The legalization of marijuana is an extremely controversial topic in America, and it has been for years. It is well known that legalization could better our country’s economy, lessen crime, and can benefit those suffering from painful health conditions. So besides the few I have listed, what is the actual problem here? The US government is too frightened to step out of the box and give us, the people, a chance to legally use marijuana for recreational use based on decades of false negative publicity on the matter. Years of ridicule and the constant reminders of the fact that marijuana is the “gateway drug” contributes greatly to this problem.
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A War That Can’t Be Won Should the United States fight a war that can’t be won? The war against marijuana is a costly and inconvenient war that the United States seems to be losing. It started in 1915 when Utah passed the first law against marijuana and it is still going to this day. Recreational use of marijuana has been increasing and is easily accessible. The money that our government is spending on this fight against marijuana could be saved and instead of losing money the government could make money by taxing legal marijuana.
Many people debate over whether or not marijuana should be legalized. They argue about the moral issues or moral conflicts that would arise with the legalization of it. Although there is a lot of we could say for each side, if we put aside our personal feelings and see it from the economics point of view, we would realize that legalizing marijuana would be the right thing to do (especially with the recession we are in). In this paper I will be discussing why the government should legalize marijuana by analyzing the financial costs of keeping it illegal and the financial gain we would receive from being able to tax every sale. First reason why the government should consider legalizing marijuana is because expenditures on drug enforcement would
LSD: An Opportunity For a Medical Breakthrough During the 1940’s the United States was crippled with drawbacks. At a time of confusion and lost hope, scientific discovery transformed the way everyone looked at the world. The Atomic Bomb was discovered by the United States in an effort to end World War II. This discovery was an astonishing breakthrough in technology that changed people’s perspective on human life. What if a similar component such as an atom used in the atomic bomb, could not only change the world, but the human mind, as we know it?
After his separation from Brown & Williamson, Dr. Wigand cooperated with governmental agencies investigating the tobacco industry. Dr. Kessler, the former Commissioner of the FDA, has acknowledged that Dr. Wigand's assistance was central to the FDA's investigation into the role and effect of nicotine in tobacco products. ! In 1995 Dr. Wigand achieved national prominence when he became the tobacco industry's highest ranking former executive to address public health and smoking issues. He made the truth known to the public about the industry's disregard for health and safety during an interview with 60 MINUTES and during a deposition he was compelled to give in an action against the tobacco companies.
Negative public perception has been the catalyst driving the tobacco industry to incorporate corporate social responsibility (CSR) within their strategies and operations to alleviate their unethical public image. However, the effectiveness and genuine credibility of their attempts in doing so are to be questioned. This essay encompasses the questionable attempts of tobacco companies to implant corporate social responsibility within the roots of their operations, with particular focus on major companies such as Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco (BAT). The evaluation of their attempts will be analysed in accordance to various ethical principles of the Global Business Standards Codex (GBSC) - transparency, citizenship and responsiveness principles. The central contradiction between corporate social responsibility and tobacco companies is the inherent fact that smoking kills (Friedman 2009).
Even Thomas Jefferson even said “Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country” (http://www.hemppresidents.com/pot-and-hemp-quotes.htm) while currently marijuana is only legal for medical use in certain states. Marijuana treats those with migraines, relieve symptoms of chronic disease, prevents seizures, etc. Also the ‘American Association of Cancer Research has proved that marijuana slows the growth of tumors. The widespread of marijuana in America its hard to estimate the amount illegally in America. The Process Starting off I simply looked up “major social issues in America” which showed a list of current events and problems.
Truthfully though the main reasons marijuana became illegal was due to false research and fraudulent research put in place because it threatened big business. As stated by the Washington Free Press “hemp is the number one biomass source on earth and could easily provide the US with all its oil and gas needs, thus ending America’s dependence on fossil fuels” if I were a big CEO in the oil business I sure wouldn’t want that type of competition. Also the fact that marijuana can create paper and is much more renewable than trees would put up a pretty hard competition in the paper industry(wafreepress.org) it only seem smart for businessmen in these and other markets to pick dirty schemes in order to remove marijuana from the market, rather than picking a clean fight that could of ultimately bankrupted
“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.”- Carl Sagan (“Quotes”). As one of the many Americans who wish to legalize marijuana, and it being such a controversial debate, there has to be some reasoning behind the beliefs of medicinal marijuana. Because without proof, there isn’t much to believe in? While some may disagree with this, which they are entitled to, here are some of the reasons why legalizing marijuana would be beneficial to society and how it can boost the economy. The current drug laws that are established are doing more harm than good.