Indeed, the government would strike a match to any suggestion to balance their bloated budget, and the sanctioning of a five-leafed plant known as marijuana undeniably supports their cause. ... The growing child feels as though they are an appalling person, if they have any sense of morals, and the strain of changing from a law-abiding excellent young citizen to a criminal sends all the wrong messages into a youngster's mind. ... First off, the obvious fact that every marijuana dealer and smoker wouldn't be criminals any longer would greatly decrease crime itself. ... The police ...

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Some of us may have been sanctioned informally or formally. A behavior that is usually sanctioned negatively or positively is the use of illegal drugs. ... developed by Edwin Sutherland, differential association theory was originally formulated in terms of general criminal behavior, but it has been widely applied to adolescent delinquency and substance use?...

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Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ... However, marijuana is illegal, turning the people who use it as medicine into criminals. ...

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Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ... However, marijuana is illegal, turning the people who use it as medicine into criminals. ...

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