al., 2002). Therefore, they implemented the Pure Food and Drug Act, which led to the Harrison Act of 1917, and later the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act of 1920, which limited the use of marijuana that was not for medical use only, making the recreational use of the substance legal. Due to crime rated many believed associated with the substance, as many as 17 states implemented regulations that banned all non-medical use of marijuana by the early 1930’s.That by the time the Marijuana Tax Act was enacted in 1937, 36 of the U.S stated already had their own laws that penalized the use, possession and sell of marijuana (Pacula et. al., 2002). So after the amount physicians prescribing medical marijuana tarred off, because of the tedious paper work that had to be completed in order to dispense it.
Should Marijuana be legalized in the United States? Cheryl D. Usry POL 1016: Current Event Dr. Harold V. Jones II March 22, 2012 One of the biggest issues argued about all over congress, the media, and in public resides in our country’s War on Drugs. One of the primary focuses of the War on Drugs targets the controversial drug marijuana. Marijuana remains one the most widely used illegal drugs. This completely natural plant which previously helped so many people has puzzled the leaders of our nation for a long time even before the whole concept of “Reaganomics,” which focused on drugs and its entirety.
Cannabis has had a long history in Australia, dating back to the First Fleet, where botanist Sir Joseph Banks brought over hemp seeds for commercial use in the colony. Cannabis cultivation was a widely undertaken industry from the colonial beginnings up until the early 1920's when the Cannabis restrictions were implemented in accordance with the 1925 signing to the Geneva Convention on Opium and other drugs. Each state and territory has varying policy on Cannabis, With SA and the ACT having decriminalised possession of small amounts of Cannabis. New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania's respective law's state the possession and use of cannabis is a criminal offence. As it stands, recreational use of marijuana in Australia is among the highest in
The book On Bended Knees was written by Bill Cunningham the book was published in 1983 with 219 pages of text to read. The author is also a native of Kentucky and wrote a book about the Night Riders and Tobacco and how it affected west Kentucky and Tennessee. This book it talks about how Tobacco first started in America and how it played a big part in America lives and as well for the farmers who grew it, and also talks about how the Night Riders form and how it as well affects the counties in west Kentucky and Tennessee. Also, learn about two exceptional men named James B. Duke and David A. Amoss. Tobaccos originated from England it was brought over here because King James I did not like it and he called it “nasty weed”.
“Industrial Hemp” General Purpose: to inform Specific Purpose: in inform my audience about the definition, historical, and modern uses of industrialized hemp. Central Idea: For thousands of years civilizations have used cannabis. In the last seventy years has this unbelievably useful crop been unfairly outlawed and discriminated against. Modern uses out weight the archaic reasoning for such a ridiculous position by the Federal Government. Introduction: Hemp is simply put, the hardworking cousin of the more widely known but much less hardworking marijuana.
He continues by claiming that denying housing and employment for smokers is a form of public hostility. This is a false analogy, and where Scott uses the term “discrimination” in an inappropriate manner. Racial and ethnic discrimination is different because people do not choose to be a certain race like choosing to be a smoker. Furthermore, people do not negatively affect others in their vicinity with secondhand ethnicity. By stating that nonsmokers “force their beliefs on the rest of society,” Scott suggests that smokers are victims of violences, and are threatened with restriction of the First Amendment.
Many Native Americans have long used psilocybin and mescaline along with sitting in a sauna type hut to induce an out of body experience, or spirit quests, as part of a religious ritual or healing practices (Ciccarelli & White, 2010). Marijuana is one of the oldest psychoactive drugs and dates back to BC times but did not become popular in the United States until the beginning of the twentieth century (Inciardi & McElrath, 2011). At that time it was mostly used mostly by minority groups and became part of the national prohibition movement being outlawed as a drug of major concern (Inciardi & McElrath, 2011). Today, marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United
Our country's drug law have created a huge profitable 'black market' causing more criminal involvement in selling marijuana. Problems such as violence make the streets unsafe for revolving areas. In 1923, when marijuana was outlawed in Canada only a few people in this country had ever seen or heard of it. Until the 1960s, marijuana use was rarely used in the mainstream population.
Running Head: The Benefit of Legalizing Marijuana Argumentative Analysis The Benefit of Legalizing Marijuana Lad AzizB City University BSC403 Summer Quarter 2012 Professor: J- Lum September 2, 2012 The Benefit of Legalizing Marijuana In our challenging world there are many laws that have been approved based on wrong perceptions and incorrect assumptions. Illegalization of Marijuana is one of those cases. Marijuana has been made illegal for some incorrect reasons, based on peoples’ false opinion that it is a highly addictive drug, with no useful purposes. In fact, the marijuana plant has been used productively since at least the 5th century BC. Chinese people used hemp to make clothes, shoes, rope, and an early form of paper.
Severe laws against marijuana do not discourage use of marijuana, but rather breed this contempt not only for drug laws, but for laws in general. Therefore sever laws against marijuana are more dangerous to society than the activity which they are designed to prevent” (p.45). The first premiss would have to be “Encouragement of contempt for laws is more dangerous to society than occasional use of marijuana. “ This certain premiss is important because it makes one of the claims for the argument. Another premiss is “Severe laws against marijuana do not discourage use of marijuana, but rather breed this contempt not only for drug laws but for laws in general.” This ties in with the first premiss, but can stand alone as its’ own as well.