Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

Therefore, the actions of the federal government should be deemed unnecessary and outrageous. Never the less. many states have passed laws recognizing the medical value of marijuana since

Since 2012, the electorate in 3 states and Washington DC have decided that marijuana should also be legalized for use as a recreational drug, to be sold, regulated, and taxed in a manner similar

Abigail Smith 9/28/15 Medical marijuana, State vs. Federal Government. States today are advancing/developing at a separate pace. With only 23 out of the 50 states allowing marijuana for medical/ recreation, recently 17 states allow the use of “low THC, high cannabidiol (CBD)” for medical reasons. With there being federal laws and state laws they clash with each other ultimately state law overrules federal law. The problem with regulation of marijuana throughout the states is being able to contain marijuana to that specific state.

Legalization of Cannabis: The Colorado Effect Amsterdam has been hailed as the Cannabis mecca for many years, however they are changing their laws and cracking down on Cannabis production and use. This can be seen by other countries as a reason to keep Cannabis illegal, by saying look at Holland, they tried it, and it didn’t work. However, realistically it is the absence of clear definitive guidelines on cannabis that are lacking in Holland. America seems to learning from these mistakes and states such as Colorado are legalising cannabis with initiatives that clearly spell out who is allowed to manufacture, distribute and consume it. That is the key to a successful policy.

Smoked marijuana also does not meet the standards of modern medicine.(dfaf.org) In order for the FDA to approve marijuana, it requires that three factors be established. These include: dose quantity, frequency and duration of administration, and its interaction with other medicines. (dfaf.org)Yes. Marijuana is illegal.

Cannabis is the recreational drug of choice for over 70 million Americans, meaning that nearly a quarter of Americans smoke weed. This also means that in 19 states, all of these Americans are criminals. This criminalization and condemnation of marijuana smokers absolutely needs to stop at a federal level. Marijuana needs to be legalized in the United States and the next step to this process is federally legalizing the use of recreational marijuana use. Currently, in most states marijuana is under some kind of prohibition.

Two years later Washington and Colorado became the first states in the nation to legalize recreational cannabis on the state level. Federal laws still view cannabis as a schedule I drug, making it highly illegal to possess. Despite the federal ban, more states seem to be jumping on the “cannabis train”. Since 2012, two more states and the District of Columbia have legalized it

Marijuana has become a controversial topic, whether it be to legalize it completely, legalize it medically, or to continue the illegalization of it. Although there are many different opinions about whether or not to legalize marijuana, it will remain a controversial topic. In the past year, Governing.com states that Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine, and Alaska have legalized the use of marijuana medically and recreationally, but have set limits on how it is used in their state. The recreational and medical use of marijuana should be legalized in the United States. Marijuana should be legalized medically as well as recreationally in the United States because it is safer than alcohol; it has been proven effective as a medicinal drug; and, the tax revenue in the US could increase drastically.

This issue effects not only the federal government, but the state and local government as well. Considering the entire United States has had some sort of talk about legalizing the drug. Not everyone supports the legalization of the drug, but others believe it is the more proper thing to do, considering we use the drug to treat medical patients every day. Although Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, is very much against the recreational and medical use of cannabis, there are many other active politicians fighting for the legalization of the drug in not only our state, but country as well.

Introduction In the United States of America, the debate about whether recreational drugs should be legalized or not has been going on for decades. This debate is certainly no small matter, since it often sparks conflict between so many parties. As of September 2017, states in the western gulf such as California, Oregon, and Washington have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana, making six states in total fully supportive of the use of marijuana, sixteen states only legalizing for medical use, and the rest of the US still hasn’t had a clear law regarding the use of marijuana (State marijuana laws in 2017 map, 2017). This paper will emphasize the support of legalizing marijuana as a recreational drug.

It has been determined by many states that they will try or have legalized the use of cannabis. Many states have also said that they will not allow the use of cannabis for medical or recreation purposes. “At least 14 states are on pace to consider full legalization, either at the ballot box or in state legislatures, during this calendar year. Medical marijuana is also on the table in 17 states. Eight states are considering decriminalizing possession, replacing criminal penalties with civil fines”

In my research, my attention was drawn to a memorandum of an “enforcement update” on marijuana from the US attorney general’s office. The memo states that and I quote “the Department has informed the governors of both states that it is deferring its right to challenge their legalization laws at this time” (Department of Justice, 2013), the department of justice would rather focus attention on states that have legalize marijuana to come up with strict measures of control. In as much as I think this is the right approach from the federal government, it has come so little too late. Let’s not forget that in the same memorandum, the department also made it clear and I quote that “the Department makes clear that marijuana remains an illegal drug under the Controlled Substances Act and that federal prosecutors will continue to aggressively enforce this statute” (Department of Justice,

As it stands, state laws do not effectively and concretely address the punishments that relate to the consumption of marijuana without interpretation. Impairment under the use of marijuana is unenforceable if the state fails to define how much marijuana is too much and what exactly the level of impairment is. If the government were to combat and fight the use of marijuana despite it legalization to protect citizens, they would need to issue policy with the mentality of the “war on drugs” and get harsh with enforcement and prosecution. With wavering enforcement and prosecution, individuals fail to identify the seriousness of impaired driving. Of additional importance, the legalization of marijuana has been on the state level not the federal level.

The criminal justice system should rid of marijuana should be on the same level as alcohol and Tobacco. As of now, there are five states whose jurisdictions have regulated and rejected the prohibition of marijuana; four states licensed the regulation production and sale of marijuana. More and more studies show that marijuana is imperative in the treatment for HIV. The support for medicinal cannabis is at an all-time high in the US, with over 70 percent of the people in America for

There are various drugs all over the world. The word drug may refer to medical drugs; medicine, or may refer drugs which are illegal. As we live our life we have heard of various names for drugs, such as Cocaine, PCP, Heroin…etc. However, I am introducing world’s most popular drug called Marijuana. (“National Institute on Drug Abuse”).