Opponents state that with legalization would come an increase not only in availability, but also with everything associated with that availability. This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ... (Duke 119-120) Controversially, legalization adversaries such as Robert DuPont argue that the inevitable result of legalization would be increased drug use, along with increased addiction and death rate. ... Followin...

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Opponents state that with legalization would come an increase not only in availability, but also with everything associated with that availability. This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ... (Duke 119-120) Controversially, legalization adversaries such as Robert DuPont argue that the inevitable result of legalization would be increased drug use, along with increased addiction and death rate. ... Followin...

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Problem gambling is not just about losing money, it's the feeling of delight that they experience from this activity (David Capuzzi, 2008, p. 37). ... In many cases, youths develop this addiction for the simple fact that they need money. ... Low-risk gambling is when people set limits on the time and money spent gambling. ... They feel depressed or angry after they gamble, borrow money to gamble, or ignore work and their family because of gambling (Staff, 2004, p. 12). ... Similar to substance addiction, the warning signs for process addiction can include greater sense of isolation, less ...

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The Office of national Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) summarizes the drug to crime relationship in three ways: [d]rug defined offenses, [which are] violations of laws prohibiting or regulating the possession, use, distribution or manufacture of illegal drugs, [d]rug related offenses, to which a drug's pharmacologic effects contribute; offenses motivated by the user's need for money to support continued use; and offenses connected to drug distribution itself [and the] [d]rug using lifestyle, a lifestyle in which the likelihood and frequency of involvement in illegal activity are increas...

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Although an illegal substance marijuana is used for making money in America and other parts has been successful and existent for years. ... The fact that there are so many smokers along with the fact that the money is fast and easy are the main reasons that the selling of weed has become as popular as it is. ... The grower makes the most money because he deals with the largest amount of the drug. ... The majorities of street hustlers do not want to move up the ladder they want to make enough money to live, eat and have fun on. The money that is made by selling drugs is plentiful and it doe...

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As this happens, it leads to increase confidence in meth, and less confidence in normal life routines. ... There becomes an issue of money and the lack of it. ... As this happens, it leads to increase confidence in meth, and less confidence in normal life routines. ... There becomes an issue of money and the lack of it. ...

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Opium dens increased. ... In the 1950s, use of marijuana increased again, along with that of amphetamines and tranquilizers. The social disturbance of the 1960s brought with it a dramatic increase in drug use and some increased social acceptance; by the early 1970s some states and districts had decriminalized or legalized marijuana and lowered drinking ages. ... The Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988 increased funding for treatment and rehabilitation; the 1988 act created the Office of National Drug Control Policy. ... It became so only after mankind learned to increase the efficiency and...

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It is has also been implicated in a variety of cardiovascular conditions, and can increase the need to urinate and cause dehydration. ... "The pharmaceutical properties of marijuana have not been proven to increase the desire to progress to other drugs (Goldberg 252)." A recent study also showed that the increase in use of harder drugs after marijuana use is overstated for people born since the beginning of the 1970's, and alcohol and cigarettes (both legal) are better predictors involvement with illegal drugs(Goldberg 252). ... However, it also increases the sense of euphoria, w...

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Sometimes seen as a "white-collar" addiction, Vicodin abuse has increased among all classes of people. ... While the number of heroin dependents is increasing at an alarming rate, a previously unrecognized opiate dependency is moving to the forefront prescription painkillers (opiates, narcotics). ...

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Taxpayer money is spent housing, clothing, feeding and medical care on offenders in jails and prisons that are not providing much in the way of being a productive citizen. ... Other types of problem-solving courts include community courts that function by increasing court time for minor misdemeanor offenses, replace jail and fines, collect offender data, offer comprehensive resources and services within the community, and punishing noncompliance with stricter sanctions. ...

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It wasn't until the early years of the 20th century that cocaine increased in popularity among athletes ("Coca"). ... The THC content of marijuana has increased eight fold in the last few years and some now exceed 10 percent. ... After smoking marijuana, the user has a "high," including an increased sense of well-being, relaxation, and sleepiness. ... Cocaine increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, and it curbs the appetite. ... Professional athletes often have more money and free time than they can handle. ...

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It wasn't until the early years of the 20th century that cocaine increased in popularity among athletes ("Coca"). ... The THC content of marijuana has increased eight fold in the last few years and some now exceed 10 percent. ... After smoking marijuana, the user has a "high," including an increased sense of well-being, relaxation, and sleepiness. ... Cocaine increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, and it curbs the appetite. ... Professional athletes often have more money and free time than they can handle. ...

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With a Number 1 song, publicity comes easy, but the money comes more slowly (Hopkins, p.77). Besides acquiring increasing numbers of girls, he started spending money furiously-not on houses or cars but on huge bar bills and custom clothing. ...

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