Deliberation on the legalization and regulation of marijuana is divisive where one side argues for its economic contribution through taxes while the other argues against it because of the health concerns associated with prolonged marijuana use. On one hand, there are social and health issues that arise at the expense of marijuana legalization, which is bound to encourage prolonged use among youth who are then vulnerable to addiction and mental health problems. On the other hand, the economic and tax benefits that comes from legalizing marijuana are undoubtedly important because the money from the taxes can help regulate the consumption and prevent youth be affected by this drug as it’s has been done with tobacco and alcohol. Therefore, marijuana in British Columbia should be legalized and regulated owing to its economic advantages; also the reduction of organized crimes will benefit society greatly, since the income generated would be used to mitigate marijuana perceived health risks, which have not been verified as opposed to alcohol and tobacco. Some of the main reason why marijuana should not be legalized is because of the mental and health problems. Dr. Robert DuPont, who is a national leader in marijuana prohibition, drug policy and treatment, said “It's interesting, because at the time I knew marijuana was not good. And I always spoke about the health hazards of marijuana. I never said it was benign in the sense that it was safe. But I would balance that health message with a message that says we don't want to use the criminal law to try to solve a public health problem”(drug war). Another reason of why we should not legalize it is because of the addiction that comes from smoking the drug. Therefore, marijuana should never ... ... middle of paper ... ...da: Laws Need To Be Changed To End Prohibition, B.C. Mayors Argue.” The Huffington Post. April 26 2012. Web. 03 Dec 2013 Ferreras, Jesse. “Marijuana Decriminalization Petition: Sensible BC Campaign Flounders” The Huffington Post BC. September 9 2013. Web. 03 Dec 2013 Quinn, Gregg. “Legalized marijuana should follow beer’s lead: Sleeman”. The Vancouver Sun. November 6 2013. Web. 03 Dec 2013 Ruschmann, Paul. Legalizing Marijuana. Infobase Publishing: New York. 2004. Print Sine, Wesley and David, Robert. Institutions and Entrepreneurship. Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Washington. 2010.
The Ontario star editorial writer presents a firm opinion by analysing the pot-selling consequences that evidently lead up to a number of serious matters and issues that are to be solved. The author displays multiple premises in support to his/her claims that seem to be mainly in attack to the present illegal sales of marijuana in the streets of Toronto.
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Justin Trudeau, newly elected prime minister of Canada, and the Liberal Party made many promises during their election campaign to better the lives of the Canadian people, economy and make a positive change. With that being said he and his liberal party promised to legalize cannabis. In this paper, I will outline the promises made by Trudeau, discuss why Trudeau and the liberals are making this promise, explain how the promise will be kept and provide information to shed light on how legalization is a good idea for Canada.
Marijuana has long been the subject of many heated debates and political platforms. With lack of un-biased materials on marijuana, it quickly became victim to publications and political propaganda in the early 1900s. Richard Isralowits writes, “Publications from the period had such titles as Marijuana-Sex Crazy Drug Menace, Marijuana-The Weed of Madness, and Marijuana: Assassin of Youth”(Use of Marijuana,105). Surely in this modern age and heightened public awareness our marijuana laws, drafted in a time of extreme bias, have got to be obsolete. Although many people still have strong opinions against the legalisation of marijuana, after review of current un-biased studies and reports they will find that this is not the case. Marijuana should be legalised in Canada because of the cost, the justice system, and the health concerns.
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There is actually a political party in Canada called the Marijuana Party of Canada, and it has many supporters. These supporters believe that the only route to take is full decriminalization of marijuana, which is not likely to happen. One argument of these supporters is that the current penalties for marijuana possession are too harsh. Realistically, there is not chance that marijuana will ever be completely decriminalized in Canada, as the effects from this would be damaging to Canada’s relationship to ...
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Even though medical plants have been used for thousands of years to treat different illness and has being proven to be effective for many people today, modern populations still have a lot of prejudices about cannabis. That ideology causes government to have irrational and closed minded thoughts on the subject. Therefore, today’s societies have to oversee the prejudices on cannabis and they have to stop to conclude that it is dangerous only by ignorance and they have to start encouraging researches on the medical plant, otherwise, one day Canadian policies about the use of medical marijuana will become stricter and many patients and their relatives will be tempt to obtain marijuana illegally. Consequently, those policies that should be ‘’protecting public safety’’ will instead put it in
The legalization of marijuana is considered a controversial issue, something that can benefit people for medical purposes, but what about recreationally? Marijuana has been illegal since 1937, but there’s never been a bigger push for legalization. There are several reasons why it is illegal, because of government propaganda and big industry not wanting to lose money, but this will be discussed later. The purpose of this paper is to educate, theorize, and discuss various aspects of marijuana, such as its history, development, and the advantages and disadvantages of marijuana legalization. Finally, my personal reflection on legalization and marijuana in general will be discussed.
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With both, utilization of the substance did not stop, laws were specifically implemented and fierce groups made stunning benefits filling a business sector decent vendors could no more touch. At last, regardless of liquor 's expenses to real wellbeing, and the disturbing impacts it can have on conduct, it was resolved, rightly, that criminalizing liquor accomplished more damage than great. Cannabis is less addictive than tobacco or liquor, and looks at positively to those medications on about each wellbeing metric. “There is honest debate among scientists about the health effects of marijuana,” the Times writes, “but we believe that the evidence is overwhelming that addiction and dependence are relatively minor problems, especially compared with alcohol and tobacco. Moderate use of marijuana does not appear to pose a risk for otherwise healthy adults. Claims that marijuana is a gateway to more dangerous drugs are as fanciful as the ‘Reefer Madness’ images of murder, rape and suicide.” In fact, as the Times notes, cannabis is not particularly harmful “Casual use by adults poses little or no risk for healthy people. Its effects are mostly euphoric and mild, whereas alcohol turns some drinkers into barroom brawlers, domestic abusers or maniacs behind the wheel.” The article further clarifies that cannabis has never been specifically connected to any genuine illness, the way tobacco has with
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