MARIJUANA Have you ever thought about what it would be like if Marijuana were legal? ... Legalizing marijuana would provide numerous benefits to society. ... Marijuana is an herb with hundreds of medical uses. ... When legalized new products such as "Mary Jane 100"S" "Chewing Marijuana" or "Dipping Marijuana" could arise, a whole new industry will be born. ... The opponents of marijuana see it as the gateway to disaster. ...
I believe that marijuana should be permanently decriminalized and not be considered a criminal offense whatsoever in Canada. ... First of all, marijuana should be legally recognized because it is an essentially harmless drug with barely any serious long-term effects to the mind or the body. The only clear long-term effect of smoking excess marijuana is the increase in the possibility of obtaining lung cancer. ... Secondly, such a large portion of Canada's population smokes marijuana on a regular basis. ... If, of course, one was found with a large amount of marijuana with the intent t...
PROS OF MARIJUANA This fact was taken from www.norml.org. ... By comparison, marijuana is less dangerous, non-toxic, and cannot cause death by overdose or miss use. ... All around the world marijuana has its numerous nicknames. ... But to some individuals it is known as medicinal or medical marijuana. ... The Netherlands and Switzerland (countries in which marijuana is legal) both enjoy lower rates of adolescent marijuana use than the U.S. ...
Cannabis is the legal term for what most of the general public refers to as marijuana or weed. Everyone has their own position of marijuana and some understanding of what it is or what it does. ... It would be legal to consume and have marijuana with nothing but some age restrictions and other safety precautions. ... Many states feel that legalizing marijuana completely would add to the already declining state of our country. ... Eighty nine percent of those arrests were for only possession and had nothing to do with the illegal sale or use of marijuana. ...
BONUS QUESTION The legalization of drugs is a common topic in America today. Many believe that drug use should be legalized, but I completely disagree. Drugs are frequently used today and they are illegal, the consequences that would grow if they were made legal would be more than this country c...
What if drugs, in particular marijuana, weren't t an illegal part of society? ... One third of those over the age of twelve have used marijuana (Nadelmann 1). ... The companies or pharmacies that made the drug/marijuana "cigarettes" would also pay income taxes. ... Certain farmers would be assigned to growing the marijuana and other drugs. The process would be slow though, beginning with marijuana first. ...
Marijuana is another popular, yet illegal, drug. ... Thirty-seven percent of people between ages 12-17 have tried marijuana (Belenko). Marijuana has become such a dangerous drug because is a gateway to other addictive drugs. ... The best way to rid this drug is to inform young people about how marijuana can be harmful. ... Drugs also hurt future generations because drug abuse, particularly of marijuana, is usually a problem among our future teens. ...
Craig has never smoked marijuana. However, his best friend "Smokey" smokes marijuana everyday. ... Smokey tries to convince Craig to try some marijuana. ... Craig finally agrees, so him and Smokey eventually sit on the front porch and smoke some marijuana. ... Smokey sells marijuana for him, but can't pay him the money he owes because he and Craig smoked all the marijuana. ...
"Relative to alcohol and tobacco, marijuana is a far safer drug of choice" (Scriven, 191). ... "Two prime uses of marijuana are for the treatment of glaucoma and as an adjunct to cancer chemotherapy. Marijuana relieves the constant nausea and vomiting that are an unfortunate and inevitable side effect of cancer medication" (Scriven, 192). ... "Given such wide availability, decriminalization of marijuana probably may not increase availability to any appreciable degree" (Scriven, 160). ... "Nader Favors Legalizing Marijuana." ...
The DEA, "Drug Enforcement Agency" states that "legalizing drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy heroin, or amphetamines would be like trying to extinguish a fire with napalm, it would simply make matter worse". ... The number of regular user held steady at less than three percent for marijuana, and less than .3 for heroin, and cocaine. ... In Portugal it is legal to posses two grams of methamphetamine, one gram of MDMA (or ten pills), four grams of cocaine, one ounce of marijuana and a half gram of PCP. ... Fox News states in a web article, "Following decriminalization, P...
The criminal justice system clearly is not perfect. There are many critical issues that it is facing. I am going to focus on four of these critical issues. The four issues that I have chosen to focus on are: racial profiling, corruption of police officers, the bail system, and the rehabilitation of ...
At these parties teens would smoke marijuana and if anyone ever offered him some he would gladly take a hit. After getting into the whole marijuana thing, he started selling drugs after seeing how successful all the other kids were at our high school. ...
What social policies might be most effective in bringing down the crime rate? Well first to bring down the crime rate society must redefine what is a crime. According to the consensus view, crimes are behaviors considered harmful by a majority of citizens that because of their potentential for ca...
Found inside his house were as follows A box containing marijuana and rolling papers, seven erotic movies, pills, knife, Books such as tight teenagers' Pederasty: sex between men and boys'. ... But they could arrest for possession of marijuana and Valium, police tried everything to bust Gacy. ...
International terrorism, drugs, gangs, alcoholism, gun control, sexism or even racism are the problems which our society is facing. However, drugs, gangs, and alcoholisms are the main issues, which infected our children in many ways.. These problems will contribute a great negative effect on teena...
In 1996, under the IIRIRA an aggravated felon is a crime that carries with it a prison sentence of one year or more, but the definition of aggravated crimes have also expanded to include many nonviolent crimes, such as DUI, shoplifting, marijuana possession and simply theft. ...
"Spring Breakers" is a movie about four college students that have known each other since grade school. In order to raise money for their spring break trip, they rob a local restaurant at gunpoint. Before doing this, they sniff cocaine and give themselves a pep talk on how they have to be "hard" and...
Cannabis Legalisation In this essay I am going to use facts for and against the legalisation of Cannabis. I think Cannabis should be legalised and will use facts to show why. I think if Cannabis was legalised alcohol related crime would go drastically down and the NHS would stop using medicine...
"American History X" is a movie that was made in the year of 1998. This film is starring Edward Norton who plays the lead role of Derek Vinyard. This movie takes place in Venice Beach, and Compton. It portrays the life Derek before during and after his involvement in a gang. The story is told th...
The Brown University Digest of Addiction theory & Application also believes that "The ineffectiveness of the zero tolerance approach to illegal drugs is tied to the fact that it fails to distinguish among drugs as well as between the use and abuse of drugs"(Brown Univ.) obviously the purpose of the policy was to get rid of illegal drugs and alcohol from schools; illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, and many others. ...
One of the largest growing epidemics in the world today is the growing popularity of gang activity and violence. A gang is a group or organization of individuals that form together to create an alliance in which to create a "family." The Department of Justice states that there at close to 27,400 gan...
Educating Convicts By Gregory Manwelyan EN-101 11/28/02 Shortly after reading in Rereading America, "Learning to Read", an essay by Malcolm X, I had wondered what other forms of educations lay behind prison gates. Malcolm X never made it past the eighth grade, yet after a stay i...
(Westerman 1) The author writes that opponents of the law claim that the majority of criminal sentenced under this law have been convicted on nonviolent crimes, like marijuana possession or petty theft. ... This is where the facts do tend to bear out the intent of e three-strikes law: namely that it convicts those who commit violent or serious felonies, while petty theft and marijuana possession are misdemeanors. ...