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    Hi I’m Dominick and I’m going to persuade you to agree with me to legalize recreational marijuana use can benefit the U.S. Even though the drug is consider dangerous, it has many pros and cons. Marijuana has many advantages. Including taxing the drug and if it becomes legal for recreational use, it can cause more efficient for law enforcement for more serious crimes. Marijuana has been used as a new form of taxes as it is in Colorado & Washington. Reports have shown that taxing the drug can bring

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    Legalizing Marijuana Even though many hold to the idea that marijuana is ruining people, evidence shows its beneficial. The definition of marijuana (n.) - is cannabis, especially as smoked in cigarettes or the dried leaves and female flowers of the hemp plant, used in cigarette form as a narcotic or hallucinogen. Most of us, if not all of us will be in the same situation before a party or event. Your inside or outside, and you smell a strange herb. You see a group of kids talking and laughing as

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    For the past few years the movement to legalize marijuana has gained momentum. Several states such as Colorado, Oregon, California, Nevada, Washington, Maine, Massachusetts, and Alaska have legalized marijuana recreationally. Marijuana has proved to be beneficial in many different ways. This natural plant has showed to help individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder. In the states where it was legalized, there was an increase in revenue for the state. The government and the Food and Drug Administration

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    Marijuana The truths about marijuana are slowly starting to resurface, the government keeps ignoring that cannabis could one day be as powerful for the U.S. Unfortunately, these truths about marijuana are under a lot of criticism because of the stereotype of what people see as a "marijuana or cannabis smoker." There is a great difficulty in this law because marijuana is still recognized as a harmful and dangerous substance in some states. This can cause problems because each state has their different

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    Over time people continue to misunderstand marijuana. Many link it to several adverse effects, however, the drug can have positive contributions. In 2015, Canadians elected a federal government that proposed to legalize marijuana after four states, Alaska, Colorado, Washington and Oregon and the District of Columbia legalized marijuana for recreational purposes. The question, therefore, is why this is a good move? Problem statement At the onset, those who challenge cannabis legalization cite several

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    is bringing up the issue with marijuana legalization this spring. The proposition of the legalization has its supporters and opponents that make that change difficult to implement in the Canadian society. The statistics have shown that most Canadians are expecting this changes (Spithoff, 2015). The new legislation will allow legally sell, possess and consume cannabis without any legal implications. The aim of this paper is to examine the proposition for marijuana legalization from different sides

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    Marijuana is a very famous and controversial issue in society today, hence why I choose to talk about the federal law on marijuana and my stance on it. Cannabis is still illegal under federal law but why is that? I feel like having laws against marijuana does more harm than good and we should legalize it. Marijuana has been tested and proven to have a very positive impact on people all around the country. The reasons I believe we should legalize marijuana is for our economy, health and believe it

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    The legalization of marijuana has been a large topic in recent years. The big question, to legalize or not to legalize? I will be focusing on the economic aspect of marijuana legalization in order to answer the question “Do the economic effects of marijuana provide cause to legalize it?” Source: Hudson, P. (2013, April 1). Is legalizing weed food for the us economy? Retrieved from http://elitedaily.com/news/business/legalizing-weed-good-economy/ My first source is an article written back in 2013

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    extraordinary emerging industry, the Marijuana Industry, as well as the different strategies that have been used in different countries to actually

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    The questions about uses of marijuana in the future does not have a clear answer to it. One of the poll represents that two third of Canadians believe that marijuana should be legalized; therefore, people would not have criminal records for non-violent offences. However, there is not a clear understanding of knowing that legalizing marijuana would create future criminal. The uses of marijuana for medical purposes are acceptable; however, there are a lot of people who does not have any diseases, and

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