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National Drug Control War On Drugs
1,889 words
Should Drugs Be Legalized In America? As the
nation's drug problem persists, issues continue to
haunt communities. The question is will legalizing
drugs really help or will legalization make
problems increase in our society? If drugs remain
illegal, a number of complications that could
appear as a result of legalization will never
occur. Keeping drugs illegal poses a lesser
problem than legalization. Drugs should not be
legalized not only because legalization is bad for
the country but also beca...
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Legalization Of Drugs Legalization Of Marijuana
793 words
Many feel today we are loosing the war on drugs.
When a battle goes to the point where there is no
winner there needs to be a re-evaluation of how to
solve the problem. In the case of the war against
drugs, years of fighting have caused increased
crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use
of money and resources with no results. It is now
time to look at alternative methods to solving the
nation's drug problem. I will be looking at one of
these methods that deals with the legalization of
m...
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War On Drugs Dollars A Year
1,681 words
Legalization of marijuana offers both benefits,
and disadvantages. The medical benefits of
marijuana have been researched and proven to aid
patients with glaucoma and some forms of cancer.
Other benefits include: fewer people in prison and
fewer social problems for the users because they
get help instead of jail time. The big question
remains: all out legalization or legalization for
medical use, or decriminalization. Whatever the
outcome, marijuana use needs to be based on its
own pharmacology ...
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Difficult To Determine Possession Of Marijuana
1,224 words
... state is itself an underestimate. The extent
is difficult to determine because of the illegal
nature of the trade; however, it is substantial.
Emergency room mentions of marijuana and hashish
have also increased dramatically, from 3, 818 in
1985 to an estimated 8, 200 in 1988 (NNICC, 1989).
Note that there is a very high degree of
concomitance associated with these figures. More
than 80 % of the mentions are in combination with
other drugs (NIDA, 1988). Without a reliable count
of the number...
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U S Department S Department Of Justice
783 words
How Legalization Affects Public Drug legalization
has become one of the most acute problems that
divides our society in two enemy camps that are
always at odds and can not reconcile to work out
some reasonable common solution. Of course, it is
not easy for proponents or opponents of drug
legalization to change their mind and accept the
contrary opinion, but we should remember that our
ambitions will lead to nowhere. It is high time to
think about our next generations taking into
account our hist...
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Ideas And Information In The Risk Society
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Ideas and Information in the Risk Society We all
know how new ideas can change the world and these
new depend on newly obtained information that can
be based whether on researches or simply acquired
during everyday life. New ideas always had lead to
the progress, regardless whether they were useful
for people. Sometimes new ideas inspired people to
do new researches, which allowed discovering new
knowledge that was beneficial. Today in our
society, any new information can make drastic
changes, b...
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18 Th Amendment Legalization Of Drugs
960 words
The legalization of drugs; a risk not worth
taking. Arguments concerning the repeal of the 18
th amendment, drug prohibition, have not changed
much over the last seventy years; the questions
are the same, the concerns are the same, and the
policy is the same; the way it should be. Both
sides are in a constant battle over the legality
of drugs: Proponents of drug prohibition insist
that the effects on society would be disastrous-
wide-spread addiction, increased crime, smuggling,
Opponents of dru...
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Marijuana Laws Norml U S Government
2,486 words
Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America
Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of
concerns of Americans and are considered one of
the major problems facing our country today. We
see stories on the news about people being killed
on the street every day over drugs. To many people
drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in
reality they affect all of us users and non-users.
I believe that the negative affects we associate
with drugs would be greatly reduced if the United
States adopted ...
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War On Drugs Point Of View
935 words
Just say no? This is not exactly the philosophy
that the vast majority of the United States
population tends to follow. Drugs have become a
routine aspect of everyday life in the United
States. Neither a gigantic metropolis nor a minute
town have gone without feeling the everlasting
effects of drugs. Drug use has always posed a
major dilemma for America to overcome. The banning
of illegal drugs takes many back to the days of
the Prohibition problems involving the banishment
of alcohol. Prohibiti...
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People In Society Money To Buy
1,262 words
December Drug Legalization Mark DeOrio December 8,
1999 Dr. Bechtel Criminology Drug Legalization The
question of whether to legalize drugs or not is a
very controversial and important issue. Drugs
affect so many areas of society. Several groups
have formed and spoken out regarding their
position. Speaking out against drug legalization
is the first step in helping to deliver the
credible, consistent message about the risks and
costs of the legalization of drugs to people in
terms that make sense...
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Making Drugs Legal Legalization Of Drugs
2,538 words
Drugs Should Not be Legalized The question of
whether to legalize drugs or not is A Very
controversial and important issue. Drugs affect so
many areas of society. Several groups have formed
and spoken out regarding their position. After
learning about the issues regarding both sides of
the argument, I would choose to support those who
oppose legalization of any drugs. Drugs simply
create problems which affects society in several
ways. The governments have made several efforts to
control drugs an...
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Christian Science Monitor Legalizing Prostitution
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One of the oldest legal debates comes from one of
the worlds oldest profession, prostitution, there
is no denying that the sex industry has taken
international dimensions and is recognized as an
economic motor for many countries. As countries
around the world debate the merits of legalizing
or at least decriminalizing prostitution. The
following questions should be addressed. Would
legalization reduce some of the inequalities and
abuse suffered by the women involved? On the other
hand, by legiti...
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Smoke Marijuana Marijuana Smokers
2,812 words
Drinking has become an increasing problem in our
society. Many people now see drinking as a norm.
Lisa McIntyre, author of The Practical Skeptic
states that, For one thing, we know that norms
vary across societies (152). So we also know that
what is considered to be deviant varies across
societies. How could members of our society see
drinking as anything but a norm when everywhere
one turns alcohol is being advertised? Whether it
be on billboards, busses, in magazine ads, or
television commerci...
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Legalizing Drugs Drug Abuse
5,337 words
History of the American Drug War The first act of
Americas anti-drug laws was in 1875. It outlawed
the smoking of opium in opium dens. This was a San
Francisco ordinance. The basis on passing this law
was that Chinese men had a way of luring white
women to their dens and causing their ruin, which
was the association with Chinese men. Later, other
Federal laws such as trafficking in opium was
illegal for anyone of Chinese origin. The opium
laws were directed at the smoking of opium. The
law didnt...
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Long Term Effects Legalization Of Marijuana
893 words
Marijuana, a drug that has been studied for many
decades, provides for a very controversial
argument. Many people in society are aware of the
harmful and long-term effects of marijuana, and
therefore are strongly opposed to such a drug.
However, there exists another array of opinions of
which are focused heavily on the benefits of
marijuana in the medical industry, as well as the
pleasurable benefits that marijuana may bring to
many individuals. Though there exists some
evidence that marijuana c...
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Tobacco And Alcohol Alcohol And Tobacco
1,111 words
Would Legalization Benefit Society? Would
legalization in anyway benefit society? That is
exactly the point that Benson B. Roe and William
J. Olson tackle in these selections. With Benson
taking the pro side and William taking the con
side. In both articles they argue over the effects
that the legalization of drugs would have on our
American society. Benson says that drugs are no
worse than tobacco and alcohol. William will
actually agree with this and say that we should
prohibit tobacco and alc...
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Marijuana Legalization Legalizing Marijuana
2,277 words
Within the idiosyncrasies of almost any socio
medical analysis of our various contemporary
health dilemmas, there exists the issue of
marijuana and the controversy surrounding its
usage and its legalization. Indeed, scientific
studies have done nothing less than proven that
occasional use of marijuana poses no greater a
threat to the human body than does similar usage
and quantities of alcohol. While the long-term
health effects of marijuana-smoking are
reminiscent of what we know to be the risk...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Reform Of Marijuana Laws
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The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is a drug
that comes from a variety of common hemp known as
cannabis indica. The much more potent hashish is
also derived from the plant cannabis indica. What
is sold on the street as marijuana, hemp, weed,
pot, or bud are the dried leaves and the flowering
tops of the plant. The primary psychoactive
component in marijuana is the
trans-delta-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. By 1937,
marijuana had become illegal in 46 states.
Penalties for its use were similar...
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Marijuana Laws Norml U S Government
2,453 words
Currently, illicit drugs remain high on the list
of concerns of Americans and are considered one of
the major problems facing our country today. We
see stories on the news about people being killed
on the street every day over drugs. To many people
drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in
reality they affect all of us users and non-users.
I believe that the negative affects we associate
with drugs would be greatly reduced if the United
States adopted a policy of the total
decriminalization o...
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Hemp Seed Oil Drug Enforcement Agency
10,690 words
Should Drugs Be Made Legal? For several decades
drugs have been one of the major problems of
society. There have been escalating costs spent on
the war against drugs and countless dollars spent
on rehabilitation, but the problem still exists.
Not only has the drug problem increased but drug
related problems are on the rise. Drug abuse is a
killer in our country. Some are born addicts
(crack babies), while others become users. The
result of drug abuse is thousands of addicts in
denial. The good n...
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