In 1936, the propaganda film "Reefer Madness" was made n an attempt to scare young Americans away from using marijuana. The film directly stated that smoking marijuana causes insanity. On October 2, 1937, without any open debate, scientific enquiry, or political objection, President Roosevelt signed the Marijuana Tax Law. The law made it illegal to possess marijuana in the U.S. without a special tax stamp issued by the U.S. Treasury Department. On the very day the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act was passed, the FBI and Denver police raided the Lexington Hotel and arrested two
A Schedule One Substance doesn't have any accepted medical use in the United States and a high potential for abuse. The state argued that the federal government's policy [of targeting physicians for recommending Marijuana as medicine] deliberately undermines the state by incapacitating the mechanism the state has chosen for separating what is legal from what is illegal under state law. States are arguing that they could use Medical Marijuana as a source of income to help pull us out of debt. According to “priceofweed.com” a crowd sourced Internet archive of pot prices across the country, the national average cost of an ounce of high-quality marijuana is roughly $350. Pot smokers can really stretch their dollars on the West Coast.
Dominique Johnson English A Essay#4 29 April 2013 Marijuana in America In today’s society legalizing marijuana is still one of our biggest topics to date. Many people have a negative outlook on the drug painted by the media and the government. But little do we know marijuana has be around since the ancient times. The first reference to cannabis (marijuana) dates as far back as 2737BC (narconon international) It was used and spread though China, India, and North Africa. The Chinese used it for medication for gout, malaria.
Legalizing Marijuana The legalization, or decriminalization, of Marijuana has been one of the leading controversial political issues in the past decade. Made up of dried leaves of the Cannabis Sativa plant, with THC as it’s main psychoactive ingredient, Marijuana has proven to be less harmful than tobacco and alcohol, and even non-addicting. According to the Drug Awareness Warning Network, “There has never been a death recorded from the use of marijuana by natural causes.” (DAWN) Many people ask why the government would add one more substance to the list of the harmful, legal ones already, but I’m a firm believer that if we do not use our rights they will be taken from us. So should it not be a right of the people to decide whether Marijuana
It was used as medicine in the United States until 1937 when a new tax fee led to its discontinued use. In 1972 marijuana was placed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, meaning that the government considered it to have "no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States." Marijuana's schedule can be changed by Congress, the DEA, or the
Additionally they claim marijuana’s addictive, interferes with fertility and impairs driving ability. Does alcohol not do the same thing? They go on to say that it also affects the immune system and the brain as well as that medical marijuana is a front for drug legalization and recreational use. Just as on September 4, 2007 Member of the US House of Representatives Mark Souder was quoted as saying “In April 2006, following my request the FDA release an inner agency advisory confirming the smoke marijuana is not medicine because it has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use of treatment in the United States and it has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical
Michael Wallman Professor Scott English Composition 008 February 10, 2013 Compare and Contrast Alcohol and Marijuana If you’re like most Americans, you have been led to believe that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug that has destroyed the lives of millions of teens and adults. You have also been made to believe that marijuana causes lung cancer and is a “gateway” to harder drugs. People are also convinced that people who use marijuana are losers who sit on the couch all day doing nothing. To say that marijuana has been given a bad rap over the past few decades is an understatement. So, lets wipe the slate clean and start over.
Legalizing Marijuana Shenedra Rollerson SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Instructor: Tim Carter May 19, 2012 Marijuana is considered an illegal drug in most of the states in the U.S. Marijuana is also the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, it is a dry shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Why is marijuana not legalized? There has been a huge debate over legalizing marijuana for decade.
Why the Federal Government Should Legalize Marijuana Emily Ross COM/215 11-10-2014 Does anyone know the precise reason why the U.S. Government will not legalize the use of marijuana? Do you know of any reasons the American government should legalize marijuana? Although the legalization of marijuana is an extremely controversial subject for most it is a topic that will be debated for years. The debt the government consumes trying to keep marijuana illegal is outrageous. In 2009 an estimated 858,408 individuals were arrested for marijuana violation.
Prescription drugs can get you just as high or even worst then weed. Statistics show that people become more addicted to the drugs they get from there own medicine cabinet then the drugs they buy off the corner drug man. I get how the government wants to try and put an end to crack heads and addicts but that will never happen in the world today cause there are so many ways to get high . The top 5 heavenly drugs are : 1. NICOTINE - millions and millions of people smoke cigarettes everyday that contain nicotine .Did you know smoking tobacco causes chemical and structural changes in the brain and is nicotine illegal... NO !