Many people do not want it to be legal in their states because they are afraid of the gangs that come with the drugs. In fact, there are so many enraged people, upset with the locations of marijuana dispensers, in Los Angeles that they are shutting down more than 400 medical marijuana dispensers (Wood, 2010). Some were close to schools, churches, and parks had brought complaints from neighbors for attracting gangs and criminal elements (Wood, Los Angeles cuts back on medical marijuana dispensaries., 2010). Under new law there are only to be 70 medical marijuana dispensers. If the number falls down below that then a drawing will be done to fill the vacant spot (Wood, Los Angeles cuts back on medical marijuana dispensaries.,
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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.
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Many of the citizens disagree with medical marijuana cultivation and sales causing social conflict. Another reason residents are moving out of the county is because the crime rate has risen. Other citizens believe costs associated with treating individual for marijuana outweighs the revenue from taxing medical marijuana (Pacula, 2009). However, medical marijuana users believe any type of negative reform is discrimination. among the stakeholders in the debate over medical marijuana include California taxpayers, medical marijuana dispensaries and growers, The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-SF), Attorney General Jerry Brown and Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco (gubernatorial candidates), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), and Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Arlen Specter (D-PA).
Parliament Debate: Opposition to the Legalization of Marijuana I argue in opposition to the statement that Texas should legalize marijuana and reject the proposal that would change the status quo by recognizing smokable marijuana as an accepted drug. I argue this because marijuana is not a safe or healthy alternative to other drugs and has not been scientifically tested with the results that classify it as useful for medicinal purposes. (TAB) According to Mark Kraus, a physician in Waterbury, Connecticut, and a member of the board of directors of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, “smoked marijuana contains many of the same toxic or carcinogenic compounds that have been linked to lung cancer and emphysema” (Kraus). Kraus also states
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To Legalize Marijuana or Not.. General Goal: To persuade Specific Goal: To persuade individual to legalize marijuana Central idea: To educate individuals on what the benefits are for legalizing marijuana. Organization pattern: Introduction Attention step: We all have an opinion on the use of marijuana. Is it safe for us on a medical view or will it get out of hand and still be abused. Thesis statement: Marijuana has been decriminalized in several states on the basis that it will benefit the sick and boost the economy. Credibility statement: Marijuana has come along way from being the illegal substance that people abuse.