For decades the marijuana prohibition has been violating individual’s rights, but scientific research has proven that marijuana has therapeutic uses and is harmless compared to other drugs. Therefore, marijuana should not be considered a dangerous drug and should be legalized. The prohibition of marijuana did not end with crime; nonetheless, it is responsible for the imprisonment of thousands of its users. The government’s campaign against marijuana has also created cultural factors that make the use of marijuana socially unacceptable. However, it should be up to each individual to decide if he/she wants to use marijuana whether it is for pleasure or for therapeutic reasons.
The legalization of marijuana has been strongly debated since the 1920s and 1930s, when it was first recognized as a dangerous drug, and tabloid newspapers popularized exaggerated stories of violent crimes allegedly committed by immigrants intoxicated by marijuana (Grinspoon, Marihuana Reconsidered 118). In 1937, the Marihuana Tax Act was signed to prohibit the use of marijuana because marijuana supposedly caused violent crimes, “sexual excess,” addiction, and led to the use of harder drugs (Grinspoon, Marihuana Reconsidered 118). In the 1970s, the government created the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study the effects of marijuana (Weir 26). The NIDA published many claims concerning marijuana use, but they did not have evidence to support their claims (Weir 26). This misinformation and the government’s campaign against marijuana made the legalization of marijuana impossible.
Marijuana is a harmless drug, but it has not been legalized because people believe most of the anti-marijuana claims. Research studies have proven that marijuana helps the individual experience a sense of well being, relieves fatigue, stimulates the appetite, and induces a feeling of mild stimulation (McDonough 50). Another advantage of marijuana is that experienced users can control the degree and quality of the intoxication by “coming down” when it is necessary to perform (McDonough 50). Marijuana does not cause sexual excess because daily use of marijuana has not been found to alter testosterone or other sex hormone levels like alcohol use, which lowers testosterone levels (Grinspoon, “Whither Medical Marijuana” 28).
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...ugh it is harmless and has medical uses (“NORML Report on Marijuana”). Over ten million people use marijuana regularly even though it is illegal, which clearly shows that the government’s anti-marijuana campaign has been useless (“NORML Report on Marijuana”). The government should stop spending scarce federal funds on the campaign against marijuana, and use that money to conduct more research so that the Food and Drug Administration can approve the legalization of marijuana (Grinspoon, “Whither Medical Marijuana” 27). No amount of research is likely to show that marijuana is as dangerous as tobacco and alcohol because marijuana is a harmless drug. If marijuana had official medical uses, then people would be more likely to accept it. Also, the legalization of marijuana would be regulated so it would not be a threat to society and its users. There are many people who need the legalization of marijuana for medical reasons, but people who use it for “fun” also have a right to use it without fearing to be arrested. Marijuana should be legalized for all citizens in the United States, and it should be up to each individual to decide if he/she wants to use marijuana, not the government.
The cannabis plant has been the topic of much debate throughout the history of this country. Many people don't know that it was not the effect of cannabis that originally spurred its banning. It was actually originally the work of the cotton industry who put big money behind illegalization for the plant's mind altering effects. The cotton industry was afraid that hemp, a product of the cannabis plant, would soon overpower the strong hold of cotton since it was a more durable textile that required less work, less ground depletion, and could be grown almost anywhere. Since the time when cannabis first became illegal it has been grouped with other narcotics as a counterpart. The truth is cannabis has many benefits to society and other than the effects of smoke inhalation has very few negatives. Those against legalization try to put cannabis in the same light as other more potent drugs like cocaine and heroin. There are many misconceptions about the substance and it is clear it should be looked at separately.
Ever since marijuana’s introduction to the United States of America in 1611, controversy of the use and legalization of the claimed-to-be Schedule I drug spread around the nation. While few selective states currently allow marijuana’s production and distribution, the remaining states still skepticize the harmlessness and usefulness of this particular drug; therefore, it remains illegal in the majority of the nation. The government officials and citizens of the opposing states believe the drug creates a threat to citizens due to its “overly-harmful” effects mentally and physically and offers no alternate purposes but creating troublesome addicts hazardous to society; however, they are rather misinformed about marijuana’s abilities. While marijuana has a small amount of negligible effects to its users, the herbal drug more importantly has remarkable health benefits, and legalizing one of the oldest and most commonly known drugs would redirect America’s future with the advantages outweighing the disadvantages.
The legalization of marijuana has been a highly debated topic for many of years. Since the first president to the most recent, our nation’s leaders have consumed the plant known as weed. With such influential figures openly using this drug why is it so frowned upon? Marijuana is considered a gateway drug, a menace to society, and mentally harmful to its consumers. For some people weed brings a sense of anxiety, dizziness, or unsettling feeling. Like alcohol, tobacco or any other drug, those chemicals may not respond well with their body. For other people marijuana brings joy, a sense of relief, and takes the edge off of every day stress. For those who are associated with cannabis, purposes usually range from a relaxant, or cash crop, to more permissible uses such as medicine, and ingredient to make so many other materials. We now need to look at what would change if marijuana were legal. Benefits to the economy and agriculture, health issues, and crime rates are three areas worth looking at. Deliberating on the pros and cons of this plant we can get a better understanding for marijuana. From there it will be easier to make a clear consensus on what is best for the nation.
The concept of cultural context defines how a person’s culture and background can affect the manner in which they choose to behave. Each individual person on this earth has different cultural contexts whether ethnical, financial or gender based. In recent years, criminologists have long sought to find out how an individual person’s cultural context influences their chances at becoming criminals. After searching through numerous amounts of criminological statistics, research has revealed that there are not only many implications that the contextual role of culture has played, but there is also an answer that exposes certain cultures who are likely to become offenders or victims as a result of the implications of culture context.
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.
Legalization of Marijuana has quickly become a controversial issue in America. In the United States, legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes is spreading to the state level. For example, in November 1996, the people of California and Arizona voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal reasons. As a result of Proposition 215 in California, patients now smoke marijuana provided their physician recommends its usage. A prescription is not required, and marijuana continues to be illegal to prescribe. The Clinton administration responded that it “would not recognize these decisions, and would prosecute physicians who recommend or provide marijuana to their patients.” Although California and Arizona are the only two states to have already passed laws regulating marijuana usage, twenty-six states and the District of Columbia have laws and resolutions regarding marijuana usage. These laws and resolutions range from establishing therapeutic research programs, to allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana, to asking the federal government to lift the ban. Despite the states’ desires to have marijuana legalized for medicinal purposes, the US National Institutes of Health examined all existing clinical evidence about smoked marijuana and concluded that, “There is no scientifically sound evidence that smoked marijuana is medically superior to currently available therapies.”
Despite the 1976 ruling by the federal government that marijuana has “no acceptable medical use”, sixteen states have passed medical marijuana laws that allow for patient use o...
The prevalence of criminal activities in our society draws my attention. Every day, whether it is on TV or the radio, there is always some new crime being reported. Some of these crimes are understandable, if we take into account the offender upbringing and circumstance(s). Others are inconceivable, and allow no room for tolerance because of the criminal men’s era. We are witnessing various crimes that impel us to question ourselves as to what might be the main factor of human criminal behavior -- nature or nurture. It is a debate that researchers have been tackling for years. With so many extraneous factors that may have a hand in influencing a person propensity towards certain things, it is sometimes hard to tell what is genetic and what has been shaped by the environment. My research is focused on understanding the stimulus behind a crime by answering, especially this question posed: Is culture
A roaring cheer from a large crowd grows faint as a blue light illuminates the stage of the concert hall and Dan Reynolds, lead vocalist of Imagine Dragons, sobers the mood with the first verse of “Demons”- “When the days are cold/And the cards all fold.” In this music video, Imagine Dragons uses rhetoric through their performance onstage and the narratives they reveal from different people’s perspectives to show the audience that everyone has a story and demons they deal with. The video begins with an audience waving their arms back and forth to the heavy mid-tempo song being performed by the band as it cuts in and out of the performance to five different stories of people struggling with everyday problems in society
To the AIDS or cancer patient, marijuana is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional value and is a source of cooking oil and vitamins. To the paper or cloth manufacturer, it is the plant that provided much of our paper and clothing for hundreds of years and produces four times more fiber per acre than trees. To the environmentalist, it is the plant that could greatly slow deforestation, restore robbed nutrients by other crops, and help prevent erosion. Preliminary findings show the drug may prove effective against glaucoma and asthma, and control such side nausea in cancer treatment. I concretely believe that marijuana should be legalized in the United States, primarily for the use of medicinal purposes. In technical or for the average American, marijuana, it is used only for recreational purposes. I think marijuana is a plant that could save many lives if it was made legal. My goal is to reverse prejudices, relieve ignorance, and inform people of the known and potential therapeutic uses of this remarkable plant.
Capital Punishment has always been a big question in peoples lives when asking how to deal with a prisoner dealing with life imprisonment. These prisoners have to put their lives in the hands of the judge and jury when putting out the punishment they get for the crime they committed. People have to decide if the crime the committed is worth ending someones life then and there or letting them live their life in prison. The death penalty to me is a horrible but needed part of life to prove a point to people who think getting away with crimes worthy of this punishment is worth doing. It puts the fear of god into people cause you are playing with god and your life when you have to decide between life and prison and lethal injection. Many states are still deciding whether or not they want their state to use the death penalty and that has kicked up a lot of controversy in there states population. Many different people on both sides of the debate on how to handle these types of criminals based on the crimes they have committed.
The Walking dead released a video game, who’s model is of a visual novel. In this game your character interacts with other characters as in most games. The main difference being that the way you interact, your actions, everything you do has a consequence and a different path to alternate endings can be taken. The story plot grew, and without any spoilers my heart was ripped out of my chest in the ending where I “won”. Art produces emotional power to its audience. Gamers are the audience and they can be inspired to feel frustration, rage, moral ambiguity, love, guilt and
Teaching is a difficult job, and one that I believe requires a vast array of skills and attributes in order for one to be successful in. The image of ourselves that we project to our students can become a model for our students to follow. Many people, myself included, still remember many of their high school teachers and look up to them as role models. It is important to recognizes the skills and attributes that teachers have not simply because they will help you to be successful in your career, but because we want to ensure we are being positive role models for our students.
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Capital punishment has been legal in the United Sates since the 18th Century. A few crimes that have the death penalty as its consequence are drug trafficking, espionage, treason, attempting to kill a juror or witness, and federal murder. Capital punishment is very controversial since different people have different opinions. The big debate that’s been discussed is whether or not the death penalty is right or wrong. Other countries seem to be more accustomed to the death penalty, rather than the United States, so our country will look at the death penalty as a harsher reality than other countries would. A lot of people are in favor of the death penalty, and a lot of people are not. One reason people could be in favor of the death penalty is