Every law-abiding citizen in the United States with the gift of common sense would agree that the more heinous the crime the more the punishment should be. ... Illicit drugs are a major part of today's world. ... The Netherlands now has very liberal drug laws. ... "Defenders of America's harsh drug laws criticize the Dutch policy because its very success poses a threat to the prohibitionist ideology of the drug war" (Reinarman, pp102-108). ... Illicit drugs have a place in medicine, religion, and recreational purposes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in America today (Nation 5)." ... The regular use of marijuana with or with out other illicit drugs is correlated with higher levels of fighting, delinquency, arrests and written above health problems. ... There should also be more law enforcement. ... More laws can be created to help solve the drug problem. Many ideas for laws have come up, but sometimes many these proposed laws won't be passed according to Congress. ...

• Word Count: 1314
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• Grade Level: High School

Marijuana should be legalized because current drug laws are not working, it has medical uses, crime rate will decrease, and the War on Terror can be won if marijuana is legalized. ... American drug laws are not currently working marijuana is still a widely used drug. ... Many more people use marijuana than other illicit drugs and is a drug that can be detected after days and weeks after the initial ingestion (134). ... However federal law supercedes state law and prevents marijuana possession in those states (18). ... Current marijuana laws now do the opposite of lowering crime rat...

• Word Count: 1609
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School