Legality of cannabis by country

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    The argument over legalizing marijuana is one of our times most controversial topics. It is a complex issue with multiple viewpoints on both sides of the argument. Some people are pro legalization for recreational use while others only support medical use and some people totally oppose any form of legalization. It is also a subject that is hard to change people’s minds about. Much of what people believe about marijuana is influenced by cultural tradition and until recently there hasn’t been much…

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    The research on America’s attitude toward drug issues is not fully examined. In previews, literature people considered period and cohort effects have little effect on drug control issues, but studies show that they are both very important. The part that period and cohort effects form a net of individual level predictors because the government spends time to address drug addiction and deciding to legalize marijuana. The period refers to the changes of the event, according to the time. The cohort…

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    There are more than 180 types of hallucinogenic mushrooms or magic mushrooms in the world. They grow pretty much eveywhere, you can find more varieties in subtropical and humid areas. You can even easily grow them at home. They contain two drug substances psilocin and psilocybin these produce a psychedelic experience as would LSD. Golden cap or psilocybe cubensis, Mexican mushroom is one of the biggest hallucinogenic mushrooms. You can identify it by its reddish-brown cap, white or yellowish…

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    Growing up, I was constantly told, “drugs are not okay”, or rather “drugs will kill you”. Because I was younger, I did not particularly understand what was meant by this, because I was, “just too young to understand”. As I got older, I began to understand why my elders reiterated this point numerous times. Because drugs can indeed terminate in death, but not every drug. The drug I am specifically referring to is marijuana. Now that I am old enough I am able to comprehend what effect drugs can…

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    locked up in prison with marijuana charges. The reason marijuana is still illegal in some states is because they think it 's harmful to citizens instead of thinking that it is beneficial of some sort for their health. Many people across the world and country travel to places that have legalized marijuana to receive the medical treatment they want. As research has linked to marijuana not to be harmful to those that are sick, they decide to move to get better help. Although, there are differences…

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    The war on drugs must stop, it is based off of sending vulnerable people to jail, this happens because “on the local level the war on drugs involved police operations targeting low level drug dealers, often in urban, low-income neighborhoods.” (Addiction and Substance Abuse) Marijuana legalization would reduce drug crimes. In turn allowing the police the opportunity to focus more harmful, addictive drugs out of the U.S., instead of sentencing people who were caught with 1 gram of marijuana to a…

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    This begs the question: should marijuana be legalized? Contrary to popular opinion, Marijuana has many health perks, pecuniary benefits, and would rid America of much of the black market and thus much crime. In a studied experiment with rats, cannabis(the technical term for marijuana) boosted andandimide levels appearing to protect the rats from memory loss. This could be a great pro-active safeguard against Alzheimer’s. Glaucoma is a disease in which the pressure inside your eye increases,…

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    demonized subjects. One would expect with such progression that has been made, one would also have the personal freedom to choose if they want to smoke cannabis. The potential positives for legal marijuana would branch to people who do not happen to partake, as the taxes put on recreational marijuana have been used to build and improve public schools. Cannabis has not only shown to be financially beneficial, but medically as well. There are an estimated 2.6 million medical marijuana patients,…

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    20th century, cannabis has been subjected to legal restrictions in numerous parts of the world; Canadian cannabis use and supply has been under strict criminal control since 1923: “with recreational use criminally prohibited under the federal drug-control law” (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, CDSA S.C.1996, c.19). However, in the past few decades, changed perceptions regarding recreational cannabis use has taken over internationally; And in Canada, since the 1960s, when cannabis control…

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    marijuana is more than what society perceives, rather a plant with a wide range of potential uses which is why the Federal government should fully legalized Marijuana. Americas economy once thrived off the growing and use of hemp, hemp is a strain of cannabis grown solely for industrial purposes and has been…

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