The article “Hemp-could save America” (2011) notes that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp on their plantations. During the colonial era and early beginnings of our republic American farmers were legally required to grow the hemp plant. The article “Hemp-could save America” (2011) also found that in 1939 during World War 2 the federal government subsidized a program to grow hemp and American farmers grew a
Mohamed Alamoudi Why We Should Legalize Marijuana Many people believe that legalizing marijuana is only an issue of importance to “stoners” and other stigmatized groups in society; they couldn’t be more wrong. Marijuana is much less unhealthy than prohibition propaganda would lead you to believe. Furthermore, the government wastes vast resources on prosecuting and incarcerating nonviolent marijuana users. For these reasons, the United States should legalize and tax marijuana. The examples of the Netherlands and Portugal show that decriminalizing marijuana does not lead to “pot epidemics”.
Amsterdam allows the consumption of marijuana to a controlled amount per person. Because of this, Amsterdam has lower crime percentile than any of the major cities in the Unites States. The legalization of Marijuana would take the business away from the drug cartels and would be safer to get in all the country. By taking the drug cartels out of business the crime would be reduced. In addition, smoking and having small possessions would no longer be considered a crime, so the smokers will not be sent to jail for simple possession of marijuana.
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.
Constitution states that the government cannot make laws “prohibiting the free exercise of religion”. Therefore many people who use marijuana as a religious rituals because marijuana is illegal. The law on not using marijuana force them not to use marijuana clearly prohibits the free exercise. Little do people know marijuana in religion dates back to the second millennium and continues still today. The Chinese religion used marijuana on daily basis for general health and to develop the ability to speak to spirits.
Hemp, as defined by Dr. Tom Murphy, is a variety of the Cannabis sativa L. plant whose growth is strictly intended for agricultural and industrial purposes. Many years ago, the production and sale of industrial hemp in the United States was declared unlawful without obtaining a government permit. Hemp has dealt with a bad rap for hundreds of years, and has remained unlawful in this country due to misconceptions of its uses. If made legal in America once again, hemp holds the potential to change the world by opening the doors of thousands of different industries and providing opportunities for the production of various goods. Industrial hemp has been in use around the world since the Stone Age.
The main difference between hemp and marijuana is the concentration of THC. The amount of THC in hemp is much lower at approximately 0.3% compared to marijuana which can be anywhere from 5-25%. The fact that hemp contains THC has been a major argument for not legalizing it in the United States. The truth is hemp has such a low concentration of THC a recreational marijuana smoker could smoke an acre of it and get nothing more than a headache for their efforts. (Earlywine) Hemp has been cultivated world wide throughout history with the earliest use dating back more than 8000 years ago in Taiwan.
Dylan Kelley Rough Draft 11-15-10 Yes We Cannabis Should marijuana be legalized in the United States? Should people be punished for smoking a harmless natural plant? The legalization of marijuana is a topic that most Americans have a powerful say in. Some believe it should remain illegal because they believe it’s a “gateway” drug or because it causes violence. Others, like me, think that the government shouldn’t have the power to outlaw if it’s not harming or endangering others.
Smoking B. Other Adverse Physiological Effects VI. Conclusion I. Introduction For over 4,000 years the cannabis plant (marijuana) had been used medicinally by a variety of cultures around the world. It was used as medicine in the United States until 1937 when a new tax fee led to its discontinued use.
However, the pro-legalization Americans respond in saying increased marijuana use has no lasting health effects, legalization will allow for better regulation of distribution, and marijuana legalization will reduce alcohol consumption in America. There is no empirical data to support that marijuana use will increase when legalized or that we will see an increase in automobile crashes. Those who are not necessarily marijuana users but support legalization argue that the financial benefits of legalization outweigh the negative implications that come with