The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana and Its Effect on Crime Rates LIT. REVIEW The United States of America has been identified as a land filled with diversity, with citizens and non-citizens from different parts of the world. Like any other nation there are different political, religious and cultural views that lead to major public opinions. These public opinions somewhat tend to influence bills that are passed and major laws in and country. Purely from a layman’s perspective
Refuting “Six powerful reasons to legalize marijuana” by Owen Poindexter from NY Times The use, sale and possession of cannabis (marijuana) in the United States are considered as a schedule I control substances and illegal under federal law. However, five states have legalized marijuana for recreational use and thirty one states for medical use only. While proponents say there are legitimate reasons for cannabis legalization, concerns remain about the marijuana’s effect on users and their communities
adverse effect on the society. Though many people believe drugs should be illicit, but the fact is that drugs should be legalized in order to benefit the society. It is clear that legalizing drug will contribute to the national economy, diminish the crime and respect individual’s right and liberty. This essay will go on to discuss these points in greater detail. First, legalizing drugs effectively help the government to have economic benefits. According to the report listed in the article “Pros and
Introduction Marijuana a Mexican Spanish word (commonly pronounced as mar.i.hua.na) first used in 1894 is made up of leaves and flowers of the hemp plant that are smoked as a drug, also called weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and many more in other regional languages. Usually smoked in a rolled paper or in a pipe known as joints or bongs and are mixed into foods such as, cookies, brownies, or candies, are increasingly popular among both of the recreational as well as the medical users
you to spend your entire life using marijuana but I’m asking you to improve America as a whole. Natural plants and remedies were always a source of medicine for thousands of years. Since the dawn of time in fact. Many drugs we take today come from plant extracts and chemicals produced by plants. Majority of most pain killers the world come from opioid plants. Yet thousands of diseases can’t be cured by plants. So why not cure the ones that can. Medical marijuana is used
culture of these minorities. For example, Hispanics are commonly labeled as border-hopping drug traffickers, and this perception is misguided. The media is responsible for society’s negative perception of minorities because the depiction of drug crime in film and TV places minority racial and ethnic groups
Gang Center reported that between 1996-2011, the rate of juvenile gang members under the age of 18 in the United States had decreased roughly 15 percent. Based on the results of 2011, juvenile gang members were commonly found in smaller cities and rural counties rather than larger cities and suburban counties (National Gang Center). Gangs are a major distributor of illegal drugs. Common drugs produced and sold by a variety of gangs are cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamines,
One of the most occurrent types of evidence found in a crime scene is hair. Forensic hair analysis is able to determine a specific suspect at the crime scene or exclude a suspect. Physical contact is one of the ways that hairs are able to be transferred, and the type of hair is important when collecting evidence. Forensic hair analysis, which is also known as hair drug testing, is used for the detection of many therapeutic drugs and recreational drugs including cocaine, heroin, benzodiazepines and