Should Marijuanas Be Legalized Essay

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    Washington DC Medical Marijuana Policy and Its Effect on Health Care Medical marijuana indicates the usage of Cannabis sativa, bhang, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD). Medical marijuana is used as medical treatment to treat illnesses and as a comfort measure during palliation and hospice. From a historical perspective, the plant has been used for medicinal purposes for many centuries. But, its use in modern times has been controversial. In the United States, several states have…

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    Under no circumstances should drugs be legalized; drugs have negative consequences not only for individuals, but may also affect the entire families in numerous ways. For example, a parent or parents that abuses drugs is more likely to abuse and or neglected their children, these children often grow up and become substance abusers themselves. Authors like William Bennett are advocates for the legalization of drugs. Bennett who is the author of ‘’Should Drugs Be Legalized’’ meet with several…

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    Even when there is not war, there is a constant battle happening within the United States. Due to different opinions of states and federal law, conflicts about specific subjects, such as the legalization or marijuana, have been debated for years. The plant used to grow what we know as marijuana today, was not used for medicinal reasons or recreational uses in the beginning. The production of the hemp plant was started when the only colony in the US at the time was ordered to grow hemp plants for…

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    drug in the compound is marijuana. Because of the fact that marijuana is a illegal drug, we cannot use its compound form of it to cure cancer because it is not legal to use. However, if marijuana was legal we could use it to save many people’s lives. That is why marijuana should be legal. Marijuana should be legal for medical purposes. Marijuana should be legal for medical purposes also because it can be used to save many lives. www.factslides.com has stated in their marijuana slide article…

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    problems in the United States. Banks reports that the U.S. spends an already exponential amount of money on legal drugs, such as painkillers, and that legalized drugs are difficult to mange now. So, decriminalizing drugs would only increase the government’s spending on drug addiction treatment. Furthermore, he argues that even the “less damaging” drug, marijuana, has negative affects like decreasing a person’s work ethic and slowing down their drive. Banks predicts that due to the…

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    are terrible for the individual smoking, it additionally influences the world with the cigarette poisons being discharged onto the planet. Marijuana as well has many chemicals which aren’t yet proven to be safe. The thc in marijuana is being utilized by many doctors to treat patients. But as every product, everything has a couple defects. When smoking marijuana it does have some tar that is entered into your body and into your lungs.…

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    recreational marijuana. According an article by Duke (2012), marijuana is a gateway substance, which has addictive nature and it will lead to other substance abuse. Another problem associated with marijuana use is peer pressure. Marijuana use among adolescent (13-19) is big problem in the society. According to Duke (2012), “It is a gateway to crime” (p. 1). People with addiction often commit crimes like robbery and theft for drug money. There are people fighting for smaller punishment for…

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    Drug Use The topic of legalization of marijuana is gaining more attention, so much attention that more states are considering legalizing it. In relation to the topic should marijuana be made available for medical reasons, I think Thomas Szasz would agree that it should be made available and legal in all states because he favors free trade in drugs and doesn’t feel that the drug being addictive or dangerous can’t be supported by facts, while James Q, Wilson may disagree and suggest that the…

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    Marijuana is one of the most popular drugs in America, followed by alcohol and tobacco, and it has been popular since 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China and reached Europe in A.D. 500. (Guyette) At first, marijuana was used as an agent for achieving euphoria; the mystical Emperor Shen Neng of China was prescribing marijuana tea for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, malaria and poor memory. (Guyette) Ancient physicians prescribed marijuana for everything from pain relief to earache to…

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    a ballot proposal that would have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana. The passed measure would have been historic in a number of ways. But the measure failed in large part due to how it was conceived. A consortium of wealthy Ohio investors crafted a plan whereby they each contributed money to the ResponsibleOhio plan for legalization. The top ten donors to ResponsibleOhio would then be granted rights to Ohio’s ten state cultivation licenses should the measure pass. It is hard to…

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