Many countries in Europe have adopted a less harsh view on their drug laws, and have done well. ... The federal government has a strict "no drugs" policy in force. Drug crimes can be prosecuted under federal law and offenders can be put into federal prison. ... The drug laws of this nation are horribly out of sync with the view of the populace. ... The government is fighting a losing war that it can no longer afford. ...

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It seems the government is saying one thing and doing another. ... First, the government will be forced into taking a look at the real issues. ... In return, the government can regulate the market by licensing, enacting laws on sales to minors, and monitor the quality of the product. ... The current drug laws makes criminals out of millions of otherwise law-abiding people who choose to use drugs in the privacy of their homes. ... The argument that drug users are criminals does not hold up since these law-abiding citizens don't break other laws. ...

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The United States has taken steps to stop the use of drugs by making them illegal and enforcing this law greatly, but perhaps it is time for a new system. ... Second, there would be a reduction spent on law enforcement efforts to prosecute users and sellers of marijuana and other drugs (Marshall 92). The most important gain would be for the government. ... Another argument is that only through law enforcement and criminal justice pressure do addicts receive treatment (Bender 78). ... The government and the nation would benefit from legalization through economical gains. ...

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Since the Reagan administration, the government has been taking in and dishing out billions of tax payer's dollars to combat this war to no avail. ... Just as the government can not force Americans to not eat too much cholesterol because it leads to heart disease, the government should not hold a drug control policy over Americans as well. ... "Zero tolerance" laws throughout the nation have resulted in the decay of the constitution's Due Process clause. ... Because the government certainly and obviously can't control drug use in America, their aim is to stop it at the source...

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The law enforcement used in this "war of drugs" has their time nearly monopolized by the approximate thirty to forty million people yearly who purchase and use drugs. This inherently leaving various law enforcement agencies with less ability to confront other crimes. ... Positive liberty calls for the federal government to fulfill a more substantial role in individual lives thus it is believed for that reason the federal government should not give itself too many liberties of this type. ... Of the nearly eight billion that Bush asked Congress to allocate, the plan outlined that seventy percent...

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The Zemun Clan have infiltrated and worked alongside government agencies in Serbia such as the Security Information Agency (BIA). ... Zoran Djindjic was elected, he tried to remove corrupt officials throughout the government and its agencies, things started to change. ... Can this continuous spending be sustainable for the American government when these funds could be spent in rehabilitation services? ... They take advantage of breakdowns in authority and weak law enforcement. ... Governments around the world "have found it very hard to adapt to non-state or sovereignty-free actors" ...

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Obviously the law is not there to protect others from someone else's harmful plant-touching activities. ... There are many problems with the government thinking it can protect people from themselves, and their own choices. ... I cannot imagine anyone responding this way, but that is what the government expects of us when they say we can not choose to ingest a plant that god gave us. ... Once we give up that right, there is no longer a line to be drawn saying what the government can or can not enforce in our homes. ... Why should I trust anything the Government tells me when I have bee...

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The basis upon which marijuana is prohibited has been proven by the very government which has banned the drug to be false. ... (ACLU) Between 1978 and 1996, legislature in 34 states and the District of Columbia passed laws recognizing the medicinal use of marijuana and it's obvious therapeutic value. ... It is a criminal act of the U.S. government by it's own manifesto, the Constitution, to make a personal behavior a crime. A government that cannot criminalize alcohol or tobacco cannot, for the same reasons, deny the right to use marijuana. ... In reality, the average amount of ...

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Nixon asserted that, "the deterioration [of respect for the rule of law] can be traced directly to the spread of the corrosive doctrine that every citizen possesses an inherent right to decide for himself which laws to obey and when to disobey them"('Gerber 2004). Rudolph Gerber argues that "racial implications" of these assertions justified the implementation of stricter law and order. ... Laws that protect people from being harmed exist under an assumption called the Harm Principle. The Harm Principle creates the responsibility to make laws against property crime and violence which...

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We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. ... Taxes should immediately be placed on drugs thus resulting in a significant increase in government income. The more money that government receives is more money that they can put towards the education of how drugs effect the human mind and body. ... The war on drugs often subjects law-abiding citizens to arrest, search, and seizure for what they do in the privacy of their own homes. ... Instead of attempting to eliminate drugs all together, the government should focus money that would be otherwise wasted toward a saf...

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Lately, marijuana laws have been a very common controversial topic on the news and in the political arena. ... However, the doctors who prescribe it risk having the national government revoke their license. ... Judge Whitman Knapp said that: "After twenty years on the bench, I have concluded that federal drug laws are a disaster. It is time to get the government out of drug enforcement." ... In the U.S., all levels of government participate in the "War on Drugs". ...

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Without marijuana tax stamps, which were never issued by the government, a person could face five years' imprisonment, a $2,000 fine, or both. ... The federal government, seeing the increase of marijuana use, passed new drug laws. ... The federal government took the case against medicinal marijuana to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that the state laws were unconstitutional since they violated the federal drug law (Supreme Court 1). ... Until then, marijuana remains illegal under federal law....

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After working at Columbia University and the government he became Professor of Economics at Chicago University. ... His theories even influenced the Tory government of Mrs Thatcher to adapt to more monetarist policies when she was elected in 1979. ... Something that the government supplies so it can keep stats on consumption levels and know that citizens of its nation are not taking doses of potentially fatal substances masked as another. "Legalizing drugs would reduce enormously the number of victims of drug use who are not addicts: people who are mugged, people who are corrupted, the reduct...

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Thus, the Queensland Government should legalise medical cannabis to uphold its commitment to Article 25 of the UDHR to provide patients with beneficial medical care. Under the Australian constitution, Queensland is responsible for enacting the state's criminal laws. ... The Queensland and Victorian state governments have joined forces with New South Wales to take part in the medicinal cannabis clinical trials held in 2016.[ CITATION Nat15 l 3081 ]. ... The trials come as desperate families defy the law to give their children medical cannabis oil, hoping it will control their seizures [...

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In the decades to follow several federal agencies had drug law enforcement responsibilities. ... In too many communities, drug dealers and gunfire force proper, law abiding citizens to seek refuge behind locked doors. ... Drug law enforcement agencies such as the DEA face a daily challenge in protecting the country's borders. ... A major factor in developing mutual programs at all three levels of government is a shared realization of the serious nature of the national drug problem. ... It is imperative that all three levels of government get along in order to bring down major drug ...

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American drug laws are not currently working marijuana is still a widely used drug. ... However federal law supercedes state law and prevents marijuana possession in those states (18). ... Current marijuana laws now do the opposite of lowering crime rates. ... If marijuana is legalized the government can circulate it and even put a tax on it. The money would in turn go into the United States Government hands instead of the terrorists. ...

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Even with billions of dollars spent to destroy the influx of drugs, the government continues to make little progress. Perhaps the spending should shift from law enforcement and penalization to prevention, education, and treatment. ... Eventually, Opium lairs and importation were prohibited by local government officials. ... Narcotic addiction would now be recognized as a mental illness but drug use however, is still punishable by law. ... Although President Carter favored tolerant laws towards marijuana use, he was against legalization. ...

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In a free society the government's duty is to protect individuals from others who might harm them. ... When property is seized, its legal title passes instantly to the government. The proceeds from an asset for features are divided among the law enforcement involved in the case, a policy that invites the abuse of power. ... In 1985, the federal government spent $25 million on informers. ... Law enforcement agents have been caught using nonexistent informers to justify search warrants. ...

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These drugs are tightly controlled by federal and states laws, because of their high abuse potential. Despite the effort of law-enforcement, the demand for illegal drugs remains very high. ... On the other hand, Beccaria might believe that the choice to use drugs should be left to the individual, not the government. ... Prevention must start with the government. ... Through the proper educational programs and laws society will eventually ridden drug use as it is already deviant. ...

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A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." (36123) His opinions were the same as some Americans feel today over the prohibition of drugs. ... (Unanswered) In 1996, voters in California approved a law that relaxes regulations on medical marijuana. The federal government cannot take action against California doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients. Since then Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Maine, and Nevada have passed similar laws. ... This legalization strategy would allow the United States to reduce enormous government e...

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The current drug policy of our government is obviously failing. ... This law made the use and dale of marijuana federal offenses. ... Government. In fact, the legal process would include a law passed by Congress allowing the government to control the content, quality, and distribution of marijuana. The laws would be similar to the current laws regulating alcohol, including laws governing age, limits for driving, and distribution ("Bring" 13). ...

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After the government realizes the negative effects it was having on people and their behavior many states passed laws to restrict it. ... President Ronald Reagan signed several different anti drug laws during his presidency. ... However, the federal government still prohibits the use (Green). ... This change in the law would greatly improve the quality of life for many people. ... There is always going to be a black market that is ahead of the government....

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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. ... There are also many state laws looking to be passed like the Washington initiative to decriminalize marijuana, and the Michigan Personal Responsibility Amendment. There are petitions in every state for laws that are somehow in favor of marijuana. ... My proposition would be to legislate a law permitting t...

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Federal law may prosecute medicinal marijuana consumers, distributors, and cultivators in any state despite the tenth amendment's permission to legalize cannabis under state law (Federal Marijuana Law - Americans for Safe Access). ... The DEA judge recommended that it would be in the publics' interest to legalize cannabis to end the NIDA's monopoly on the supply of cannabis that can be used in FDA-approved research (DEA Judge Calls for Government to End Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research). ... He believes that cannabis is less dangerous to a person than alcohol and that i...

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I will also take a look at our local and national government officials and their views and actions regarding the issue. ... Many of our past and present government leaders have given the go-ahead to many different policies, programs, and funding which help to provide awareness for our youth. ... State and local governments also contribute money, which in part goes to pay for police and prisons. ... This legislation helps to strengthen the law enforcement aspect by stiffening the punishment for trafficking. ... Through tough laws, public awareness, and government funding, these numbers should c...

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