Decriminalization

The use of meat products is both justifiable and extremely argued against. It’s been justified by religious beliefs, health reasons, and just plainly that people like the way that meat taste. However, it has also been shot down by the reasons of animal cruelty, the taking of an animal’s life, and to promote sustainability. The cost of life and the rates of animals cruelty among farms is undeniable and is a growing concern among consumers and non-consumers alike. However, I believe that people…

Marijuana has been in America since the founding days of our little colonies, it has been there through thick and thin. As many around the world have grown to accept marijuana in daily lives many citizens here in the United States of America consume it behind closed doors. Many nations across the globe have been using marijuana with recreational, medicinal, and manufacturing functions with proven success and little repercussions on the society. Recently in the United States there has been a…

Since its creation, America has become known as the ‘Land of the Free’; a place where anyone and everyone could settle for a prosperous life with limitless opportunities. Our constitution grants its citizens freedom all while protecting their rights. Although, in modern times, some have argued that America needs an increase in security, however, numerous people find it unconstitutional and often abridges in the rights of the people. In instances like the PATRIOT Act when the NSA kept people’s…

The issues caused by the war on drugs and the U.S. hegemony over the area have created a widespread desire for new alternatives for dealing with narcotic production, distribution, and consumption. Increasingly, Latin American countries are decriminalizing personal drug use, and in a few cases, even legalizing certain drugs. Argentina, for example, decriminalized personal possession of drugs in 2009, and other countries like Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and Bolivia, among others, have taken…

reduced the severity of the penalties for possession of marijuana, however there remains a stigma around users, and states that had laxer laws than the federal government wished to have (Inciardi, 1981: 146). James Inciardi argues in Marijuana Decriminalization Research, that there is a need for a more through reevaluation of law policies with regards to a pro/con approach, and a redefining of research practices, so that the entirety of the information can be available to adequately disseminate…

A large survey in the United States has found that the actual number of teenagers with marijuana-related problems is on a decline. The decline has been prominent across a quarter of a million adolescents, despite decriminalization of medical marijuana in nearly 50 percent of the American states. The survey, conducted by a team of researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis looked at the drug use trends among 216,000 teenagers aged between 12 and 17. The team…

Most people who are against the prostitution term it as detrimental, human life disrespect and barbaric practice. They argue that legalizing or rather decriminalization of prostitution is a clear way of trafficking and trading in human sex. This however derives a lot of meaning to the sexual practice. For example, in the Netherlands, legalization involves induction of all aspects of the sex industry; that is…

or not being able to afford buying their marijuana from a dispensary. Some would rather grow their own marijuana plants in the privacy of their home, use it as they see fit and not worry about being arrested. With that being said, a push for decriminalization for small amounts of marijuana was set in…

conditions, including epilepsy, Crohn’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, and multiple sclerosis. In more than a dozen states, including California, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, medical marijuana use is already legal under certain rules. The decriminalization of marijuana would allow more people to use the drug for its health…

Decriminalizing marijuana means that it is still technically illegal. In the context of marijuana, decriminalization means that the states are reducing the penalties, but it is still illegal. Some acts in decriminalized states can have penalties, “In many states, possession of small amounts of marijuana is treated like a minor traffic violation.” (findlaw)…