The American people and the federal government are feeling the sting of an economic down fall. Nature has provided a way for the federal government to stop the stinging, legalizing marijuana, its side effect; saving and creating revenue. ... Between the war on drugs and incarcerating cannabis violators the federal and state government spends over 32 billion dollars a year (Drug Sense, 2013). ... The federal government has been looking for a way to take American industry and farming back to its glory days of being able to provide for the American people. Again nature has provided the federal g...

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The American people and the federal government are feeling the sting of an economic down fall. Nature has provided a way for the federal government to stop the stinging, legalizing marijuana, its side effect; saving and creating revenue. ... Between the war on drugs and incarcerating cannabis violators the federal and state government spends over 32 billion dollars a year (Drug Sense, 2013). ... The federal government has been looking for a way to take American industry and farming back to its glory days of being able to provide for the American people. Again nature has provided the federal g...

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 Imagine a drug that is less addictive than nicotine, safer to use than alcohol, and can even help in relieving the pain in cancer, glaucoma, and AIDS patients. Now, imagine that same drug being banned from the United States. Yes, this drug is marijuana, Mary Jane, reefer, pot, green, an...

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Some feel that this media frenzy was caused, in large part, by the government of the United States of America. ... To the springing forth of the federal government to stop the trafficking of illegal drugs. These efforts by the government were followed by the education of America about the dangers of drugs. ... In essence the government wanted to change the public's attitude toward drugs. ... This led to efforts in 1972 by the federal government to stop the drug trade. ...

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In 1985, anti-Government Guerillas, mainly composed of the drug dealers, attack the Colombian Supreme Court. ... At this point, the drug lords are using terrorism to force the Colombian government to back off the extradition issue. ... The 1999 federal National Household Survey of Drug Abuse provides an estimate of the age of first use of drugs. ... Federal regulations continue to make research with the drug very difficult, however, and many promising areas of therapeutic application have received little or no attention. ... New synthetic drugs caught the fancy of physicians and marijuana was...

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In 1985, anti-Government Guerillas, mainly composed of the drug dealers, attack the Colombian Supreme Court. ... At this point, the drug lords are using terrorism to force the Colombian government to back off the extradition issue. ... The 1999 federal National Household Survey of Drug Abuse provides an estimate of the age of first use of drugs. ... Federal regulations continue to make research with the drug very difficult, however, and many promising areas of therapeutic application have received little or no attention. ... New synthetic drugs caught the fancy of physicians and marijuana was...

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For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think differently and pose marijuana as a potential use in today's modern world. In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. Cultivated for at least 5,000 years and serving as one of the oldest crops not grown for food, the marijuana plant began it...

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The government is exercising many options to control the problem or even solve the problem. ... The government should consider using different options than ones they have used in the past. ... The government could then focus on cracking down on the harder drugs like crack and heroine. The government should also legalize marijuana because of its several medicinal and industrial purposes. ... The government could make money while putting the black market in disarray. ...

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The statement has been made for several years, by groups ranging from law enforcement to political, that our local, state, and federal prisons are running out of room because of the number of people incarcerated for drug-related offenses. ... In reality, a vast majority of inmates in state and federal prison for marijuana have been found guilty of much more than simple possession and many of those serving time for marijuana possession pled down to possession in order to avoid prosecution on more serious charges.... " Legalizing marijuana would also place a dual burden on the government ...

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Government's surveys indicate more than 70 millions Americans have smoked Marijuana at some point in their lives. ... Federal laws prohibiting marijuana are also severe. Under federal law, possessing one marijuana cigarette or less is punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and one year in prison, the same penalty as for possessing small amounts of heroin and cocaine. ... Large scale marijuana cultivators and traffickers may be sentenced to death.3 Federal laws also deny entitlements to marijuana smokers. ... More recently, Congress passed amendments in 1998 to the Higher Education Act which ...

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For many years, the United States government has prohibited drugs such as marijuana from sale in the marketplace. ... In order to combat the crime wave, the government formed a large police force. ... Incidentally, it was about this time when the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (FBNDD) was reformed, and a man named Harry J. ... The FBNDD is the organization that proceeded what we now call the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and was responsible for enforcing the new Federal drug laws against heroin, opium, and cocaine. Getting uniform drug laws passed in all States and th...

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Marijuana, Users, & What You Lose The topic of marijuana use is very broad and has an intricate effect on society as a whole, however, for the purpose of this paper; the literature review is based on facts covering a brief overview of the existence, use, and effect of marijuana. The history of the Cannabis plant and the outcomes associated with the use and abuse of marijuana is the major focus of this paper. Is Marijuana? Marijuana is a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the hemp plant Cannabis. Cannabis is botanically classified as a member of the family Cannabaceae...

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