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).
The marijuana prohibition was enacted in 1937, just three years after the alcohol prohibition ended. After a failed attempt with alcohol, the government must have felt they needed to try and take away another civil liberty, so they tried it on the new popular drug of the time, marijuana. During that period the people were glad to be ridden of the gang violence, notorious of the 1920’s and 1930’s, so they went along with most of what the government said and did, thus making marijuana illegal. Many people also speculate that racism was a large factor in the illegalization of marijuana, as many Mexican workers and black jazz musicians favored using it. In most states it was and still is a felony to posses any marijuana or paraphernalia.
Even Thomas Jefferson even said “Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country” (http://www.hemppresidents.com/pot-and-hemp-quotes.htm) while currently marijuana is only legal for medical use in certain states. Marijuana treats those with migraines, relieve symptoms of chronic disease, prevents seizures, etc. Also the ‘American Association of Cancer Research has proved that marijuana slows the growth of tumors. The widespread of marijuana in America its hard to estimate the amount illegally in America. The Process Starting off I simply looked up “major social issues in America” which showed a list of current events and problems.
South University Legalizing Marijuana Computer and Literacy ITS 1000 Michael L Smith October 18, 2013 Michael L. Smith Computer and Literacy: ITS 1000 Instructor: Carmen Flores October 18, 2013 Legalizing Marijauna In regards to illicit drugs, an epidemic that has a stronghold on our country caused a movement. That movement was and still is today, “the war on drugs”. Illegal drugs enters this country at an unexplainable alarming rate. In the United States alone the drug market is one of the most profitable in the world. (Agency, 2004) My intent is not to focus on the profitability of illegal drugs but the debate of legalization in particularly marijuana.
<BR>Why should marijuana be legalized? Many people, old and young, everywhere in the world, partake in the activity of smoking this plant and buying paraphernalia. There are many substantial reasons to use this plant, besides for extra-curricular purposes. Marijuana should be legalized because it’s the holder of many beneficial uses including suppressing pain, raising the United States out of debt, saving millions of acres of forests, and creating jobs for many people. <br>Through the legalization of marijuana, the U.S. could benefit immensely.
The Harm Reduction Movement began a claim that marijuana could be smoked for medicinal purposes (IBH, 2009, p.3). This campaign for medical marijuana essentially began a “pro-pot movement” which in turn could be related to the rise in use of illegal drugs, such as marijuana, in the early 1990’s (IBH, 2009, p.4). This pro-medical marijuana position became very politically acceptable since it began to portray America as facing a “jail vs. treatment” choice in relation to its’ opinion on marijuana, specifically medical marijuana (IBH, 2009, p.4). The rise in popularity of the pro-pot/Harm Reduction Movement affected the rise in the use of illegal drugs in the early
This is the idea that a person who uses Marijuana will become addicted to harsher drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine, Angel Dust, and other potentially deadly drugs. The reasoning behind this is that a person who usually buys Marijuana, buys it from a dealer who also sells other drugs as well. The dealer after a while will offer the buyer a newer drug, and supposedly the buyer would accept, thus the gateway theory. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. In 1944 “The LaGuardia Report” was released, this was a report that studied the gateway effects and other associated Marijuana myths.
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.
The bill failed, but only trailed the outcome by nearly 500 votes. Since Proposition 19 failed it may seem evident that the article achieved its purpose, but this faulty article should receive no credit for this, whatsoever. In the article, Proposition 19 blows smoke around growing marijuana, by Mike Harden, Adam Christianson, Birgit Fladager, and Jerry Powers, the law enforcement leaders of Stanislaus Country argue various problems with Proposition
Responsible legalization of medicinal marijuana Bea C. Anton Comm 215 March 7, 2012 Hope Umansky Responsible legalization of medicinal marijuana In 1996, the California Compassionate Act or Proposition 215 was passed by 52 percent of voters. This law legalized the sale and consumption of marijuana for medical purposes. The act allowed for the medicinal use of the drug by the terminally ill (Wood, 2011). People suffering from cancer and the effects of treatment were exempt from criminalization. Although legal in the state of California, the sale and use of marijuana still remains illegal under federal law.