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In a 2005 poll conducted by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion of 922 U.S. office-based physicians weighted by specialty and geography, 74% disagreed that "the federal government should be able to prosecute those who use, grow, or obtain marijuana prescribed or recommended by their doctor for chronic pain within the guidelines of state law." |
The most arrests for possession are for possession of marijuana
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There is no correlation between the use of marijuana and violence
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The number of Colorado children who've been reported to a poison control center or examined at a hospital for unintentional marijuana exposure annually has spiked since the state legalized recreational cannabis in 2014, according to the study, published this week in JAMA Pediatrics. Nearly half of the hospital visits since 2009 involved edibles such as brownies and candies
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University doctors and researchers have found that marijuana is also effective in: lowering internal eye pressure associated with glaucoma, slowing the onset of blindness; reducing the pain of AIDS patients, and stimulating the appetites of those suffering malnutrition because of AIDS ‘wasting syndrome’; and alleviating muscle spasticity and chronic pain due to multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and spinal cord injuries.
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"More Colorado kids in hospital for marijuana since legalization, study says." CNN Wire, 27 July 2016. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, ezp.gvltec.edu:2048/login?url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&displayGroupName=News&currPage=&scanId=&query=&prodId=OVIC&search_within_results=&p=OVIC%3AGIC&mode=view&catId=&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CA459325402&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=&source=Bookmark&u=gvltec_main&jsid=5ff532db9a47ba2005b307c7920d269f. Accessed 2 Nov. 2016. |
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Research has generally shown that marijuana consumption is associated with fewer health risks - both to consumers and society as a whole - than alcohol consumption.
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Ingraham, Christopher. "Most Colorado voters say legal weed has been good for the economy." Washington Post, 20 Sept. 2016. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, ezp.gvltec.edu:2048/login?url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&displayGroupName=News&currPage=&scanId=&query=&prodId=OVIC&search_within_results=&p=OVIC%3AGIC&mode=view&catId=&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CA464104095&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=&source=Bookmark&u=gvltec_main&jsid=6ab35e195b91aba3dab7486752669c38. Accessed 2 Nov. 2016.
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Teenage brains have reached an important stage of development that can be ''disrupted'' by marijuana, leading to long-term behavioral and learning problems
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"Legalizing Marijuana." New York Times, 24 Oct. 2016, p. A20(L). Opposing Viewpoints in Context, ezp.gvltec.edu:2048/login?url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&displayGroupName=News&currPage=&scanId=&query=&prodId=OVIC&search_within_results=&p=OVIC%3AGIC&mode=view&catId=&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CA467555772&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=&source=Bookmark&u=gvltec_main&jsid=f22d142cc3cc3b99feb84e0bece30021. Accessed 2 Nov. 2016.
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Marijuana is rarely addictive
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Smoked marijuana is a known carcinogen with hundreds of well-documented negative effects
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Mills and an American Cancer Society spokesman "both mentioned that patients afflicted with cancer and other painful medical conditions should not be prosecuted for trying to alleviate their suffering."
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Prohibition of marijuana, currently increases the cost of doing business because of the many risks it places on producers and sellers.
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marijuana legalization in California would not significantly reduce Mexican drug trafficking organizations' (DTOs') gross revenue, nor would it significantly reduce drug-related violence in Mexico.
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Under state legalization, the price of marijuana would drop significantly—up to 80%—with the market price for users depending on taxes and regulation.
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