Final Outline I. Introduction Marijuana has an insignificant number of negative side effects that when compared to other legal substances are minute. By legalizing marijuana an amazingly useful medicine could be employed to its full capability; a new material that could be used for countless ...
Although the Canadian government has taken measures against drugs, in stiffening laws concerning the cultivation and trafficking of drugs and various media awareness programs, the problem continues to get worse. ... It seems as if the "war on drugs" is a futile war or at least next to impossible to win. ... The Canadian government spends $100 million a year enforcing drug laws.4 The criminalization of marijuana does not prevent people from using it, in fact it makes the problem worse. ... The U.S. government spends over a billion dollars on its "war on drugs," when it could be ma...
There has been a "War on Drugs" campaign alluding to that marijuana is the cause menacing our society. So this "war" has continued with clever advertising slogans such as: "Just Say NO to Drugs". ... Statistically the average marijuana smoker is arrested every 45 seconds in the U.S. and Canada; imagine how much that would free up law enforcement if not for petty arrests and citations? ... So the "War on Drugs" continued with clever advertising slogans such as: "Just Say NO to Drugs". ... The war on drugs can be focused on the severe drugs ...
A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. ... Some people have always been advocates of the "war on drugs." ... Given this knowledge, the advocates for the war on drugs know that prevention is a very important part of the war. ... This is where the media plays a huge role in the war on drugs. ... The media was now in alliance with the war on drugs. ...
