Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana may lead to increase the use of substance and further increase problems in society, legalization could in fact be more beneficial than harmful. ... The more money the government receives is money that they can put towards the education of how marijuana effects the human mind and body. ... The money spent focuses on drugs in general; however, ma! rijuana is one of the leading drugs causing this money usage. ... The number of federal arrests is increasing and may reach as high as 10,000 annually. ...

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Although many people feel that decriminalizing drugs would increase the amount of use, drugs should be decriminalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement, decrease crime rates and it will increase our country's revenue. We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. ... The estimated cost of housing the increasing number of non-violent drug offenders is some $315 million a year. ... Taxes should immediately be placed on drugs thus resulting in a significant increase in government income. The more money that governme...

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Some advantages to legalising cannabis would be that it would benefit the country and government, as they would make money on tax, which would benefit the economy. ... This may then increase the cannabis trading and selling to start again. People would do illegal business of selling or trading cannabis to make money whilst keeping it away from authorities. ... As Lenton and Farringdon (2005) found that cannabis was most commonly used drug amongst teens, the legalization of the illicit drug may increase the amount of teens purchasing or using the drug. ... If cannabis was made more available to...

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He blamed an increase in crime on drug addicts" (Gottfried 53). ... This led to the growth of major criminal entities that used the unlawful money earned to bribe corrupt law enforcement agencies. ... If drugs were legal and therefore cheaper, addicts would not need to find violent means of stealing money (LeMoult and Haag 34). The large amount of money summoned by the desire for drugs by Americans has led to large profits for drug dealers. ... The increased budget towards the War on Drugs is only increasing the street price of illegal substances. ...

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I want to examine the increase in teen drug use. ... When this occurs, it affects parents, giving them less of a chance to make a lot of money. If the parents were not making enough money then they would have to get more jobs to support their family. ... Heroin-related emergencies increased between 1990 and 1995 by 124 percent. ... More money needs to be advocated towards programs and towards educating our youth that drugs are not even worth trying and that it...

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Increasing public support and media attention is slowly forcing the legalization issue into the forefront of the American political arena. ... Much of the money normally spent on law enforcement, court time, and the cost of incarcerating prisoners would be saved and used towards something more beneficial. The United States spent roughly one billion dollars on marijuana enforcement last year and the Drug Enforcement Agency has proposed a four hundred percent increase in anti-pot spending within the next ten years yet domestic marijuana has only been reduced by ten percent (NORML 2). ... Lega...

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There was really only one area that had a slight increase and that was crack use by 10th graders from 1.8 percent in 2001 to 2.3 percent in 2002. ... The drug czar's office, officially known as the Office of National Drug Control Policy, coordinates the spending of this money. State and local governments also contribute money, which in part goes to pay for police and prisons. A gradual increase in the amount of spending towards this goal with a minimal gain in effect caused the public to become skeptical towards if the current policies and programs were truly effective. ... Governor Bus...

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(Lesher) Year after year these numbers are increasing and the United States has yet to find a stop to the drug war. "In 1998 an estimated 61,000 convicted inmates said they had committed their offense to get money for drugs" ("Drug"). For drug users, the availability to get drugs in our society is not a problem and the more they are in demand the easier it is for prices to go up causing people to do whatever means to get the money for their habit. ... Once customs officials or DEA agents see a pattern on how drugs are entering our country it increases the chances of smugglers to be caught ...

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Many opposers to legalization argue that if marijuana was legal then crime rate will increase, much more car accidents would occur, marijuana use would lead to more harsher drug use, and that marijuana has no medicinal value. ... What the gateway theory presents as a causal explanation is a statistical association between common drugs and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in prevalence. ... Television ads and the current Bush administration are saying that buying illegal drugs help put money into the terrorists' hands. ...

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By decriminalizing the use of drugs crime rates would increase. ... Szasz neglects to look at the fact that legalizing drugs would increase the crime rate. ... If drugs were made more readily available, it is easy to assume that that percentage and the number of inmates would likely increase. ... As for how much the government spends each year on drug addiction rehabilitation, that amount would only increase due to the fact that the number of addicts would vastly increase. ... In the Netherlands, official tolerance has led to significant increases in addiction. ...

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The use of Ecstasy at raves/dance clubs is the greatest cause of death because Ecstasy affects the body temperature control and dancing for long periods of time in a hot atmosphere increases the risk of users overheating and dehydrating (losing too much body fluid) which can be fatal. 2.) ... However most Ecstasy, that is sold/distributed on the street, contains little or no MDMA and due to the increased demand for the drug, the purity has decreased and Ecstasy is now laced with other amphetamines or hallucinogens such as speed, LSD, caffeine, ephedrine, ketamine, rat poison, baking soda, ...

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(Reasons why youth take drugs) INCREASE SELF ESTEEM REDUCE BOREDOM ESCAPE WORRIES AND PROBLEMS REDUCE DEPRESSION INCREASE ENERGY FEEL ACCEPTED OVERCOME SHYNESS ESCAPE LONLINESS STAY ALERT NEW SENSATION BLOCK PAIN ESCAPE FAMILY SITUATIONS PART OF CULTURE CURIOSITY AVOID MAKING DECISIONS INCREASE SELF CONFIDENCE TO SLEEP So no matter what we do to help teens, it's never going to be enough. ... School children in Brisbane spend there lunch money to get party drugs and abuse of drugs causes long term brain damage. Marijuana results from Melbourne's...

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The user may be engaging in criminal activities in order to obtain money for the drug. ... Marijuana Another harmful drug is marijuana, especially since the potency of marijuana available has over the last decade increased by 275 percent. ... Chronic marijuana may cause brain damage, accelerated heartbeat, and increased blood pressure. ... There is a decline in school work, difficulty in concentrating, diminished ability to carry out long-term plans, loss of effectiveness, loss of ambition, and increased apathy. ... However, when it disappears, it leaves the user with an enormous ...

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The user may be engaging in criminal activities in order to obtain money for the drug. ... Marijuana Another harmful drug is marijuana, especially since the potency of marijuana available has over the last decade increased by 275 percent. ... Chronic marijuana may cause brain damage, accelerated heartbeat, and increased blood pressure. ... There is a decline in school work, difficulty in concentrating, diminished ability to carry out long-term plans, loss of effectiveness, loss of ambition, and increased apathy. ... However, when it disappears, it leaves the user with an eno...

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Drug trafficking and crime in downtown Vancouver hadn't increased, nor had relapses by drug addicts, while lives had been saved.... It is said in 2001 that the, " number of adult AIDS cases related to injection drug use has increased to 21.7 percent of all new reported AIDS diagnoses in 2001, up from 8.3 percent of new AIDS cases in 1995.... When these sites provides the clients with the drug they need, the addicts no longer need to find money to keep the bad habit going. They usually get there money in illegal ways, so this lowers the amount crime associated around drug use. ...

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Why do we keep increasing prison sentences, inflating punitive measures, and torturing sick people; people who are already tortured from within? ... The "war on drugs", more often seeming a war on the people than on drugs, requires more money, time, and effort than any other criminal activity, and the more of these we waste the more drugs we see. ... Imagine what would happen if all the money spent for twenty year, thirty year, and lifetime prison sentences was diverted towards education, prevention, and treatment. ... Should drugs be legalized the prices would plummet and so all crimes relate...

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Capitalism is not known to turn down easy money such as would be created by legalization. ... Opponents believe that deterrence will do the trick, but drug use continues to increase even though tougher laws have been passed. ... Since they are often cheated by street drug dealers they would be less likely to need extra money through crime to try another buy to get what they want. ... It would force blacks into other enterprises to make legal money and change society as a whole. ...

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Why do we keep increasing prison sentences, inflating punitive measures, and torturing sick people; people who are already tortured from within? ... The "war on drugs", more often seeming a war on the people than on drugs, requires more money, time, and effort than any other criminal activity, and the more of these we waste the more drugs we see. ... Imagine what would happen if all the money spent for twenty year, thirty year, and lifetime prison sentences was di! ... Should drugs be legalized the prices would plummet and so all crimes related to drugs (i.e., crimes to obtain the money to bu...

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Anorexia, should the victim choose, could be eliminated by, "the munchies," where the user's appetite substantially increases and more foods seem desirable. ... Science backs this theory because marijuana increases the brains alpha waves: alpha waves are generally associated with creativity. ... As well, some studies have noted an increase in some of the immune systems activities. ... In fact, using marijuana in the third trimester increases the birth weight of a child. ...

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Today is the day you have been waiting for. You have promised your daughter that as soon as it stops raining you will take her to the park, push her on the swings and spin her as fast as you can on the merry-go-round. You know five year olds don't forget, so as soon as the sun broke through the blin...

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The arguments for legalizing drugs are: it is a person's right to use drugs, most recreational drugs are safer than tobacco products and alcohol, drugs are needed for medical usage, the money used to keep drugs illegal could be used on more important things, it will end violence, people not using drugs now would not use them if they became legal, the government will be able to tax drugs, there are too many prisoners in jail for using or selling drugs, there is a discrimination to minority groups, drug production and sale would be removed from criminal acts and police and court systems cou...

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Some of the kids desire to make more money and yearn to have some form of financial stability, so they join the drug trade by working for some drug dealing organization. ... (Slate Article) Heroin overdoses have only increased in the past few years. ...

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In the recreational form of cannabis, THC is contained in increased levels and is the cause of the 'high' experience by users. ... Numerous clinical trials in the USA have indicated that medical cannabis increases appetite and reduces chemotherapy-related nausea. ... "I'm not going to commit money until we know the nature of the trial to be conducted," he said [ CITATION Nat15 l 3081 ]. ...

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Much like the money spent on maintaining the prohibition of alcohol, since 1981, $150 million tax dollars have been spent in the attempt to prevent Colombian cocaine, Burmese heroine and Jamaican marijuana from entering U.S. borders. ... In fact, as marijuana use increased in the 1960s and 1970s, the use of heroin greatly declined. ...

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