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    Have you ever thought about drugs like marijuana and the history or impact it can cause on your life? Many people do not think about these things when it comes to taking drugs. They just like to take drugs for fun and usually don’t care what happens. Well many people don’t know a lot about marijuana. There are a lot of things you should know before taking any type of drug like marijuana. Some people like to call it marijuana, some people like to call it weed, and some people like to call it cannabis

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    the drug marijuana. Marijuana is one of the most widely used illegal drugs in the world. Thousands of people are arrested every year because of marijuana. However, even with marijuana’s bad reputation, the benefits that it offers definitely outweigh its disadvantages. Marijuana can help alleviate many ailments and several symptoms associated with cancer and Aids. While Marijuana is a very effective medicine, it is also a huge cash crop. In addition to this the legalization of marijuana would clear

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    Cannabis. In Colorado, marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks locations 3 to 1 a day. (Christina Rogers). It has been a year now since the very first cannabis shop was open. Since than the state has seen a lot of great results as well as downgrading ones. Amendment 64 took everyone for surprise and still as of today not much is known about the effects of cannabis, leading to many questions about this drug. Due to lack of knowledge about the topic, legalizing marijuana has raised many arguments

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    believe that marijuana is a highly addictive and life threatening drug. However, there have been zero reported cases of cannabis overdose. Marijuana prohibition and propaganda have caused America to fail to benefit from marijuana legalization. The factors of the consequences of the cannabis ban, organized crime being responsible for the distribution of marijuana, the success of Colorado’s statewide legalization, and the American public becoming less opposed to the proposal of legalizing marijuana are causing

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    The Blunt Truth Marijuana is an illegal, highly prevalent drug that affects an enormous fraction of America's juvenile population in the present day. Today, there is a large dispute on whether Marijuana should be legalized. Some say that it should be legal due to its medical benefits, whereas others say it should remain illegal due to abusive recreational users and the negative effects it has on the body. Marijuana damages the users health, endangers public safety, and is a gateway to the world

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    The decision whether to legalize marijuana, the third most popular drug in America is still a very debatable issue today. Some supporting arguments for legalizing marijuana include that the drug is not any more harmful than alcohol or tobacco if used in moderation, there are medical benefits of certain use, police and court systems would be freed up, it would create a source of additional tax revenues, the FDA could regulate quality and safety, less people would be subject to lifelong criminal behavior

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    Marijuana has had a long and sordid history in the United States. There is an ongoing debate in the country about the legalization and regulation of marijuana. The purpose of this report is to show the positive impact of the Federal legalization of marijuana. This report will show the benefits and drawbacks that will occur with Federal legalization. The first thing that will happen with legalization is the elimination of arrests for simple possession of marijuana. This will free up valuable law

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    laws against and for the use of marijuana and the federal government also has laws/mandates against the use of marijuana. There are many ways to look at the use of marijuana. The three uses that I am going to focus on are those that are recreational, medicinal, and addictive use of this drug. There is also another way to look at the drug in a retributive, commutative, distributive justice use and how it would affect the three types of uses. Recreational use of marijuana is legal in many states. Even

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    Marijuana legalization in Connecticut Reading ‘The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace’ by Jeff Hobbs gave me food for thought about marijuana abuse. In my opinion marijuana should be legal in state of Connecticut but many people argue that it should be illegal because teenagers might use it even more. On the other side, it will cause many more problems for our federal system. There is no magic bullet for preventing teen drug use, but parents have a considerable amount of influence

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    legalization of marijuana. In 2014 expected tax revenue from the marijuana industry is an expected $67 million just in Colorado alone. Now in Washington their government is allocating a 25% excise tax on marijuana. While in Colorado they assigned a proposition to enable a 15% excise tax, and a 10% sales tax on recreational marijuana. Marijuana is stimulating businesses all over, whether it be real estate, construction, or candy! Business owners are using the legalization of marijuana to their advantage

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