Anyone who wanted a quick joint to ease their mind before a 9:00 AM Advanced Writing and Literary Techniques class would be charged an outrageous government tax to buy it, instead of risking life and limb to illegally purchase one from some guy named Karl who doesn't deserve to share the air he or she breathes in let alone their hard earned money. ... Countless individuals waste away each and every dire day like rotting yak corpses as they wait in a long list of people who have increasing anxiety and growing hatred towards their government because of the meager reason that no one will hir...

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Marijuana, long outlawed by federal legislation, is making major advances toward legalization in the United States. ... For example, marijuana eases the nausea, vomiting, and the loss of appetite experienced by many AIDS and chemotherapy patients. ... marijuana in their jeans simply makes no sense - the kindest way to put it."" ... They also say that by making drugs legal, the people who have never tried drugs for fear of being caught by the law will have no reason to be afraid anymore and will become users (Legalization of Marijuana). ...

• Word Count: 1460
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Marijuana is a plant with dozens of documented medical benefits, very few negative side effects, and no known attributable deaths. ... It appears that for as long as the Conservative party stays in power, legalization is not a strong prospect. ...

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When the law was passed there was virtually no opposition against it and there were no surveys or scientific studies that aided this decision made by congress. ... The vast majority of these people are regular, law-abiding citizens that otherwise would have no confrontations with the law. ... And since marijuana is one of the least harmful addictive substances, it could be applied to ease the withdrawals from addictions such as alcoholism (Dr. ... Long-term studies show that use of other illicit drugs among youth almost never occurs unless they have first used marijuana (Kane, Yacoubian). ...

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Those that are incarcerated for marijuana-related crimes will no longer be imprisoned; therefore, the overcrowding issue will improve. ... There's no denying it and that's wrong.'... A number of advocates for legalization have suggested that the workload on local law enforcement would ease if marijuana were legal. ... Legalization advocates believe if marijuana related offences were no longer present, that the court system would move more efficiently. ... This is because producers would no longer have to incur the costs of circumventing the ban, including expenditure to avoid pr...

• Word Count: 4020
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Original Reasons for using: Home remedies As time went by, "home remedies" were discovered and used to alleviate or ease aches, pains and other ailments or illnesses. ... No refinement or enhancement had occurred, and isolation of specific compounds (drugs) had not taken place. ...

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