Most of us American citizens do not want to spend scarce public funds incarcerating nonviolent marijuana offenders at the cost of $23 million dollars. ... By stubbornly defining all marijuana-smoking people as criminals, we are wasting police and prosecutorial resources, clogging our courts and scarce jail space. ...

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Unlike the fashion magazine's beauties, she exults in being different- (Bloom2 44) "The poem is enormously popular among common readers despite scarce reviews by critics- (Bloom2 45) Also in this collection is the poem, "And Still I Rise,"" which in a sense, sums up Maya's growth as a woman and as a person. ...

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• Grade Level: High School