The Push For Legalizing Marijuana

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years, each succeeding president continued to escalate the drug war. This policy has obviously done nothing to stop the recreational use of drugs in this country; on the contrary it is causing great harm. When most people imagine the legalization of marijuana, they fear a marijuana free-for-all with everybody constantly getting high. Legalization would include a law passed by Congress allowing the government to control the content, quality, and distribution of marijuana. The laws would be similar to the current laws regulating alcohol, including laws governing age, limits for driving, and distribution (�Bring� 13).
The three general areas where people are opposed to legalization of marijuana center their arguments on health care, increased crime, and social aspects. Marijuana is more dangerous than cigarette smoking.
There are a number of myths associated with the use of marijuana and its effects on your body, which people who are opposed to its decriminalization repeatedly ...

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than alcohol. Extremely high doses of cannabis cause death. Extremely high doses are the key word here.
*Scientists have concluded that the ratio of cannabis needed to get a person intoxicated (stoned) relative to the amount necessary to kill him is 1 to 40,000. That means that to overdose on marijuana you would need to consume 40,000 times as much as you would to get stoned. The ratio of alcohol varies between 1 in 4 and 1 in 10. Over 5000 people die of alcohol overdoses each year, and no one has ever died from overdosing on pot (Hagar 2).
These are just a few of the myths used various groups in order to keep marijuana illegal. Along with these myths come the false belief that ...

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