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    whatever you want to call it, has had a bad reputation all throughout history known as the gateway drug to all things bad but in reality pot is not an awful drug as popular media claims for it to be. It provides several remedies to common ailments and alleviates some more potent illnesses. If weed was legalized for common use more good than bad would come from it. Personally I envision that the legalization will create a beneficial environment in the state of New Jersey. Currently, there is a large majority

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    The presentation by Briana Voyer on Legalization of Drugs was well organized, but it still held room for improvement. During the presentation I could not see or hear mention of the history behind the topic, which should have been in the first few slides. Voyer begins with what ways legalization of drugs is bad, and follows with examples as to why. To do this, she made the next slide her data on the subject. Some of the information shared up to this point was false, as I noticed from my per-presentation

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    The legalization of cannabis has been a very popular topic lately. A large majority of Americans feel that cannabis products should be legal in the United States. With new research we have found that cannabis is basically harmless, and is safer then legal products such as alcohol and tobacco. Most states have already legalized medical usage, and more states are following the trend of Colorado to legalize recreationally. Cannabis should be legal because it is a victimless crime. It is not the governments

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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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    Prostitution, Marijuana, and Euthanasia are all classified as “victimless crimes”. Crimes with this classification are often controversial because it could be argued that these crimes do have victims that are not just the person choosing to partake in these crimes. People on either side have concerns about the regulations our government has put into place in order to combat these issues and maintain the safety of our country. Many of these issues are often discussed due to their relevance in our

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    The legalization of Marijuana has been an ongoing issue for many years that has lead to much controversy. Not only is smoking marijuana a risk to the person, but also every other human being around them therefore, Marijuana should not be legalized. All over the country, there are teenagers and adults that smoke marijuana for recreational purposes. Smoking marijuana has become so common recently, that to some people they do not even consider it a drug. Marijuana has detrimental effects on people.

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    Since it’s discovery, marijuana has been used as a recreational drug by many individuals. Marijuana has been always seen as a “safe” drug to use with no serious complications or side effects. Many marijuana users believe that it does not have serious side effects like cocaine, crack, and heroin. Many “pot-heads” believe that smoking marijuana is okay and it stimulates brain activity. Since the 20th Century, marijuana has been prescribed by doctors for use to deal with the bad effects of having

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    if users are caught, it affects those convicted more negatively. Additionally, marijuana today is being chemically altered leading to dangerous side effects for users. Therefore, Drugs are worse for teenagers today than in the 1960s due to the prescription pill epidemic,Ease of using drugs in school, and the effects drugs can have on a user's future today. The levels of THC in marijuana

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    One of the most controversial civil arguments in politics in the past decade would have to be the legalization of marijuana. The sale and production of marijuana have been legalized for medicinal uses in over twenty states and has been legalized for recreational uses in seven states. Despite the ongoing support for marijuana, it has yet to be fully legalized in the federal level due to cultural bias against “pot” smoking and the focus over its negative effects. However, legalizing marijuana has been

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    is known that professional sports have the use of marijuana banned due to an improper advantage that the athlete using the drug may have over the other players (11 Non-Medical Benefits of Marijuana). Legalizing avoids the costs of prohibition. Loss of liberty, criminal enterprise, and the need for enforcement of the drug (Caulkins 108). Legalization means to treat the drug like other items are: production, distribution, retail sale, possession, and making its use legal for all people (Caulkins

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