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    Brandon Smith Professor Gregor ENGL 1102 21 April 2014 Legalization of Marijuana: the financial, social, medical, and political benefits. The legalization of marijuana has been a topic of debate for many years. This may be because of the cultural diversity that the United States of America is known for. Recently, bills were passed in Colorado and Washington to implement the legalization and regulation of recreational marijuana use. These events along with the ever growing popularity of the

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    Andrew Sheridan Legalization of marijuana is one of the hot button issues of todays political arena. For the last several decades the federal government has waged its infamous War on Drugs, a war on it’s own citizens which covers all manner of psychoactive substances that have been deemed illegal. Strikingly, thousands upon thousands of citizens have been incarcerated for crimes associated with the production, distribution, and the consumption of marijuana. Marijuana is a plant that has been cultivated

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    Why Not Legalize Marijuana? Essay

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    Marijuana should be legalized for both recreational and medicinal use because the US economy can reap significant benefits from legalization as well as create an influx of jobs and also to reduce street and gang disputes relating to marijuana. Also, marijuana should be legalized because it has been dealt an unfair hand by society and is justifiably safer than most know it to be. First, marijuana should be legalized in the US for both recreational and medicinal purposes because there is a very substantial

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    “Why Legalizing Organ Sales Would Help Save Lives, End Violence.” Gregory argues in the article that organ sale should be legalized in the United States. Gregory discusses the different range of arguments that people have that are opposed to the legalization of organ sale. He explains that organ sale is creating unnecessary suffering for needy patients and “violence.” The problem with Gregory’s article is that he uses direct quotations and extreme accusations that have no valid sources or are credited

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    black market. Money lost to greed, and crooked dealing could now divert to finding cures for other illnesses that cannot be cured by organ transplantation. It will save a life, so the question remains, why not legalize the sale of human organs? The Legalization of Organ Sales for Compensation would impact not only the person selling, the people brokering but most importantly the people receiving the organ. Compensation once used to further illegal actions would now benefit the many rather than the

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    Legalize Marijuana Despite what people believe about marijuana, it hasn’t once proved to be the cause of any real issue. It makes you wonder what the reason as to why there is a war on drugs. Why is marijuana the main concern? Since the time that alcohol and tobacco became legal, people wonder why marijuana isn’t legal yet. The fact that marijuana is illegal is mainly caused by the amount of money, jobs, and pride invested in the drug war. Once the government starts anything, they stick to it. At

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    This action, which took place but a few years after Washington’s legalization of assisted suicide in 2008, demonstrates a continuing willingness to make very controversial changes. Overall, Washington is a Democratic state in a historically liberal area of the United States with a major industry involved in health. In addition, Washington has demonstrated a tendency to promote controversial changes through its legalization of marijuana. These factors are all likely to have contributed to Washington’s

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    United States Drug Policy

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    US Drug Policy Introduction Drug policy is a crucial topic in the country today. Substance abuse, as well as drug-related crime rates, are a huge problem. This is a fact. The way to fix the problem of substance abuse, however, is widely disagreed upon. Some think that stricter laws regarding drug possession and use would solve the problem, while others believe that loosening the restrictions would be a better option. The issue of legalizing drugs, especially marijuana, is one that is debated all

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    support it, but who else. Recreationally it doesn't benefit but it would not do harm either only to the users and the ones around it while smoking it. The government is putting this hot button issue aside but when will it be okay to talk about legalization of marijuana. Once all the other problems are solved no. This leads into how the government actually harms this problem more than anyone. The government has multiple ways of advertising

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    imagine the danger that come from the legalization of marijuana. Personally, I knew people in high school, who would smoke marijuana during normal school . In class, they would always being

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