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
Thomas Webb Mr. Porter English 101 10 April 2012 Re-light the Conversation about Cannabis Regional dean and Professor Virgil Van Dusen wrote on the topic of drug control regarding the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1970 in which implemented policies and guidelines in the manner of drug and substance control. The drugs or other substances are listed in the five categories or schedules as the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) refers to them. Starting with Schedule I that states drugs or other substances have a high potential for abuse with no current accepted medical use in treatment within the United States, because there is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. LSD, MDMA (Ecstasy),
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The legalization of marijuana and hemp has been a controversial issue since Congress passed the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act which made marijuana illegal and fineable. This issue has been fought and protested since the Act became into effect. There are a lot of misconceptions about why it became illegal and the reasoning’s why it shouldn’t be made legal. Currently the use of marijuana, even for medical purposes, is still illegal. It is only legal to the state that makes it legal.
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His proposal required companies making 14 kinds of chemicals used in making illegal drugs to keep sales and import records.1 The legislation would have required each transaction involving pseudoephedrine to be reported to the government as it was 1 of the 14 chemicals in the legislation. Another important aspect of the bill was all imports and exports would have needed federal approval. After Haislip’s proposal, the pharmaceutical industry mounted a strong lobby against this bill fearing this would limit the legitimate use of the drug. They successfully won their lobbying efforts as pseudoephedrine was exempt from the regulations created in the final bill. However, importers of raw pseudoephedrine powder would now have to keep records of their purchases and sales.
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.'
Legalizing weed Kelly Setters December 17, 2012 SOC 120 Erin Schouten Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Legalizing Weed I believe that the legalization of marijuana in America would not harm society. There are many myths about marijuana. For instance the myth of marijuana causing a person to become irrational and aggressive has been proven by scientific researches and university studies that marijuana does not cause these actions. One myth about marijuana is that, Marijuana causes crime. Under the influence of marijuana, people become irrational, aggressive, and violent.
Second the aspect of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use helps with patients who suffer from cancer, glaucoma, and AIDS is undeniable. Finally, the cost of keeping marijuana illegal is outrageous. First our liberty is at stake. This country was set up by our fore fathers to be free and have the right to choose. I believe that most Americans want the right to choose whether or not to smoke marijuana.