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Arguments For Legalizing Marijuana

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Ending Prohibition Since 1951 the federal government has prohibited the production or consumption of marijuana. In 2012 two states challenged this policy by instating legislation that legalized recreational marijuana use in their states. These two states, Washington and Colorado, have reopened the marijuana legalization debate, and Americans are questioning the current federal policy regarding marijuana. The U. S. government should follow these states and legalize marijuana for recreational use despite the minor health drawbacks for the economic benefits correlated with legalization. Unlike the famed 1980’s anti-drug campaign in featuring a fried egg with the catchphrase “this is your brain on drugs” recent research, including the research published in the National Academy of Sciences report Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base (1999), comes to the conclusion that “moderate use of marijuana produces no serious, long-term consequences for individuals or for the general society” (Newton). Newton’s article “Arguments for Legalizing Marijuana also states that “long-term use of marijuana appears to have no permanent effect …show more content…

The first month that Colorado’s legalization policy took effect they raised “$2 million in taxes related to the sale of recreational marijuana” (Phillips). Colorado used the first forty million dollars of this tax revenue for school construction immediately benefitting the Colorado community. Legalization of marijuana would also create an entirely new industry in the United States creating jobs a healthier economy. Marijuana benefits the economy at such a large rate that “500 economists signed a petition urging a renewed debate on the benefits of legalizing the possession of marijuana” (Newton). This proves that marijuana legalization would provide a variety of benefits for all Americans, cannabis consumer or

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Ironically, this piece of evidence actually strengthens the argument for legalizing marijuana. If an absence of legal means to obtain marijuana increases crime, then will not a complete legalization of marijuana drive the crime rates down? Overall, the problems that Hawkins describes in his second point simply do not exist and even strengthen the case of legalization of

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Final Paper Scott Gebhard PHI 103: Informal Logic Instructor Joel VanZanten June 16, 2018 Final Paper The debate around legalizing the use of marijuana for recreational purposes has taken place for many decades. Many politicians and American citizens believe that marijuana is a harmful substance that has the capacity to lead towards heavier drug abuse, however, other's think the substance is harmless and beneficial towards maneuvering through life's circumstances. Marijuana, alongside alcohol, has been labeled harmful and destructive since the 1920's. One example of this is Nancy Regan's 1986 Just Say No campaign that was created to raise drug abuse awareness.

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10 arguments in favor of legalizing Cannabis For every responsible cannabis consumer out there, there’s a negative stereotyper who assumes that cannabis users are all “mad on the reefer” without taking into account the many positive arguments for legalization. 1- The World Will Not Collapse into Chaos, No, cannabis consumers are not going on violent rampages through the city. In fact, it’s quite the opposite – violent crime and property crimes have both decreased in Colorado since the state legalized recreational cannabis 2- The Prohibition of Cannabis Takes a Financial and Social Toll on Society, There were 658,000 arrests for marijuana possession in 2012 alone, and the majority of these arrests were for non-violent, low-level offenders. Enforcing cannabis possession laws costs the U.S.

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According to Katie Lobosco, a CNN journalist, in the first year that Colorado sold recreational weed, they brought in a tax revenue of $53 million dollars. Although this sounds like a lot of money, they were expecting a higher amount. One reason economists thought that the total amount of money would be higher is because they thought that people would stop buying illegal pot and buy legal pot, but since the cost of legal pot is higher than illegal pot due to taxes and fees, they overestimated the amount of money they would make selling the legal marijuana. They also assumed that the people using medical marijuana would switch to recreational marijuana as well, and they did not. The tax on medical marijuana is much less than the tax on recreational marijuana because they are both taxed 2.9% but recreational marijuana is the 2.9% plus any additional state tax, also from Lobosco’s journal “Recreational Pot Delivers $53 Million in Tax Revenue to

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Although marijuana has be shown to be safer than other substances and have numerous health benefits, many people do not agree with the legalization. Many believe that marijuana is addictive and is a gateway drug, but a lot of these thoughts are actually myths about marijuana. These myths are reasons people argue that marijuana should not be legalized. Marijuana has always been considered a gateways drug, but noted by Bubbins, 2017, author of "Tackling Marijuana Myths" published in University Wire, this is not true. The hypothesis about gateway drugs is that the use of a supposedly safe drug can influence the use of harder, more serious drugs.

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Regular smoking of marijuana is associated with breathing problems such as cough and increased risk of lung infections. It can also be addicting and can interfere with work, school, and relationships.” Clueless to why we would use this narcotic as a form of medicine people misunderstand its use medically condemn it without looking at its medical value. It has many medical uses just as followed “Effects of marijuana can include reduction in pain, nausea, vomiting, and muscle spasms as well as increased appetite.” Nonetheless the quarrel regarding the legality of marijuana depends on whether the the pros of cannabis outweigh the cons.

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Legalizing Marijuana, Bad Decision? George Bierson’s article on "Marijuana, the Deceptive Drug". He comes to a conclusion that is this, marijuana is a harmful drug that if not controlled can and will cause massive brain damage and harm to the immune system. George also claims that the drug is also the biggest cause of people continuing to use more and more harmful drugs. Even with studies shown, his point isn’t really made.

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Anthony Frizzell Mrs. Hamm English lV 25 January 2018 Medical Marijuana For generations, the argument to legalize marijuana for medical use has been brought forward. However, the shaky foundation of the pro marijuana argument is no match for the concrete evidence opposing medical marijuana. There are extensive physical and mental health effects. In addition, medical marijuana is not a proven effective treatment. It is clear that marijuana is not a healthy, safe, or effective treatment for health issues.

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Marijuana is a very prominent and controversial issue in today's society. Many false claims have been made against the very profitable cannabis industry. But today the truth is starting to resurface. But because of the view of a lazy American smoker that has been spread by propaganda for over 80 years by private interests who needed marijuana illegal for their own personal or financial gain. But, now the facts are starting to resurface and the lies are starting to be exposed.

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