The presidents" 1993 budget allocated about $15.8 billion for all law enforcement programs, which included hiring more drug agents for The Drug Enforcement (Bender). ... The Drug Enforcement Agency has said they don't want marijuana to be legal due to the fact that there is no real hard evidence that proves marijuana is an effective drug as a medicine. ... The Drug Enforcement Agency spends about $23 million a year to incarcerate nonviolent marijuana offenders. ... Second, there would be a reduction on the amount spent on law Enforcement efforts to apprehend and prosecute users and s...

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All of these drugs are considered being stimulants which is a class of psychoactive drugs. ... Drugs that affect these processes are, in general, called psychoactive drugs.1 By altering our neurotransmitters these psychoactive drugs could elevate mood, increase feelings of well-being, amplify energy, and along with heighten alertness to surrounding elements. ... As with many other drugs, repeat use Methylone can cause addiction. ... Words quickly spread about this new party drug and within weeks the drug is no longer just a hit in Europe. ... With that finding the Dutch government quickly forc...

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In the book, The Case for Legalizing Drugs, it states, "Legalizing drugs would promote public health, not harm it. ... The drug enforcement authorities would reduce their budget requests, or most likely, focus more intensely on harder drugs and violent crimes. ... Federal, state and local governments spend about 100 billion dollars a year on law enforcement and criminal justice programs. There is about 35 billion dollars, which is directly related to drug law enforcement and probably another 15 billion related to crimes committed to obtain drug money. In one year, about 50 billion dollars ...

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Although some chronically ill people and their physicians argue that the drug eases their pain and suffering, the question still is fiercely debated by law enforcement and the medical community (Donnelly 1-2).4 Modeled after underground pharmacies that provide AIDS patients with unapproved drugs, Buyer's Clubs have existed informally for at least 15 years. ... Drugs Enforcement Administration insist there are few, if any therapeutic uses of marijuana. ... The proceeds from an asset for features are divided among the law enforcement involved in the case, a policy that invites the abu...

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The Native Americans introduced the Pilgrims to tobacco and other forms of drugs such as marijuana. ... From then on the government started to crack down and began to embrace drug enforcement. ... This tremendous increase in potency is an unintended consequence of the efforts of law enforcement. ... This has made marijuana a more portable, potent, and an appealing drug, the exact opposite of the result intended by law enforcement. ... It is the laws restricting drugs that are newcomers, less than a century old"(31). ...

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One of the main arguments stopping the decriminalization of marijuana is that it is believed to be a gateway drug. ... Using marijuana may put people, adolescents included, in contact with people who are users and sellers of other drugs. 1) The prohibition of marijuana is the very reason that there is more of a chance for a marijuana user to be exposed to, and urged to try more drugs. 2) So basically what prohibition did was created a mixed drug market, putting consumers in contact with hard drug dealers. 3) Drug use is lesser in Holland where marijuana has been decriminalized; regulatin...

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The drug of choice in college in most instances is Marijuana, but is Marijuana starting to fade away as the drug of choice? Many college students now may choose a different drug of choice, and that drug is Ecstasy. ... Since MDMA had already been patented in 1913, it held no profit potential for a drug company, as a drug cannot be patented twice and before marketing a new drug, a company has to show that the potential side effects are justified by the drug's benefits as a medicine, and this involves long and expensive trials. ... In 1985, MDMA/Ecstasy received massive media attention when...

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