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As the sun began to rise, on the morning of November 9, 2016, most Californians awoke with a new profound sense of freedom to get high. For the simple reason that, the day before, most citizens throughout California voted yes on Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana for adults over 21 years of age. However, I voted no to legalize recreational marijuana. This was due to my values and faith, but most importantly for the simple reason that, it will negatively impact law…

"I can walk! I can walk!", Is what went through former South Dakota cop, Larry Smith's, mind when he walked for the first time in 20 years without any struggle. Smith was diagnosed with Parkinson's 20 years ago and has struggled daily with it ever since, having trouble completing everyday tasks. After trying everything offered to him he decided to try medical marijuana. Within an hour of using one drop of cannabis oil, the chemical extracted from medical marijuana, he could speak steadily again…

Why is Marijuana not legalized in every state of America? With all of the benefits that comes from Marijuana, the government chooses to keep it illegal in the majority of the United States; disregarding all of the benefits it will bring to the economy. Legalizing Marijuana will raise health benefits, increase money going into the economy, and reduce incarceration rates. Marijuana has tons of positive symptoms that people tend to overlook. In Thought Co’s article, “Reasons Why Marijuana Should…

In the argumentative essay “Drugs: Case for Legalizing Marijuana”, Vidal explains how to stop most drug addictions by simply making all drugs available while selling them at government cost. Legalization of marijuana could bring impairment to the people who choose to use it. While driving under the influence, collisions are more prone to happen. However, marijuana in America should be legalized because marijuana will create more job opportunities and money for the state, be used for medical…

In early 1999, the RCMP received intelligence from two informants who alleged Walter Tessling was growing marijuana (pg. 436). The police first checked with Tessling’s hydro company to see if he had been using excess amounts of electricity to determine whether Tessling, the respondent, was growing marijuana in his house (pg. 436). The hydro bill and the visual did not reveal any evidence of marijuana growth (pg. 436). Visual surveillance of the property also did not relieve anything.…

Legalizing drugs is a proposal currently in which you wish to change the laws that prohibit the consumption and production of drugs. This argument is based mostly on the right of every person to choose how you want to take life, including the state's obligation to respect the decision of the citizen on substances that decide to use, but also taken as a way to eradicate related to drug trafficking mafias. Marijuana is a generic term used to refer to Cannabis sativa, herbaceous plant with…

Critical Thinking The good and bad reactions from the citizens----Can include their behavioural reactions and verbal feedback on social media. Any logical fallacy? Weed was introduced publicly in Chinese medical reference traditionally considered to date from 2737 BC, it’s uses spread from China to India and then to North Africa and reached Europe at least as early as 500 A.D. By mid-1930s marijuana was regulated as a drug in every state, including 35 states that adopted the Uniform State…

As of November 9, 2016 proposition 64 was passed into a law. Proposition 64 gives the legal right to any adult of the age of 21 to be able to use, possess, transport, and even grow certain amounts of non medical marijuana. Retail locations for recreational marijuana use will not be open until January 1, 2018. It is also stated in proposition 64 that in the state of California, each county will be able to determine if the use of recreational marijuana will be legal or not. This is a very…

The topic for this assignment is the legalization of cannabis, better known as marijuana, but it also has a variety of other names. The legalization of cannabis, has been a hot button topic of conversation in the political arena for the last few decades. The debate of the legalization of cannabis has reached even beyond the political arena into the medical field as well as practically every other aspect of society. Some of those debating the legalization of cannabis argue the positives, while…

The hemp plant, or Cannabis, is what produces a drug that is considered to be one of the most common drugs in the world. “According to the United Nations, 158.8 million people around the world use marijuana—more than 3.8% of the planet’s population.” (Foundation for a Drug-free World, n.d.). Marijuana is is created by the drying of hemp plant’s flowers or leaves. Marijuana is not considered to be a herbal drug; rather, it is classified in the Cannabinoids group along with Hashish. The DEA has…