Legalizing will not make us free. ... We can win the drug war without resorting to legalization, as shown by the consistent decrease in drug use from 1979 and 1992. However, under Bill Clinton, the drug use rate among youth aged 12-17 has increased 106 percent and marijuana use among young people has increased 141 percent.
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As more and more baby boomers are coming of age, the cry for legalization of not just marijuana but all outlawed controlled substances has become louder. ... a research essay looking at the pro's of legalizing marijuana...
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Between 1973 and 1978 eleven states "decriminalized" marijuana and our nation experienced the greatest escalation in drug use in history. Marijuana use rose form 14 percent to 31 percent among adolescents, 48 percent to 68 percent among young adults, and 7 percent to 20 percent among adults over age 26.
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Unlike legal drugs like tobacco and alcohol, marijuana contains an ingredient that produces a euphoria that warrants its continued distinction as an illegal substance. Legalizing marijuana would send a mixed message to teenagers whose parents are able to use the authority of law to support their own opposition to its use.
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I did a small research on it and this is my view - Marijuana should not be legalized because then people will soon ask for the hard drugs to be legalized too and that would be a dangerous situation because of their effect.
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Puff the Magic Dragon—in his naughtier incarnation—bit the dust when President Barack Obama recently made it clear that he is against legalizing marijuana. His message was delivered on his website, Change.gov, even before he placed his hand ... Once THC has delivered its buzz, it hangs around for days, if not many weeks,
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Marijuana is often a novice drug users starter drug, a narcotic that introduces the future addict to the world of drug abuse and self-destruction. Trying to pass marijuana off as anything else is simply insulting to one's intelligence.
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In the 1960s, if you knew whether or not someone had ever smoked marijuana, you could make a ... still, for a big green bush, marijuana remains mighty controversial. Much of the recent controversy has surrounded laws passed in 1996 by voters in California and Arizona legalizing marijuana for certain medical conditions.
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When considering legalizing marijuana, there are many economic, health, and social issues we must analyze. One economic study will not be the basis of Canada's public policy decisions, but Easton's research does conclusively show that there are economic benefits in the legalization of marijuana.
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@rdiggity; legalizing it would help the economy immensely though, especially in the states where most of it is grown (CA, OR, TN, KY) ... Smoking marijuana is an easy thing to laugh about, it seems there is something about being stoned that brings a smile to people’s faces, however marijuana prohibition is not a joke.
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