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    research about the use of medical and recreational marijuana. If the United States has a natural drug that cannot only make people feel better but also helps sick patients, the nation should be able to use this to its advantage.The nation struggles with the decision of legalizing medical and recreational marijuana use because of some negative affects. As of today, medical marijuana is legal in 23 of the 50 states in America (Kirchhoff 15). With almost half of the stares legalizing this drug is it is astonishing

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    is a controversial drug because it can be both beneficial as well as harmful to the user. The marijuana plant can be utilized as an effective medicine to diagnose a number of issues. According to Business Insider, marijuana can treat glaucoma, improve lung health, control seizures of epileptic patients, decrease the symptoms of Dravet’s Syndrome, prevent cancer from spreading, and can contribute in a more than a dozen other ways as well. Since it has such effective medicinal use, marijuana should

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    Stoned For Christ? The use of recreational drugs has been a hot topic amongst Christians for over half a decade especially when it come to Marijuana.With the rapid decriminalization and legalization of Marijuana, it has once again become a topic of great debate. In the debate, millennial Christians hold to the idea that it is their Christian liberty to use marijuana while old Conservative Baptists demonize, condemning and misinterpreting the use of the substance. Both sides of the argument are very

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    There is a common notion that drugs in the modernist era were used as a tool for youths to enhance or escape reality; much of this statement is true, though this has been the case for most of history. The unique aspect of British youth culture and its recreational use of drugs is that it produces a platform for the normalization of the perception of an array of drugs. Since the mid twentieth century, the prevalence of drug use among adolescents has witnessed a steady, upward curve; this may indicate

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    Possession and use of marijuana is illegal in over half of the United States, but it is still the third most popular recreational drug in the United States. The debate for this drug to be legal has been going on for many years; some states have legalized the drug for medical use, and some for recreational use as well. Other states seem to disagree; they are not in favor of making the drug legal for medical use or recreational use. It has been proven that marijuana has a positive impact on society

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    used by people throughout the world for religious, recreational and medical use. A few countries like the Netherlands and Uruguay have already legalized marijuana for recreational use and many other countries are taking a step towards doing so. Is it finally time for the United States to take a closer look into possibly legalizing marijuana. Marijuana should be legalized for medical and recreational purposes because it would aid in the War on drugs, it would become an important source of revenue

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    The legalization of Marijuana for recreational use has been a hot topic for quite some time. Arguments about why it should or should not be legal have been some of the highlights of many debates. Marijuana, which is usually wrongfully conveyed as a harmful drug that will only do harm to our society if it get legalized for recreational use. Skepticism aside, the history and facts about weed don't illustrate a dangerous drug that leads to the deterioration of the human body and

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    States have laws against and for the use of marijuana and the federal government also has laws/mandates against the use of marijuana. There are many ways to look at the use of marijuana. The three uses that I am going to focus on are those that are recreational, medicinal, and addictive use of this drug. There is also another way to look at the drug in a retributive, commutative, distributive justice use and how it would affect the three types of uses. Recreational use of marijuana is legal in many states

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    that recreational marijuana should be illegal. Although, medicinal marijuana is proven to have various health benefits making it a controversial issue on whether to make it legal or remain illegal. Different states have different views, while the federal government has separate views. Marijuana can be both a medicine and a recreational drug. Although, there is a major difference between the two. As stated by the World Health Organization, marijuana is one of the most popular recreational drugs

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    Douglas N. Husak's A Moral Right to Use Drugs In Douglas N. Husak’s A Moral Right to Use Drugs he attempts to look at drug use from an impartial standpoint in order to determine what is the best legal status for currently illegal drugs. Husak first describes the current legal situation concerning drugs in America, citing figures that show how drug crimes now make up a large percentage of crimes in our country. Husak explains the disruption which this causes within the judicial system

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