Even using the words 'legalization' and Federalism and Marijuana 'decriminalization' invite debate as one would suggest that the illegalization was right and proper and the other suggests the criminalization was the wrong thing to do in the first place, thereby creating a culture of criminals where there should never have been. The fact remains that marijuana is the drug of choice throughout the country. While average Americans may be hard pressed to find users of narcotics like heroin or even cocaine, nearly everyone at least knows someone who partakes in marijuana use, medical or otherwise. In 2011 less than 2 million people tried cocaine, less than 400,000 experimented with heroin, but 28 million people
Levels of drug related crime would decline; in part resulting in less crowded courts, jails, and prisons. 4. Drug production, distribution, and the sale would no longer be controlled by organized crime (Inciardi & Saum, pgs. 72-73, 1996). Just like with any new law, legalizing marijuana will have to come fully equipped with guidelines and regulations to control it.
Maybe "marijuana recovery" should stop being hoisted as propaganda, and should be a service for those few who truly need it. How many alcoholics would go to AA if Prohibition was still in effect? There is a lot of propaganda out there about pot, and all I'm asking for those reading this is to give the argument for (and against) legalization a fair shake, and to not let beliefs founded on propaganda, someone else's moral standards, or beliefs unfounded in fact to sway you. Look at the arguments and decide for yourself. There are plenty of individuals who don't smoke marijuana (or don't smoke it anymore) and still think it should be legalized, so let the facts help you make your decision, not the propaganda.
The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was the first type of regulation on marijuana. This act would require “registration and reporting requirements and a tax on the growers, sellers, and buyers of marijuana” (Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues, 2013). Once there was a negative spotlight on marijuana, the major of New York, at this time, wanted to do a study about the drug. In the 1944 report called “The Marihuana Problem in the City of New York”, drew the conclusion that most of the dangers being communicated to the public were false and over exaggerated (Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues, 2013). Although known as the “gateway drug”, the report stated that marijuana use did not lead to the possible addiction of other hardcore drugs such as heroin or cocaine.
iii. Canvas-Latin- “hemp” Marijuana-Spanish- almost exclusively meaning the “drug” iv. Industrialized variant: purpose of paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, health food and fuel B. Quote: Thomas Jefferson-“ Hemp is the first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country.” PICTURE Transition: For generations upon generations, hemp has been a way of life; let’s start with the earliest known uses of hemp. A. Grown for as long as human history as been around in Asia and the Middle East.
Farmers refusing to grow hemp would be arrested. Our founding fathers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp in the 1700’s. Thomas Jefferson drafted the declaration of independence on cannabis paper. All school books were made out of hemp and flax paper until the 1880’s. In 1906 the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed, this formed the Food and Drug Administration.
Brandon Shelkett Shelkett 1 Compare/Contrast Essay October 24 2012 Stefani Goode Prohibition of Logic On January 17, 1920, a law went into effect in the United States of America that began the largest failed war in the history of our nation. Over the next 13 years, our country would learn that this law only worsened the issue and in 1933, this law would be repealed. This eighteenth amendment, which established the prohibition of alcohol, has many similarities and few differences with another law that would take effect in 1970. The Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Title II of the
It will give me ideas of what can be used as a con regarding medical marijuana. In this article, the author speaks about California, Arizona, and several other states have recently legalized medical marijuana. He also states clearly what his goal is. That goal is to demonstrate that even if one grants the opponents of legalization many of their contentious assumptions, the federal government is still obligated to take several specific steps toward the legalization of medical marijuana. He defends this claim against a variety of objections, including the claims: that marijuana is unsafe, that marijuana cannot be adequately tested or produced as a drug, that the availability of synthetic THC makes marijuana superfluous, and especially that legalizing medical marijuana will increase recreational use by 'sending the wrong message.'
Throughout history there has never been a society without drugs. From our ancestors use of psychotropic drugs like marijuana and mushrooms, to wine and ales in the Greek and Roman Empires, and to our modern use of alcoholic spirits, to expect a “Drug Free America” is unrealistic. There has always been drug usage and probably always will be. It seems to fulfill a fundamental need in the human experience (Miron, 2000). This paper‘s aim is to compare our “War on Drugs” to Prohibition in the 1920’s.
“We did’t work and save all those years so you could go to college and smoke dope!”” (Pot Stories for The Soul p. 65). The older generation who had lived through so much poverty and suffering couldn’t understand why the youth was experimenting with drugs and saw it as potentially throwing their lives away. When Reagan gave his speech in 1982 on the war on drugs, marijuana was the only drug he mentioned by name, demonstrating its popularity among Americans. Although, despite diligent federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. marijuana crop, growers have survived and endured, being industrious and adaptive, much like the plant itself. Actions taken by the government to wipe out marijuana in the U.S. were similar to ways in which they tried to eliminate enemies in war, for example, “Some anti-marijuana campaigns take on the characteristics of military operations.