In the year 1937, the United States government made the drug marijuana illegal. This ban had little effect on people until the mid 60's and 70's. This was a time where many mind altering drugs where experimented with and widely used. ... First the government should set an age limit on the purchasing of the drug. ... His words were a premonition of the prohibition of alcohol in the early part of the twenty-first century and tell what is occurring now with the ban of marijuana....

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations are in the process of limiting cigarette magazine advertisements to only "tombstone advertisements": plain black and white advertisements that contain no graphics or imagery. ... If there is an actual concern for limiting underage exposure to tobacco advertising, these advertisements should be banned from popular consumer media that now contain them, but how would the consequences of such an act influence our economic system? ... Journal of Drug Education, 20,15-29. ... Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education,39, 13-26. .....

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are trying to regulate tobacco use and protecting kids from buying tobacco. ... In July of 1992, the Synar Amendment enacted the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act. ... This Act grants the FDA the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products, it also allows the Federal Drug Administration to conduct check inspections of those who retail tobacco. ... Although, these don't totally ban tobacco products, it still helps prevent some from using tobacco products which in the lon...

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One of the main reasons smoking continues is because of a very addictive drug in it called nicotine. Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs, and after seconds of taking a drag from a cigarette, nicotine travels to the brain and releases chemicals wanting you to smoke more (http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/2-physical.htm). ... Some of the options include banning all sorts of cigarette advertising and promoting, promote health education programs, decrease tar in cigarettes, and promoting anti-tobacco legislation (http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/hnp/hddflash/hcnote/hrn001...

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