Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it will increase our country's revenue. ... Legalizing marijuana would increase our economy's revenue. ... Marijuana should be taxed heavily to increase our revenue. ... Too much money is wasted on a cause that seems to be no end to. ... All of this money could be used on better things. ...

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Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it will increase our country's revenue. ... Legalizing marijuana would increase our economy's revenue. ... Marijuana should be taxed heavily to increase our revenue. ... Too much money is wasted on a cause that seems to be no end to. ... All of this money could be used on better things. ...

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Gore would increase the standard reduction for married couples. Gore would increase eligibility for college tuition tax credits. ... Gore does not support tax increase in good economic times. ... -Gore is very passionate about investing money in public schools. ... He plans to put money into protecting and expanding parks. ...

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Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of drug use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on enforcement, and will therefore increase our countries revenue, lessen crime, and will also be useful in treating certain medical conditions. ... It will allow for money spent on drug law enforcement to be spent more wisely and it will increase revenue. ... All of this money could be spent on things of greater importance. ... Weed should be heavily taxed to increase revenue. ... In conclusion, marijuana should be le...

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In addition, it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it will increase our country's revenue. ... Based on this information it is not hard to realize that prohibition costs money, and lives. ... Legalizing Drugs would increase our economy's revenue. ... The 21st amendment repealed prohibition and alcohol taxes were increased. ... Drugs can be taxed heavily to increase our revenue. ...

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In the case of the war against drugs, years of fighting have caused increased crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use of money and resources with no results. ... Supporters of illegalization say that legalization would result in increased use and eventually will mean an increase in cancer deaths with greater marijuana smoking.(Light) Another result they say will happen is the effects of family values as a result of increased marijuana used by parents and children. Actually, the legalization of marijuana would put money which is used for law enforcement into the construction of better...

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In 1971, President Nixon declared war on drugs and increased the presence of federal drug agencies. ... The number of people behind bars for nonviolent drug offenses increased from 50,000 to 400,000 by 1997. The war on drugs was not effective because the drug laws have been poorly correlated and prisons are getting more money than colleges. ... Second reason why war on drugs has been a failure is because prisons get more money spent on them than state colleges or UC systems. ... Politicians are able to dump tuition costs on students and their families by shifting costs on tuition increases and...

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Rex Roger's, writer of the America's "New Love Affair with Gambling," explains that gambling has gone up about $1.5 billion per day or an increase of roughly 3,000% in the past 20 years. ... The "winning phase" in which the gambler experiences a big win or a series of wins that leaves them with unreasonable optimism that their winning will continue, and they begin increasing there bets. ... Finally, there is the "desperation phase" during this phase there is a marked increase in the time spent gambling. ... The government is constantly looking for easy money. ... Yes, people will...

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Comparing the graphs of the United States murder rate and the federal drug war budget (Appendix 1 and 2), it is evident that even with the increase in money the murder rate has continued to increase during Nixon and Bush administrations. Pumping money into the Drug War as Nixon and Bush did not helped domestic violence. The entire years of the Nixon administration show an increasing homicide rate and while there is some decrease during the Bush years, the rate ends up increasing towards the end anyway. However even with the amount of money Bush allotted to the Drug War, domestic violence di...

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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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Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase amount of use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on law enforcement and will also be useful in treating certain medical conditions. ... Many of the positive effects of marijuana include relaxation, creative, philosophical, or deep thinking, increased appreciation of music, increased awareness of senses, pain relief, and reduced nausea. ... Last, all prohibition has done is increased crime and cost the American taxpayers millions of dollars. ... The legalization of marijuana ...

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Legalizing drugs might increase the number of addicts, but prohibition is not going to stop it from happening, therefore I think they might as well quit wasting there time and money looking for drug criminals and traffickers and start spending it on other things such as health benefits and education, things like that. ... With the large sum of money saved from selling drugs could go towards promoting several different programs on the effects of addictive and mind-altering drugs. ... When drugs become (fully) legalized those with a desire of need for them will hardly increase their purchases. ...

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This would not only cause the company to lose money due to productivity loss, but it would cause the employee to feel alienated and feel mistreated compared to others. ... Much of the time, the drug users have stable lives, own enough money to buy drugs, and are active members of society. ... Once that will happen, companies will begin to understand that drug testing does not increase work productivity. ... If these objectives are met, companies will be able to increase their productivity while keeping the workplace safe, and maintaining the trust between the employees....

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In fact Marijuana use has increased from 1990 to 2000. ... In 2000 that number had increased to an estimated four out of ten people in use of Marijuana. ... Then, just as it does with its other goods, the government could heavily tax Marijuana, increasing our country's revenue. ... Making Marijuana legal would greatly reduce the vast amounts of money spent on drug law enforcement every year. ... The legalization would reduce the amount of time and money spent on law enforcement by more than a half. ...

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Taxes on tobacco and alcohol attain money for the country. ... This would lower the demand of money from income and property taxes. ... This money could be spent on other important government programs. ... With regards to drug use and young people, I believe that the number of young people addicted to drugs will not increase. ... It would reduce government spending while increasing government income. ...

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A great amount of money is involved also. ... This is a large amount of money, but using this money in order to crack down on drug use is only to protect society. ... But some, perhaps a great deal, of that gain would be offset by the great increase in the number of addicts- (Wilson, 339). ... One of the main arguments for the legalization of drugs is that more money could be spent on treatments for the addicts, but according to James Q. ... Legalizing drugs would only increase this problem causing addicts to use a greater amount of drugs and also recruiting new addicts. ...

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Many people say marijuana use would increase if it were to be legalized. ... The results revealed no increase in usage. ... Some short term effects the user may experience may include sleepiness, increased heart rates, blood shot eyes and dry mouth. ... According to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), between 1992- 1997 there was a 16 percent increase in the usage of marijuana amongst 12th graders. ... If the government decriminalized marijuana, not only would they save money that they would have been spending on the war on drugs, but they could control the substance more effectivel...

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In my opinion, three main factors contribute to my opinion opposing legalizing drugs: health issues, the effects it would have on the criminal justice system, and the increase in availability of drugs. ... Many drug users commit crimes while under the influence of drugs, trying to get drugs, or to get money to buy drugs. According to the Bureau of Criminal Statistics, 11.5% of violent crimes and 24.4% of property crimes were committed in order to get money for drugs. By legalizing illicit drugs it would only increase the amount of crimes committed. ...

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Some short term effects include increased hunger, sleepiness, and delayed reaction time; these effects vary from person to person. ... Politically wise, some people believe marijuana should be legalized in order to free up government money that is currently going towards the fight against marijuana. ... If marijuana were made legal, it would free up a large amount of government money, approximately $700 million annually. This money may be used for more significant reasons such as defense for America. ...

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A deal can start in violence if the buyer simply does not have enough money, this will provoke the drug dealer into action he deems necessary because it is his job to deliver this money. ... The money started flowing and the demand for cocaine only kept growing steadily. ... The business addition increased sales exponentially, and soon Ross was selling and making freebase in industrial batches and had multiple production houses. ... By coming up with the wicked idea of smoking cocaine (also referred to as crack cocaine) he increased the sells and profits that matched no other dealer in quite s...

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The use of opiates to manage pain has increased. Unfortunately, along with the rise in opiate prescriptions is the increase in abuse (Woods, 2014). ... During the 1960s, heroin use increased so dramatically that the media began talking about the "heroin epidemic" (Bazell, 1973). ... Drug addiction is then likely to become a way of life, with most of the time spent getting the money to feed the addiction. The addict often turns to illegal ways of obtaining money, but reports of addicts turning to violence are greatly exaggerated. ...

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Under the Bush Administration, exorbitant amounts of money with medial reform were spent. ... Those in the medical and therapeutic fields would have the opportunity to become more educated on drug use and its effects, make more of a monetary profit with the increased flow of patients, and possibly develop treatments or vaccines for other diseases. ... Some of that money is deducted for this, that, and the other, however a percent of that is spent on drug research, drug education, and various others. ... Our culture's attitude toward materialism, money, and power as a representation for...

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Today, the drug industry especially crack cocaine dealers are making huge amounts of money by selling the most dangerous and addictive drug in the business. ... (www.cocaine.org) Users who consume cocaine and alcohol at the same time increase the percentage of death, because it causes coca ethylene, which is the worst you can do to your own body. ... Scientists have discovered that when cocaine effects appear for a short term, it will increase the energy, decrease your appetite, mental alertness will occur, it increases heart rate and blood pressure, body temperature also increases and you wil...

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Others, make the claim that the legalization of marijuana would actually bring an increase in the use of other drugs, an increase in violent crime, and create a virtual nightmare for law enforcement. ... In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a sharp increase in marijuana use among adolescents and young adults. ... This money could be used, to give an example, to fund drug prevention programs in our schools or community centers. ... All this money would be made available to fund other programs, should marijuana be legalized. Now, put the money we can save by not fighting a war on mari...

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The second important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save the government a lot of money. ... Taxpayers money goes towards paying for food, housing, healthcare, attorneys fees, court costs and other expenses to lock these so called criminals up. In addition if marijuana were legal the government would be able to place taxes on it and use that money to pay for effective drug education programs and other important causes. ... In fact several theories suggest prohibition might actually increase drug use. ...

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