Marijuana in California’s Future With the passing of Proposition 215, Californians started using Marijuana legally for medicinal purposes in 1996. Others have used Marijuana for years for recreational purposes, purchasing marijuana on the black market. Californians have always viewed marijuana more favorably than other states, the citizens of the golden state failed to legalize Marijuana in 2010 with Proposition 19. Nearly two years later, the State of California is still in shambles. Schools are closing, seniors and the disabled have all seen their benefits slashed, public servants are being laid off and our prisons are over flowing.
However, after legalization, these drugs would be much more widely and easily available. Not only will they be more available for adults, but they will also be available for the American youth. Legalization of illegal drugs could cause a pediatric pandemic of drug abuse and addiction. For example, 87% of high school seniors report using alcohol, more than half in the past month. Opposite the high rates of alcohol and tobacco use by teenagers, only 18% of seniors use illicit drugs, which are illegal for the entire society.
Mr. President. You asked me if teenagers smoking weed was a problem in this nation. My answer would be yes most teenagers want to try everything before they grow old at least once. People say that it is okay to try it once, but that is completely the opposite because you could get addicted from the first smoke I think there are about 10% that get addicted after the first smoke. Weed is also almost advertised more than cigarettes these days without you knowing it.
The marijuana industry has been slowly gaining acceptance, first through the medicinal benefits that has remained relatively small. However, now that Colorado has put recreational marijuana on the map; the growth potential of the industry may be limitless and is proving lucrative, for both the government and private industry. Colorado is taxing recreational marijuana at a rate of approximately 28%. Making it one of the heaviest taxed consumer products in Colorado. This has led to tax revenue of over 2 million dollars in the month of January 2014 alone.
Regulating a New Epidemic: Spice in America Stephanie Brush Ivy Tech Community College 10/31/2013 Regulating a New Epidemic: Spice in America Virtually every day, Americans can open a newspaper or turn on the news channel to view accounts on the growing substance abuse problem. No longer primarily isolated to larger cities, many cases are also now reported in local suburban or rural communities. This could be happening due to the emergence of a newer class of psychoactive drugs in the past decade which the internet made fairly available (Mycyk, 2012). They are sometimes known as designer drugs, but are more commonly called synthetic drugs. Though there are several different classes of these substances, one form in particular has become
Many people have admitted to have used the drug at any given time while some have been addicted to it already as it is readily available throughout Nevada. One thing about marijuana’s popularity is the drug’s ability to be used and experimented in many different ways. Once users get hooked to it, the addiction is very difficult to control. Unless there is an effective drug and alcohol rehab center, treating marijuana users will not produce great
Legalizing Marijuana Progressive Paper Kareem Shaout Sociology/Criminal Justice 453 Introduction Throughout the course of American history there have been many issues that needed a little fine tuning before they began to run smoothly. One issue in need of an overhaul is the United States war against drugs. The efforts to stop or even control the manufacturing and sale of illegal drugs have gone unrewarded for over three decades. For every large scale drug seizure and arrest there are another ten dealers expanding their operations. The amount of drug traffic and use is at an all time high and the efforts to curtail it have served more as a stimulant for it rather than a deterrent.
Ending prohibition on marijuana could save tax dollars and win ‘the war on drug”. (norml, 2013) 1. Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more than 829,000 individuals per year. (norml, 2013) 2. Nearly 25 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 14 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use.
Medical Marijuana Can Change Lives Ohio is one of the many states that haven’t legalized medical marijuana. Legalizing medical marijuana in Ohio could really help the lives of many people that need marijuana as a medication and a treatment of the own personal illnesses. In Ohio there are already a lot of Ohioans that want to have marijuana as a medical option. If Ohio were to legalize marijuana, it would be a very simple process to do for the government. When marijuana is legalized it will improve lives of the sick, and support the economy by bringing in a lot of revenue and jobs for people.
Police funding has increased by $11.4 million due to this act yet I could’ve gone to the common doctor and get an easy prescription for whiskey, or just sail 3 miles off the coast and it woouldn’t be illegal. This act was supposed to decrease crime and death in this country but it has done the total opposite. Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct have increased by 41%, arrests of drunken drivers: increased 81%, thefts and burglaries: increased 9%, homicides, assault, and battery: increased 13%, number of federal convicts: increased 561%, federal prison population: increased 366%. The manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal; yet actually consuming it was not which totally contradicts the whole concept of it in the first place. Also, temperance activists hired a scholar to rewrite the Bible by removing all references