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Mrs. Wiest
English 131
4 December 2014
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Marijuana: The Poison of Societies or a Drug Too Difficult To Control?
Used for the cheap buzz it offers its smoker, it blackens its uses teeth and lungs alike and serves for the purpose of slowly killing anyone who inhales it. I am of course speaking about tobacco. The crop of choice to grow to make money for hundreds of years, things today have changed. Support to ban the smoking of tobacco in public places is beginning to take hold across the nation. Despite the fact that the substance is known to be a major carcinogen and proven to contain an extremely addicting chemical called nicotine, tobacco is legal to smoke, chew and snort throughout the
United States. Continuing, now something …show more content…
I am of course speaking about alcohol. Although alcohol harms the liver, causes poor judgment and causes tens of thousands of car crashes every year, it remains to be legal. Finally, a drug used for thousands of years for its medicinal uses, something has been smoked in ceremonial events throughout history and that is known to induce states of raised appetite and drowsiness. I am of course speaking about marijuana. In contrast to the past two drugs being legal to purchase and ingest by consenting adults, marijuana has been in prohibition since 1938 in the United States. Despite the potential for the drug to become an economic crop and having a false history obscured by governmental lies, marijuana’s prohibition remains in power.
When the people of the Old World began to branch out throughout the New
World they began to bring back many new exotic substances. The one that would have the largest effect on the economy of the Old World was tobacco. As farms that used to grow food crops began to switch to growing tobacco, its use began to skyrocket. As time has went on, tobacco’s use in developed countries has diminished. In …show more content…
Although there is already support for legalization, support would grow even more if those watching television were given honest, truthful information about the drug whose history has been tainted with misinformation and racism. In a time of prejudice and racism, newspapers throughout the country typed reports of “negroes” smoking
“weed” and as a result, begun attacking and terrorizing people. Government influenced videos were distributed through the school systems and shown on television warning parents not to let their children smoke weed or else they would go insane from the use of the drug. There has never been a better example of misuse of government power in order to ban a substance that the government knows it can’t control. There has never been a death officially reported from overdosing on marijuana, yet people die every day under the influence of alcohol. The country isn’t the same in 2014 as it was 1938.
Forgotten, ancient laws must be edited in order to accommodate what the nation needs or desires in the present.
A common argument given against legalization is that marijuana is too
Mrs. Wiest
English 131
4 December 2014
!
Marijuana: The Poison of Societies or a Drug Too Difficult To Control?
Used for the cheap buzz it offers its smoker, it blackens its uses teeth and lungs alike and serves for the purpose of slowly killing anyone who inhales it. I am of course speaking about tobacco. The crop of choice to grow to make money for hundreds of years, things today have changed. Support to ban the smoking of tobacco in public places is beginning to take hold across the nation. Despite the fact that the substance is known to be a major carcinogen and proven to contain an extremely addicting chemical called nicotine, tobacco is legal to smoke, chew and snort throughout the
United States. Continuing, now something …show more content…
I am of course speaking about alcohol. Although alcohol harms the liver, causes poor judgment and causes tens of thousands of car crashes every year, it remains to be legal. Finally, a drug used for thousands of years for its medicinal uses, something has been smoked in ceremonial events throughout history and that is known to induce states of raised appetite and drowsiness. I am of course speaking about marijuana. In contrast to the past two drugs being legal to purchase and ingest by consenting adults, marijuana has been in prohibition since 1938 in the United States. Despite the potential for the drug to become an economic crop and having a false history obscured by governmental lies, marijuana’s prohibition remains in power.
When the people of the Old World began to branch out throughout the New
World they began to bring back many new exotic substances. The one that would have the largest effect on the economy of the Old World was tobacco. As farms that used to grow food crops began to switch to growing tobacco, its use began to skyrocket. As time has went on, tobacco’s use in developed countries has diminished. In …show more content…
Although there is already support for legalization, support would grow even more if those watching television were given honest, truthful information about the drug whose history has been tainted with misinformation and racism. In a time of prejudice and racism, newspapers throughout the country typed reports of “negroes” smoking
“weed” and as a result, begun attacking and terrorizing people. Government influenced videos were distributed through the school systems and shown on television warning parents not to let their children smoke weed or else they would go insane from the use of the drug. There has never been a better example of misuse of government power in order to ban a substance that the government knows it can’t control. There has never been a death officially reported from overdosing on marijuana, yet people die every day under the influence of alcohol. The country isn’t the same in 2014 as it was 1938.
Forgotten, ancient laws must be edited in order to accommodate what the nation needs or desires in the present.
A common argument given against legalization is that marijuana is too