Illicit drug use in Australia

and Colorado have legalized the use of marijuana, while other states are considering taking this step in the near future (e.g., California). In California, medical marijuana use is legal; however, at the federal level marijuana use is still illegal. On the other hand, our current president Barack Obama has mentioned that as a young person he had smoked marijuana. In our society drugs, including alcohol, cigarettes, and coffee are legal for use. Why are some drugs sociably more acceptable than…

Marijuana has been approved in eight states for recreational use, and eighteen other states for medical uses. Therefore, there are forty-two states that have not approved the drug for recreational use, and also have criminal laws against the drug. One of these states happens to be the state of Ohio. Although the state approved uses of the drug when it comes to medical issues, Ohio continues to reject any attempts to legalize it for recreational use. Since it is legalized in other states, changes…

with a total of four states with legal marijuana for recreational use, it once again raises questions of what could be the benefits of recreational marijuana and of course what could be the possible hazards. First we will look at the possible benefits of legal cannabis, and the biggest one would probably be the economic effect that follows legalization. Colorado was one of the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use and has seen a huge economic effect. In 2014 Colorado sold…

Versailles (Miron). After they signed this treaty the UN and other countries put a ban on all drugs on a global scale (Miron). Since then countries have been debating whether or not to override those rules (Miron). Jose Mujica the president of Uruguay a country near the UN, fully legalized marijuana on December 23, 2013 (Miron). When they did this it marked the first full legalization of an illicit drug since 1919 (Miron). Prohibition has shown over and over that there is no good benefit coming…

The Sabet director says that legalization may decrease the price of marijuana; however, the legalization of marijuana will definitely increase the use of it among the children. In reality, the Sabet reports that under legalization, “there are 2.7 million arrests a year for alcohol versus 800,000 for marijuana” (Sabet). In 2012, Sabet claims that day by day these consumer rates is keep increasing where…

Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States.(Insert source). In general people believe that marijuana is less damaging than other drugs. Recently, there has been a push to legalize cannabis for both medicinal and recreational purposes. In order to be informed should this issue come to a vote, citizens should be aware of the effects marijuana can have on the brain. This paper will review empirical studies examining these effects; specifically concerning memory, decision…

Professional athletes and Drug Tests. Professional athletes having mandatory drug tests has been in the media lately due to athletes being on PEDs (performance enhancing drugs) and other illegal drugs. I believe that even being an elite athlete does not excuse you from a mandatory drug test. First of all, without mandatory drug tests athletes would be using PEDs to give them an unfair advantage over other players not using them. Secondly, if they didn't have drug tests players would be out…

An Open Letter to Congress, Since before Nixon’s declaration of the war on drugs, our nation’s policy makers have stigmatized the use of marijuana of any form. Since then research has found many novel uses for marijuana medically. With the enactment of Proposition 215 in 1996, the stigmatization of marijuana began the slow start of dismantling. Proposition 215 allowed those with the agreement of their primary care giver the ability to possess or grow marijuana for medical purposes—without the…

United States. Marijuana consumption has also increased because of new modified laws that have legalized the product for medicinal use. Recreational use of marijuana has now been fully legal in eight states in the United States. But the real question…

recreational use. There are 23 states that have legalized medical marijuana use, three states are still pending. Several states have also altered their laws to reduce the penalties from marijuana relates crimes. According to a Gallup poll, in 1969 only 12% of the population favored the legalization. In 2013 the same poll was taken, now 58% of the population is in favor of marijuana legalization. ONDCP states that in 2011 over 18 million people in the US, or 7% of the US population, had used the…