Proposed legalization

The Conservative government is considering making legal changes the allow police to, instead of laying charges, issue ticket to those caught with tiny amounts of marijuana. However, these legal changes should not be interpreted as either a legalization or decriminalization of marijuana. Rather they should be interpreted as additional enforcement measures that, should they need them, are available to police officers. Likewise, there is good reason to believe that this novel ‘ticketing system’ would

The United States was once a country that enslaved African American people because of their skin color. America has progressed significantly since slavery was abolished over 150 years ago; however, there are still significant differences the land of the free continues to make between races in. As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Across the country, minorities, specifically African Americans, are being unfairly targeted and arrested for marijuana

The Blunt Truth about the Marijuana Industry About 30 million Americans use marijuana every year. Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs in the United States, and in California. The legalization of recreational marijuana has affected many as that they’ve sought out to decriminalize its use. In Jesse Wegman’s article, “The Injustice of Marijuana Arrests," he indicates that the criminalization of marijuana has been one of the major causes to why there are so many people in prisons or with

such a tax could generate huge revenues. In fact, not only is marijuana the state's biggest crop, but it accounts for almost twice as much in sales as the state's second largest agricultural product- milk and cream ($7.3 billion a year). A recently proposed California bill aimed at legalizing and taxing marijuana could generate an estimated $1.3 billion a year in revenue for the state. Some have estimated that an additional $1 billion a year could be saved for the state by eliminating the arrests, prosecutions

Rebuttal Article “Why it’s time to legalize steroids in professional sports” written by Chris Smith of Forbes Magazine argues that to level the playing field of professional sports it would be beneficial to legalize the use of performance enhancing drugs. Mr. Smith’s ideals that professional sports would be a fairer, more entertaining version of itself if performance enhancing drugs were legal, is an incredibly irresponsible and impudent declaration. Mr. Smith states “The primary reason why performance

recreational marijuana. These are not the first states to take this horrid step, Colorado, Alaska, California, Massachusetts, and Nevada have all taken on the dangerous epidemic of legalizing this drug. Trying to be cautious of the side effects legalization has on the economy the state government has set the legal age to smoke, sell, and grow at twenty one in hopes of avoiding marijuana use in teens. Despite these standards being more or less suitable, they are not powerful enough to help evade the

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

They say, “It is a Criminal” A couple of weeks ago, CNN the world 's most recognized news station. They were showing a story about how medical marijuana helped a three years old girl, who was suffering from a several epilepsy. From the story, this three year old girl could have a hundreds of seizures within a day. However, one day his father, who was a retired military, he made a research and found a good testimonies about how a medical marijuana helped these men, children,

Introduction In this essay I will try to show why PAS should be legalized. I will do this by first analyzing the value we place in human lives in order to show why in some cases, “ending someone’s life” should be considered a right action. If it is the case that some cases “ending someone’s life” is the right action, we would have a positive reason to believe that PAS should be legalized. However, there are some who believe that PAS should not be legalized, even if in some cases assisted suicide

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