Should Marijuanas Be Legalized Essay

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    Marijuana is a minced, green and brown mix of dried flowers, stems, leaves from the plant Cannabis sativa, and added chemicals. Twenty-three states have enacted laws to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Years ago you would not hear of the topic legalizing marijuana, but now the touchy subject is everywhere. It can be used for medical purposes but is a known fact that it is used more for recreational uses. Marijuana should not be legalized for many reasons. Legalization of Marijuana is a…

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    Marijuana should not be legalized because it causes harm on a person’s individual. Legalizing marijuana is not the right thing to do because it will not benefit anyone in the society. Throughout the years, there has been many debates on, whether it should be banned or not in some states. Although there are a couple of states in the United States that marijuana is not banned, it affects the lifestyle of others and has a negative effect. According to the article, “Debate Rages over Health Effects…

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    Is Medical Marijuana being considered a medical treatment? Medical Marijuana can either be used for medical purposes or recreational uses. There are many reasons why they will not legalize it, but they are a lot of good reasons why the should. Here are some reason why they should legalize Medical Marijuana. If we legalize Medical Marijuana, Doctors would use marijuana for diseases like cancer, anorexia, epilepsy, analgesia, arthritis, AIDS, glaucoma, and many more diseases. Another common…

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    Marijuana In today’s world one of the biggest talked about topics is the legalization of marijuana. “Marijuana, also know as cannabis, is the most widely used illicit drug in the world” (brucealanblock.com). “Each year, billions of dollars are spent by governments around the world in the “war on drugs” to combat this so called scourge” (brucealanblock.com). “Marijuana become illegal in 1937 because of racism, fear, protection of corporate profits, yellow journalism, ignorant, incompetent,…

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    In this paper I will be doing my research on one of the most controversial topics right now. That is, should marijuana be legalized for the public’s use? There are many drugs out there for consumption, the main two being cigarettes, and alcohol. Therefor in my paper I will use cigarettes and alcohol as a basis to research if marijuana should be legalized. In this country, there should be a valid reason for something to be illegal. Cannabis has been around for many centuries being used for many…

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    Should marijuana be legalized? This is a debate that has persisted for some time now. Some people argue that legalizing marijuana would allow the government to be able to regulate its production and distribution thus reduce the adversity of its negative effects. Besides proponents of this school of thought also believe that legalizing the drug would help save the tax payers money that is often spent to try to curb the use of the drug. Instead the government would earn revenue from marijuana…

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    Zou Professor Stephan butler Expository writing 12th Dec2015 To what extend should recreational marijuana be legalized? Passed on November 6, 2012, the famous “Marijuana law 64” went into effect. Since then, the consumption of recreational marijuana in Colorado became legal under strict circumstance. Until now, this legalization still triggers much controversy. Supporters believe that legalizing recreational marijuana is beneficial to both the government and the individual; it generates…

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    For example, alcohol has many of the same side effects of marijuana. Alcohol buffers the central nervous system and is known to kill brain cells. A joint of marijuana is known to produce more tar than a cigarette, but on the average marijuana users do not consume enough marijuana to surpass the tar build up of a person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. June Crown and W.D.M. Paton state that "Further, one should realize that different cannabis smokers select different levels of intoxication"…

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    politics and the media is whether marijuana should legalized or not. Throughout these years filled with heated debate, more and more states have been legalizing the use of marijuana under specific modifications, the most popular being medicinal use only. Marijuana is a plant based drug consisting of shredded leaves from the hemp plant and can by consumed through smoking. More and more states are beginning to legalize marijuana due to the penalties of possessing marijuana being worse than the…

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    Over the years, many people have been trying to legalize marijuana. Ever since the liberals won in the recent election, legalization of marijuana has become a hot topic due to the promises that Justin Trudeau made. Although many people want marijuana to be legalized, they do not realize what risks it brings. There are many problems that would arise if marijuana becomes a legalized drug because the use of marijuana affects the health of the users in a negative way, it would increase the rate of…

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