Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a plant that is consider one of the many illegal sustains. Marijuana is a plant that clams to make people addicted like other drugs like meth, cocaine, and other harmful sustains. Marijuana has been refer as pot, grass, reefer, weed, herb, mary jane, or mj by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). (34) When mentioning of this plant, it cause sirs among the public about the dangerous use of the plant. The news media portal marijuana as harmful plants that changes people for the worst. For the past years, states has proposal to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. While other states has taken the actions of making the plant completely legal. With the change of the laws changing, marijuana has been the subject of debate if marijuana should be legalize or not. The United State people are divided from the supportive uses of marijuana uses, while other are against the use of marijuana. For example, nowadays most young people are in the favor of marijuana use for either the benefits or the fact that they have easy access of the drug. By a group of young people that are supportive with the legalization of an illegal drug, there a sign of support that U.S citizens are in favor of legalizing of marijuana. While the older generation, who are oppose with the use of marijuana, shows disagreement of marijuana use due of believing that it will bring more harm than good in their society. Whatever the case might be, the supporters are in favor of legalizing the plant, while the oppose people are not interested of legalizing it. Since some states are election for the legalization of medical marijuana uses, it recommend to the public that they should vote on the legalization of medical marijuana uses. ... ... middle of paper ... ...n Hills: Greenhaven Press, 2008. 45-56. Print Katel, Peter. "Legalizing Marijuana." CQ Researcher 12 June 2009: 525-48. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. Simoni-Wastila, Linda, and Francis B. Palumbo. "Medical Marijuana Legislation: What We Know-- And Don't." Journal Of Health Care Law & Policy 16.1 (2013): 59-75. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Apr. 2014. National Institute on Drug Abuse. "The Nagative consequences of Marijuana Use." Marijuana (Contemporary Issues Companion). Tardiff, Joseph, ed. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven Press, 2008. 34-44. Print Wilson, Clare “The Case for Marijuana by Prescription." Marijuana (Contemporary Issues Companion). Tardiff, Joseph, ed. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven Press, 2008. 63-70. Print XIxItalianoxIX. "Scientific Research and Real Facts about the Cannabinoids in Cannabis." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 Feb. 2013. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.
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The effect of Marijuana on American Society has been a highly popularized point of concern and discussion for many years. This topic has become more frequent in the past months as two states voters have allowed its widespread recreational and medicinal use. This research paper will focus on some of the history of marijuana, details of this drug, and conclude with my findings of why this drug has become increasingly popular which may surprise the reader.
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These facts are indefensible. But even more terrible is that fact that there are many medicinal benefits of marijuana that are being denied to hundreds of thousands of patients yearly. Prohibition of marijuana for recreational use is an idiotic policy, but the prohibition for medicinal marijuana is completely iniquitous. In this paper I will focus on the prohibition of medical marijuana. I will start with a little background on the history of medical marijuana and on the medicinal properties of marijuana. I will then move on to discuss the history of legislation for marijuana in general, and then specifically medical pot. The current legislation will also be examined. I will conclude with potential policy options, and ways to help fight this injustice.
Legalization of marijuana has been a hot yet controversial topic all around the world, and some European countries has legalized the personal or medical use of it, while in the USA, the war on legalizing marijuana has been long. Though the opposition is strong, the overwhelming victory has been gained as Colorado and Washington has fully legalized it. Now, over the half of the states have been considering the legalization of marijuana, although California Proposition 19 failed to gain fully support in 2009. I prefer the legalization of marijuana. Just like a coin has two sides, whether we should legalize marijuana is largely depends on the benefits it brings to our country. On the one hand, it is the public’s intention that the government should legalize marijuana. On the other hand, by now, marijuana is proved to be no more dangerous than smoking and alcohol, and it is the individual’s freedom to use it or not. It is also out of the respect to the basic human rights. Considering both the economic profits
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Marijuana has been a problem since the early 1900s and continues to create problems. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics created a law which prohibited marijuana use in 1937 (Reinarman 128). Twenty years later, THC was discovered to be the main psychoactive component in marijuana causing its negative side effects (Reinarman 129). Almost seventy-five years later, the United States is still battling the problem with illegal marijuana use. Although scientists discovered the negative effects fifty years ago, the information has gone practically unnoticed and the amount of users continues to increase. Approximately half of the United States population has used marijuana at one point (Reinarman 129). Instead of outlawing marijuan...