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War On Drugs Prohibition Of Marijuana
646 wordsThe Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 started the prohibition of marijuana in America. At the time many tabloids ran untrue stories of Immigrants committing violent crimes while intoxicated with marijuana, so Congress decided to start prohibition of marijuana. This was a huge blow to many Americans since marijuana was and still is the third most popular recreational drug behind nicotine and alcohol. Also marijuana was a huge cash crop, so many farmers lost a lot of money by the prohibition. However the ...
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Prohibition Of Marijuana Marijuana Prohibition
679 wordsMarijuana is Pot Ben Holiday Marijuana is a drug that has been used for thousands of years. Marijuana was used in ancient China, as far back as 5000 B. C. The Incan? s and Mayan? s used marijuana in religious ceremonies. Marijuana also has roots in this country. The Indians of the plains used marijuana in their peace pipes as a sign of friendship and peace. After prohibition there was a sharp rise in the use of this drug in America, but after prohibition was repealed the use went down. In the 19...
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John Stuart Mill Legalization Of Marijuana
1,364 wordsIs Prohibition an Appropriate Standard? Richard Dennis, the author of Chemical Dependence: Opposing Viewpoints, says that The appropriate standard in deciding if a drug should be mad; e legal for adults ought to be whether it is more likely than alcohol to cause harm to an innocent party. If not, banning it cannot be justified while alcohol remains legal. By applying Denniss standard to the prohibition of marijuana in the United States, the logical decision would be that it is unjustified to ban...
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First Amendment Rights England Journal Of Medicine
1,681 wordsNora Parker January 19, 2000 English 10, per 2 Marijuana Prohibition is a Violation of First Amendment Rights Let me ask you something? if you had a choice, what would it be: Marijuana or Martinis? This question appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, May 12 th, 1998. Due to the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 the only legal choice that you and the 18 million other adults who used marijuana last year can make is the martini (Against Drug Prohibition ix). The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, do...
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War On Drugs Prohibition Of Marijuana
2,049 wordsAs we Marijuana Argument Essay As we all know the government has some sort of control over the people living in the United States and play a role in our every day lives. They give us rules to live by even though we are guaranteed our freedom in the Declaration of Independence. These rules we are expected to live by are said to be for our own good and supposedly keep the citizens in order. I ve come to see that some rules make no logical sense such as the prohibition of marijuana. Marijuana was o...
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American Medical Association Prohibition Of Marijuana
2,218 wordsDonovan Kessler Anderson 11 - 29 - 00 Term Paper A huge amount of Americans are currently being arrested and sentenced for defying an unjustly created law. These Americans suffer from overly harsh penalties and may even be sentenced to death just for relaxing in ways similar to how many Americans drink a beer to relax. The current excuse from government officials for keeping marijuana illegal is that it leads to the use of harder drugs, which is a lie. Something needs to be done to protect other...
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War On Drugs Legalization Of Marijuana
1,524 wordsMarijuana Debate Brief 1. Introduction How many people in this room have a hot cup of coffee in the morning or smoke a cigarette on break? How would you feel if one day the government decided to take away your right to drink that cup of coffee or smoke that cigarette because they were considered to be too harmful? There have been many studies proving the medicinal benefits of marijuana, but there are also many social and recreational benefits that are not as heavily documented. We believe there ...
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