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Marijuana Prohibition Marijuana Smokers
1,156 words... e of the nation's leading ocular pathologists" (Brazaitis unknown). Later in Randall's life he discovered by accident that smoking marijuana not only lessened the strain on his eyes, but eliminated the tricolored halos that marred his vision. Randall didn't believe that smoking an illegal drug could stop the deterioration of his precious eyesight. Then after six months of trial and error, he became a believer. Randall began to grow his own marijuana, due to the fact that he could not afford ...
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War On Drugs Violent Crime
1,673 wordsIntroduction One point on which almost everyone interested in drug prohibition agrees is the existence of a connection between drugs and violent crime. The disagreement is on the form of the connection and the sign of the correlation. Supporters of drug prohibition typically argue that drug use leads to violent crime and should be illegal in part for that reason. Critics of the war on drugs argue that the attempt to prohibit drug use leads to violent crime and that that is one of the reasons dru...
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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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Marijuana Tax Act Marijuana Smokers
1,619 wordsWhy? Marijuana is illegal. Illegal to possess, purchase, distribute or grow. To start off the basic non-creative, non-read between the lines question; Why? Why was marijuana made illegal that fateful day 68 years ago. Is there a justifiable reason to the original criminalization and continuation of that law to present day? So, again I ask; Why? Yet, besides the reason why marijuana is illegal many are against the prohibition laws. However, possibly just as many are for keeping marijuana in the s...
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18 Th Amendment Noble Experiment
1,388 wordsEnglish III Honors P. 1 Mrs. Robinson 4 May 2004 "Prohibition: The Noble Experiment"Prohibition, sometimes referred to as the noble experiment, did not achieve its goals. It did the exact opposite by adding to the problems that it was intended to solve" (Thorton). It is also considered to be the thirteen years that damaged America. On January 16, 1920 one of the most disobeyed laws was put into effect. The 18 th amendment, also known as Prohibition, was ineffective and caused more corruption in ...
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Marijuana Prohibition Alcohol Prohibition
656 wordsMarijuana Purposes History Throughout history marijuana has been used to serve various purposes in many different cultures. The purposes have changed over time fit in with the current lifestyles. This pattern is also true in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the time. Marijuana, whose scientific name is cannibissativa, was mentioned in historical manuscripts as early as 2700 B. C. in China. (Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, 1995). The cultivation of the ...
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War On Drugs Drug Prohibition
4,902 wordsShould America Legalize The Federal Government, while trying to protect us from our human nature, developed harsh anti-drug policies with the hope of eradicating drugs. These policies seemed simple enough: imposition of penalties on those who use substances illegally, interception of drugs coming from other countries while ending all drug cultivation in the States, and prevention of foreign governments from growing these substances. The idea of the Drug Prohibition surely made sense: lower deman...
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Marijuana Prohibition Alcohol Prohibition
601 wordsThroughout history marijuana has been used to serve various purposes in many different cultures. The purposes have changed over time to fit in with the current lifestyles. This pattern is also true in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the time. Marijuana, whose scientific name is cannabis sativa, was mentioned in historical manuscripts as early as 2700 B. C. in China. The cultivation of the marijuana plant began as far back as the Jamestown settlers, aro...
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