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    Thomas Gordon The Legalization of Medical Marijuana Health Care Research Utilization Marie Vasquez HCS 465 March 19, 2016 The Legalization of Medical Marijuana In 2016, medical marijuana/cannabis has become one of the biggest problems and potentially medically revolutionary studies in the U.S. today. It’s being discussed by thousands of researches and scientist and it is also very controversial topics. Several studies has shown that it has a lot of medical benefits and should be fully

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    negative effects on their lives. To solve the issues associated with prostitution, prostitution should be legalized and considered a legitimate business because legalization will keep sex workers safer, prevent people from being punished for committing a victimless crime, and stop the wasting of law enforcement's time and money. The legalization of prostitution will lead to a safer work environment for sex workers because it allows sex workers to report abuse in their workplace to law enforcing

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    Legalization of Marijuana: The Ban Is Unjust Legalization of marijuana is an important issue; most people recognize it as “harmful and addictive,” from the essay “Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized,” while others regard the ban on marijuana as ineffective, expensive, and unjust (1). According to Senator Bernie Sanders, “too many Americans have seen their lives destroyed because they have criminal records as a result of marijuana use. That’s wrong.” The ban is unjust for Americans because it is a

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    Legalization of Marijuana "The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of any subject is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion and studying all modes in which in can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this.' - John Stuart Mill" (Mill. 7). The topic of legalizing marijuana is a very conservational issue in American politics today. There are many good arguments both

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    There has been a debate over the legalization of marijuana since it was made illegal in the 1920s. There are opponents on both sides of the issue. There are many benefits to the legalization of marijuana, but there are also detrimental effects to society that are caused by marijuana use. These issues need to be debated to determine if the legalization of marijuana would benefit the United States. According to a 2003 Zogby poll, “the government should treat marijuana more or less the same way it treats

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    The legalization of cannabis has been a very popular topic lately. A large majority of Americans feel that cannabis products should be legal in the United States. With new research we have found that cannabis is basically harmless, and is safer then legal products such as alcohol and tobacco. Most states have already legalized medical usage, and more states are following the trend of Colorado to legalize recreationally. Cannabis should be legal because it is a victimless crime. It is not the governments

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    use of weed such as Colorado, Nevada, California, Maine, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Massachusetts. At this rate, it is fair to assume that marijuana will eventually be legalized nationwide. There are many pros and cons associated with the legalization of marijuana, however I believe the pros far outweigh the cons. To make sense of the debate, we can examine the effects alcohol has on our nation. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) “Alcohol alone has caused more than 25,000 deaths

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    also some that don't think much of it.  Today more and more people are choosing to side with pro marijuana legalization for America.  People that never gave marijuana legalization a thought or were heavily against it are now starting to believe legalization would be helpful for the United States of America.(Marion, Nancy E)  There are many reasons why many people support marijuana legalization and one of those reasons is the benefit of

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    Brad Fink English Comp 101 13 December 2017 Mrs. Longchamp Legalization of Marijuana An important topic going on today of social importance would be the legalization of marijuana, when talking about the legalization of marijuana you’re looking at two sides to consider the benefits of legalizations and the cons, does keeping it illegal do more harm than good, and do the potential benefits outweigh the negatives. Is medical marijuana just but recreational dangerous and havoc inducing on

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    Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in the United States In today’s society, there is a significant amount of attention being thrown at the debate over whether recreational marijuana should be legal or not. The prohibition of marijuana is causing more problems that it is helping. The legalization of recreational marijuana has been a heavily debated topic over the years. Recreational marijuana should be legalized because the government could tax it, the substance is much safer than the use of

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