It is believed by many that marijuana use will make you dumb. But evidence shows that this only in the cases of people who greatly abuse it, "Current marijuana use had a negative effect on global IQ score only in subjects who smoked 5 or more joints per week" (Fried). If spread out this would mean a person smokes 5 days a week which is in great excess and they have a serious problem. Once again we can compare this to alcohol as one who drinks 5 nights a week many would consider having a serious problem. Evidence from this same study showed no evidence of a negative effect from people who were once heavy users and have since stopped leading them to the conclusion that there is no long term effect on intelligence. The DEA also claims it has a "High potential for abuse" (Title 21, US Code), but there is no evidence of marijuana being physically addictive, although similar to sex and the internet one can become harmfully mentally dependent on it when abused. (Jack E Henningfield) This graph shows that marijuana has less Dependence and withdrawal then many popular drugs including caffeine.
All too often the people who propose to legalize marijuana are not only users but abusers of the substance and are motivated for purely personal reasons. The entire nation will profit off of my plan in many ways. The most substantial benefit of legalizing marijuana will be the money we can save by stopping the massive influx of non-violent drug offenders in our prison system and creating new forms of income for our country. Once made legal the first step in my plan would be to release all the prisoners currently incarcerated for marijuana possession charges in both federal and state penitentiaries. It is a well known fact that our prisons are over crowded and the rate at which they crowding increases every year. One study took data from 1984 - 1999 and concluded, "the number of defendants charged with a drug offense in U.
America's longest war in history, the Drug War, has been going on since 1919. ... The government's regulation of drugs goes against human rights, costs citizens a substantial amount of money, and has little to no positive influence on public safety or drug use. ... (Drug War Facts). ... (Drug War Facts). ... The War on Drugs needs to come to an end....
In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. ... Because the Cartel leaders had money, they also began to acquire power. ... During the 1980s, it appeared that Central America was awash in drugs, and drug money. ... Because it is the most widely used illicit drug, marijuana is predictably the first illicit drug most people encounter. Not surprisingly, most users of other illicit drugs have used marijuana first. ...
Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs And The Politics of Failure Bertram, Blachman, Sharpe, & Andreas. Drug War Politics: The Price of Denial Reinarman & Levine. ... While Carter wasn't very active in the drug war, small amounts of drugs were decriminalized nationwide. ... Every American suffers from the war on drugs. ... Our culture's attitude toward materialism, money, and power as a representation for success, drives us to turn to drugs. ...
In the article, "The War on Drugs Is Lost" he says, "...the strategy for fighting it didn't work, and as a result the war lasted too long and cost too many lives. The same is true of the war on drugs. ... He says, "For drug money, I stole a lot. ... Another teen, Prudencia, describes how she got money for drugs, "I stole a lot, I"d steal cars, steal stuff from stores, break into houses, whatever I had to do to get money for drugs" (Cheney, 60). ... He reports: "Once the drug war is considered in rational terms, the solution becomes obvious: Declare peace. ...
This money would be going to the government as opposed to private drug dealers working in the black market. ... The drug war on marijuana has cost the government excessive amounts of money that could be used towards something much more important. ... Most people view the war on drugs to be the war against the use and manufacturing of drugs. By legalizing marijuana much of the money and drugs circulating in the market would be lost due to the product being legal for purchase. ... So, as it turns out, by legalizing a drug that is part of the war on drugs, the government would see many positiv...
However, President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1973 and over the next 20 years, each succeeding president continued to escalate the drug war. ... A persistent myth about marijuana is that it is a gateway drug, leading to the use of harder drugs. ... In 1993 a study by the Rand corporation compared drug use in states that have decriminalized marijuana and those that have not. It found that in states where marijuana was more available, hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased. ... This war on drugs is wasting the money, as well as the lives of American people...
rijuana purchased annually were taxed, it would be around 250 million dollars in tax money that the government isn't receiving due to the fact that marijuana is illegal. Beside the fact that the government is losing out on a lot of tax money, the government spends an incredible amount to keep marijuana illegal. ... Many people argue that marijuana leads to "harder" drugs such as cocaine, heroin, acid ect. because marijuana is said to be a "gateway" drug. ... Marijuana supporters argue that if marijuana were legalized, then the drug dealers would be virtually eliminated, and almost all of ...
(Drug war facts) I don't know, but that's an awful lot of national and international organizations that support the medical values of marijuana in one way or another. ... This money could be used, to give an example, to fund drug prevention programs in our schools or community centers. ... Since cannabis arrests constitute 44 percent of all drug apprehensions, the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) estimates that the government's war on pot smokers costs taxpayers $9.2 billion annually. ... All this money would be made available to fund other programs, should marijuana be legali...
Ending the war on drugs is seemingly impossible as Richard L. ... According to the book, America's Longest War, there would be savings of about 200 billion dollars or more per year with the legalization of drugs. ... The money spent focuses on drugs in general; however, ma! rijuana is one of the leading drugs causing this money usage. ... This ongoing war also leads to place great emphasis on arresting people for marijuana. ...
