resulting in an inability to keep down food. Marijuana's healing nature for these two illn...

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... not want their children in danger. As a result marijuana was illegal again. Under the Regan administration penalties for drug usage became harsher and heavier, and usage went down. Penalties became prison time, assets seized, and government assistance and opportunities stopped. Until today, these harsh penalties are still in tact. Marijuana users get more ... prison time than murderers, rapist and thieves. Michael Young got life in prison without parole for just being a co-conspirator with marijuana; he had no evidence against him just statements. The section on marijuana not only cover...

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... and used by a large number of Americans. Two other detrimental effects of marijuana prohibition are the large amounts of money spent on enforcement and prosecution, and prison overcrowding. The percentage of the American population living in prison has increased from .061 in 1880 to .1 in 1920 to .35 in 1995, with an associated tripling of real tax dollars required to house inmates ... . 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. ...

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... childhood. Additionally, this may in fact lead to delinquency as well to criminal behavior in adults. There are also reports of some studies that have initially implicated the use of food additives, for example, monosodium glutamate, dyes and artificial flavorings that had been acquired towards this criminal behavior. Vitamins have also played a role in the delinquency among children. Abram Hoffer was ... . They are usually confined to a mental institution until their sanity is established. Also, these defendants would spend most of their time in a mental institution than they would have...

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... .   Marijuana laws are based on falsehoods, misinformation and just plain fear. Pot was domesticated more than 6,000 years ago, it has always been a part of human culture. Used for medicine, food, fuel, fiber and just for fun. Pot is our genetic and cultural heritage.  (Bruce D. Marsh-New Jersey Sentinel -2-2-12) The prohibition of marijuana is a crime against humanity and a remnant of ... to synthetic marijuana across the country, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. The message of the dangers is not getting out. It is an internet sensation. Catchy music, ...

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... country. Marijuana was once seen as a drug that was worse for people than heroin, it is now seen as a harmless social drug. It is portrayed this way in popular movies, music, radio, and even sometimes television. That is only in the United States, in the rest of the world marijuana is more accepted than soda in some countries. Take Amsterdam for ... is the main psycoactive and pain killing drug in the substance. The chemical can and has been produced in pill form, but it has not been accepted by the FDA (food and drug administration) as a valid pain killer, appetite increaser, or glauco...

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... low in THC (the psychoactive chemical in marijuana), making it a normal textile like cotton and not a drug. Hemp can be used to produce products such as paper, textiles, building materials, food, medicine, paint, detergent, varnish, oil, ink, and fuel. Although the mentioning of marijuana can be taboo, marijuana is being used today as an alternative to painful medical treatments such as ... main arguing points for its illegality was "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind. Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Sat...

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... economy by eliminating costs to incarcerate marijuana users, as well as eradicating government funded programs for alleged marijuana abusers placed there by the criminal justice system as an alternative to prison. A shortcoming of the decriminalization of marijuana may be that it can be more easily attained by children; however, marijuana may prove to be more beneficial to society by reducing illogical ... . Some detained for marijuana consumption never actually see the inside of a jail cell but instead receive various fines, while many others in the country spend a substantial amount of...

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... spends millions of dollars each year trying to 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 ... own or possess a gun(Schlosser 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 Agenc...

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... growing marijuana since California passed it's Medical Marijuana Initiative in 1996. A federal judge in Sacramento, disallowing any consideration of the state's voter-approved law, sentenced B.E. Smith to 27 months in prison for growing 87 marijuana plants. This shows inappropriate interpretations of the law. Stroup says, "People are fed up with the notion that we need to send everyone to ... prison for minor drug offenses," particularly for activities sanctioned by the states. In fact, legislation in congress would allow states to set medical-use policies without federal interference. ...

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