Should we legalize drugs? ... Soon, because the ban of the POG proved to unsuccessful, teachers allowed them back into the school. ... This example, though not drug related, does parallel the drug issue, in that, if drugs were readily available, there use could become of little or no interest to society. ... Marijuana is known as a highly addictive drug, but as Vidal points out, people should have the rights to do drugs if that is what they desire. ... If drugs were to be legalized, drug related crime would decrease, and jails would have room for more threatening criminals. ...

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These days adolescents who use drugs, including alcohol, do so because they like the feeling of what the drugs do to their brain. ... Drugs of abuse also boost dopamine levels. ... Pupils are given information about tobacco, alcohol, solvents and controlled drugs and are taught how to refuse offers of drugs. ... ADOLESENTS TAKE DRUGS BECAUSE THEY ARE BORED SENSELESS! The solution to this problem is to stop banning the interesting things that adolescent would do if they weren't in such an oppressive society. ...

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The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, does not exclude it from the category of a "drug," even in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration. ... The basis upon which marijuana is prohibited has been proven by the very government which has banned the drug to be false. ... Just following the turn of the century, a new climate of temperance swept the nation and in 1914 Congress passed the Harrison Act, banning opiates and cocaine, and the prohibition of alcohol soon followed in 1918, making the U.S. officially a "dry" nation. ... Drug smugglers tend to carry and sell hard drugs in extrem...

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After the fight, both Jon Jones and the UFC confirmed a positive drug test for cocaine. It was also announced that Jon admitted to the drug use and voluntarily entered a drug rehabilitation program. ... Fighters have been fined, suspended and even had their contracts terminated for drug use. Typically the drug in question is marijuana.  ... The test is considered an out-of-competition test, however, and according to WADA's banned substances list, benzoylecgonine is only banned in-competition. ...

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