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    For the past ninety years, marijuana has been an enemy to drug agencies, government officials, and presidential administrations. Smoke Signals, a book about the oppressive and beneficial history of marijuana, is written as an effective argument while highlighting the plant in many different social settings. Cannabis use can be traced back to the Neolithic Period (10,200-4500 BC). Since then, nearly every culture continued to use marijuana for personal reasons, causing information

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    about marijuana in the United States is ever changing and not lacking in attention by any means. Just the topic of marijuana legalization brings about varying opinions on many different levels and which has the potential to divide a country, a state, a county, a city and in some instances, maybe a household. The topic of marijuana and its legalization for whatever reasons contains within it, many topics which the debate currently revolves around. However, the debate to decriminalize marijuana for

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    the law of marijuana prohibition is one that is up for debate and one that is up for change.   Currently, many state laws have been passed that are either decriminalizing marijuana or allowing it for purely medicinal purposes.  Although these laws are moving towards legalization, they do not come close to the actual goal.  The definition of “legalization” advocates are striving to reach refers to legalized wholesale production, distribution,

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    Medicine, Revenue and a Good Time Essays

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    you feel amazing and relaxed. It will allow your creativity to flow and for you to imagine things you have never imagined before. This great substance is none other than, Marijuana. Before we go more in

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    Legalization of Marijuana Despite late controversy regarding weed or as most professionals call it now medical marijuana, I have a strong opinion regarding given substance. I think marijuana should be legal but I'm going to discuss this matter more in my essay. Some topics I would like to discuss would be: should it be legal, is it beneficial for medical purposes, economy, job growth and reducing crime rates. Background Industrial Hemp Plant(“Hemp, Industrial Hemp field”) For most of human

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    Legalizing Marijuana: An Ethical Perspective In today’s society, many ethical concerns arise on a daily basis, especially when it comes to the topic of legalizing marijuana. Many individuals have relied on the fact that marijuana was illegal, when determining whether smoking it should be considered unethical. However, many studies have shown that the effects of marijuana are not as detrimental as they were once made out to be. Legalizing marijuana can be an extremely controversial topic because

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    Marijuana has been one of the hot topics in America and is yet to still be looked down upon by the media and government. One example of this is a poster for a 1942 movie called “Devil’s Harvest”. It’s a tale that has been highly fictionalized and exaggerated on the use of marijuana and justice taken to stop the spread of marijuana around the nation. In other words, an investigator goes on a hunt to take down marijuana dealers. Though marijuana is looked down upon and is also illegal in many states

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    with the possession of a controlled substance, which in this case is marijuana would instead be given a lesser punishment rather than jail time. The government has suggested that officers instead of arresting the offender, ticket them instead. This would save a lot of tax payer money, and generate some also. Some positive aspects of decriminalization include the fact that jail sentences would no longer be an option for marijuana related offences which in itself is substantial. Many adolescence experimenting

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    Marijuana legalization is something taking the world by storm at the moment and each state is getting cannabis legal sooner than you think, at the same time it's being debated by citizens whether they want it legal in their state or not. I think we should legalise it due to the amount of pros compared to cons and our individual right for the pursuit of happiness. Ravin V. State is a court case which states any adult can own a small amount of marijuana for whatever they want. When it comes to the

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    I believe that marijuana should be legalized. My three reasons are that it can be used for medical purposes, it can get rid of crime related to marijuana, and it’s better than alcohol. I believe that these three reasons are enough to get marijuana legalized. My first reason is it can be for medical uses. It’s used in many different forms. Some examples of those forms are smoking it, vaporized, pills, or even edibles such as brownies. It can be used for many medical purposes such as seizures and muscle

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