In their introduction, the web site claims, "NORML supports the removal of all penalties for the private possession and responsible use of marijuana by adults, including cultivation for personal use, and casual nonprofit transfers of small amounts." ... NORML claims that marijuana use is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco, because these drugs account for 450,000 deaths per year. In comparison, marijuana cannot cause death by overdose and is non- toxic. ... NORML has lead successful efforts to decriminalize and lower marijuana penalties. ...

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The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 significantly increased penalties for the possession and trafficking of such drugs as marijuana, LSD, and cocaine. ... Sometimes those decisions could be the different between life and death. ...

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It is the policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall importance. ... We appear to have a long way to go in the fight against drug deaths but at least the problems are now out in the open and discussed with knowledge Another area that the public health model investigates that aids our understanding of drug use is in host factors. ...

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Bush had ideas to become tougher with drug laws such as the death penalty and using the armed forces. ... The policy has failed to reduce drug-related deaths, drug abuse, drug availability, and crime. laws against drugs not being an effective solution. ... This is proven by the number of citizens incarcerated for drug related crimes and offenses, the amount of drug related deaths, surveys and polls taken among teenagers of their drug experimentation and drug use, and how easily drugs have become available on the black market. 5. ... Extremely high usage of marijuana can cause death. ...

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The objectives were simple; to impose stiff penalties on those who use drugs outlined to be illicit, quell all to trade and commerce of such substances, and even to go as far to prevent countries with in our general border vicinity from producing and exporting these substances. ... (Duke) As of 1992 an estimated sixty million people have tried and or used marijuana and there has yet to be one recorded death attributed to overdose. ...

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Drugs have been a serious problem in the United States. Since everybody has their own personal reasons why they do such a thing as use and abuse drugs, it makes even more difficult to prevent such a crime. Preventing the drug use has been a major issue in the area of politics, schools, or within the...

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Drugs and Sports It is an ethical question whether or not athletes should take drugs to enhance their performance in sports today. While athletes who take drugs to enhance their performance find them to be beneficial, the drugs they are taking can actually be very dangerous to their health. The ...

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By 1970 over 55 federal drug laws and countless state laws specified a variety of disciplinary measures, including life imprisonment and even the death penalty. ... While possession was made illegal, the severest penalties were reserved for illicit distribution and manufacture of drugs. ...

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Experiments with the drug in monkeys demonstrated that the dose required for overdose death was enormous and for all practical purposes unachievable by humans smoking marihuana. ... By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death. ...

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Experiments with the drug in monkeys demonstrated that the dose required for overdose death was enormous and for all practical purposes unachievable by humans smoking marihuana. ... By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death. ...

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Most of the time, drug abusers either are unable to see the penalties or reduce the severity of them in their mind. ... A user often has enlarged pupils, rapid heartbeat, nausea, chills and trembling, convulsions, extreme mood swings, fear of insanity or death, and severe anxiety. ...

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