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In November of 2012, it became legal for adults over the age of 21 to purchase and sell marijuana in the states of Colorado and Washington. However, there is a limit on the amount you can buy and sell. In fact, the use of marijuana was legal in the United States until the 1970’s when the Controlled Substances Act was signed by President Nixon (“Marijuana). Marijuana should become legalized in the United States for the following reasons: health benefits of medicinal marijuana, positive impact on…

Law Effectiveness Article Paragraphs Senate passes medicinal cannabis legislation The alterations made to the Narcotics Drugs Act has led to a favourable outcome for anyone seeking cannabis for medical and scientific purposes. However, this is still a huge step in the right direction. The legislation has recognised and attempted to protect the rights of those who seek cannabis for genuine medical usage. “The many advocates who have fought long and hard to challenge the stigma around medicinal…

This video entitled “why we need end the war on drugs” by Ethan Nadelman is very interesting and controversial. Personally, I disagree with the speaker Ethan when he mentioned that we have to learn how to live drugs, and that, if illegal drugs are legalized, violence, crimes, and corruptions will be abated. I have no experience with drugs, because I grew up in a strict family where illegal drugs are seen as dangerous substances, but I do believe that legalize illegal drugs will rather increase…

1 Charlie According to the great state of Nebraska I am a marijuana addict. Despite the fact that I was caught with a little less than an ounce of weed and in order to actually become a marijuana addict you'd need to smoke enough weed every day to kill Tommy Chong. But at least now the Government doesn't care. After the war and 30 years of regression socially, the U.S. Government managed to convince the public again that public enemy #1 was 'dangerous' drugs. Needless to say I am now a proud…

The Legalization of Cannabis Paradox For four and a half decades, the United States has fought and spent billions on the “War on Drugs.” Most recently, cannabis (marijuana, weed, THC) has been the focal point of this costly war. Since 1990s, twenty-three states, with California being the first, have legalized cannabis for personal, medicinal, and recreational usage. However, controversy over this not-so-new public enemy remains because it is still illegal under federal law. The War on Drugs is…

Recreational Marijuana “Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” ― Bill Hicks Marijuana has been a hot topic for many years. Science has come a long way in the discoveries of what marijuana can do. The use of marijuana has become popular and helpful for people with tumors, glaucoma and many other diseases. Marijuana should be legalized because it would bring in revenue to the…

Under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the possession and production of cannabis, which is also known as marijuana, weed, or pot, is a criminal offense in Canada. For the possession of cannabis, the severity of the offense depends on the quantity. The penalty is a maximum of five years imprisonment for possessing more than thirty grams of cannabis. According to The Economist, legalization is defined as repealing all penalties from the possession as well as the production and sale of…

Marijuana and the Effects Marijuana is a commonly used drug in America (Downes 1). Its use has been around for a long time now. Recent results from research on the use of marijuana indicate that its use by young people increases by almost ten percent per year (Philip 1). These results coincide with the positive attitude by youths towards the effects and risks of consuming marijuana (Lane 2). The marijuana tree grows in many parts of the world. The Cannabis Sativa is the plant, which produces…

Dr Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, and Dr W. Samuel Yancy, MD, members of the Committee on Substance Abuse and Committee on Adolescence both asserted that “the morbidity, mortality, and economic costs to society associated with alcohol and tobacco use in the United States dwarf those associated with marijuana use.” Alcohol abuse is a proven culprit of chronic and incurable liver diseases like hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. And to make matters worse, both can lead to liver cancer too. Newborns can…

glamorized the use of the mind-altering substances. Countless numbers of people die daily due to drug overdoses; however, studies have shown that marijuana has never been linked to the direct cause of a person’s death. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, “alcohol is the number one abused substance in America” (2012). With that being said, marijuana still ranks in the top three misused drugs in the United States. The uproar surrounding the debate on the…