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Shana Thomas

The Clear Benefits of Decriminalizing Marijuana - 3 views

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shared by Shana Thomas on 23 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • The Justice Policy Institute argues that locking up drug offenders is an ineffective and inefficient way to address drug abuse
  • With 2,310,984 people being held in local, state, and federal prisons in 2008, the “number of people in prison is nearly 5 times what it was 30 years ago, despite crime rates being at historic lows
  • drug possession is the sole reason 83% of those arrested for drug offenses are charged with a crime and thrown into prison.
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  • Marijuana Policy Project found that between 1995 and 2008 nearly 9.5 million individuals had been arrested due to connections with marijuana (whether it is cultivation, possession, or distribution).
  • Ongoing scientific research has shown tobacco and alcohol to be more addictive, harmful, and socially costly than marijuana.
  • As we have explored, marijuana is proven to be a less dangerous substance than tobacco and alcohol. Not only is it less dangerous in terms of its addictive properties and physical harm to people, it has critical cannabinoid chemicals that may relieve pain and aid the recovery of certain illnesses.
  • Marijuana is essentially in the same situation today that alcohol was in during Prohibition. Government law prevents marijuana from being sold in a legal manner, but it by no means eliminates the suppl
  • Rather than being produced and distributed peacefully through free trade, the marijuana market is limited only to the black market. This artificial legal limitation of the supply raises the p
  • of marijuana to extraordinary heights, thus attracting suppliers to enter the black market.
  • ome argue that criminalizing marijuana is a more harmful endeavor than the impact of the plant itself on society. The Marijuana Policy Project describes the situation: Because of marijuana prohibition, America’s largest cash crop is grown exclusively by unregulated criminals, often in environmentally damaging locations such as national parks and wilderness areas. Such problems are virtually unknown with legal, regulated crops such as tobacco or wine grapes (“Marijuana Prohibition Facts”).
  • Given that marijuana is less harmful to the human body than alcohol and tobacco, it makes little sense to continue the current policy of cannabis prohibition (particularly when you consider the detrimental results of alcohol prohibition).
  • Shana Thomas on 23 Sep 11
     
    why decriminalization is a good thing/ help promote stability and peace
  • Shana Thomas on 23 Sep 11
     
    found this article!
Shana Thomas

JSTOR - 0 views

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  • Shana Thomas on 22 Sep 11
     
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  • Shana Thomas on 22 Sep 11
     
    Supports decriminalization; out of 11 states that have decriminalized, three were tested and it was found that decriminalization was not harmful within the three states
Shana Thomas

The Effects of Marijuana Decriminalization - 0 views

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shared by Shana Thomas on 23 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Despite fears that use would increase because of decriminalization, there is little evidence to show that this happened in any of the 11 states that have decriminalized small quantities of marijuana. Also, reductions in the costs of enforcement and courts have meant that these funds can be spent elsewhere.
  • Shana Thomas on 23 Sep 11
     
    marijuana can be good for the US; there are cons- but more pros
  • Shana Thomas on 23 Sep 11
     
    found this article!
Austin Buben

Stem the violence, make marijuana legal - 0 views

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decriminalization marijuana legalization mexico violence

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      Austin Buben on 26 Sep 11
       
      Austin Found this First
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      Austin Buben on 26 Sep 11
       
      This article basically tells how drug cartels would be hurt if marijuana is legalized.
  • Mexico's drug cartels would continue to be, in the words of the Justice Department's National Drug Threat Assessment for 2009, "the greatest drug-trafficking threat to the United States."
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  • "Marijuana is the (Mexican cartels') cash crop, the cash cow," says Brittany Brown
  • Marijuana is cheap to grow and requires no processing. More than a million pounds of it was seized in Arizona in each of the past two years
  • First, Prohibition didn't work. • Second, even though alcohol sales are regulated, back-alley or school-yard sales of moonshine is not a billion-dollar problem. • Third, alcohol, like its addictive killer-cousin tobacco, is taxed, which helps cover its costs to society. Not so with marijuana
  • "People who smoke pot in the United States don't think they are connected to the cartels," Brown says. "Actually, they are very connected."
  • stead of paying taxes on their vice, pot smokers are enriching thugs and murderers
  • The DEA says cartels are "poly-drug organizations" that routinely smuggle cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and precursor chemicals through our state. "(But) marijuana generates the most profit,
  • Legalizing marijuana would not stop pushers from selling other, more lethal poisons. But taking away their most profitable product would hurt criminal organizations that have grown richer, more powerful and better armed during the so-called war on drug
  • While U.S. drug users enrich the cartels, the U.S. government pours huge amounts of money into defeating them.
  • According to a report last fall from the Government Accountability Office, the United States has provided more than $6 billion to support Plan Colombia since fiscal 2000. The goal of reducing processing and distribution of illicit drugs (mostly cocaine) by 50 percent was not achieved
  • Austin Buben on 26 Sep 11
     
    Decriminalizing marijuana reduces the enormous cash flow to drug cartels fueling the drug wars in Mexico. 
Austin Buben

10 Contemporary Drug Problems 1981 Review of the Effects of the Decriminalization of Ma... - 3 views

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  • Austin Buben on 23 Sep 11
     
    Good back up organizations to support your quotations.
Neha Kukreja

Mexico Debate Resolution - 19 views

-Value to be promoted: peace and stability -Actor: The United States Government -Action: 1.shift funding for military/ military equipment for Mexico to substance abuse treatment and prevention prog...

started by Katy Field on 21 Sep 11 1 follow-up, last by Neha Kukreja on 21 Sep 11
Onurcan Tatman

Israel really against new borders - 1 views

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  • Onurcan Tatman on 09 Jan 12
     
    Prime Minister NETANYAHU talks about his ideals and that he wants to help out the Palestinians and their refugee problems but not on Israel proper and that resolving the refugee issue will never happen on Israeli soil. He also talks about how Palestinians need to really stay on their own land and how he is completely against he 1967 border lines coming back into place.
Onurcan Tatman

hilltop heroes - 1 views

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  • Onurcan Tatman on 10 Jan 12
     
    oh yeah i got it
Caroline Yevak

The Health Benefits And Risks Of Marijuana | Fox News - 0 views

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marijuana decriminalization

shared by Caroline Yevak on 27 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • the implication that marijuana causes people to try harder drugs is as yet unproven, and indeed it may act as an alternative to more dangerous drugs.
  • There is no existing evidence of anyone dying of a marijuana overdose, but this doesn't preclude the possibility of experiencing adverse or unpleasant effects when it is consumed in large amounts. For comparison's sake, alcohol overdoses claim approximately 5,000 casualties per year.This is often cited as a reason that marijuana is safer than other drugs, like alcohol.
  • marijuana is not physically addictive
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  • Marijuana does, however, treat symptoms -- pain, nausea -- that are caused by a wide range of illnesses.
Caroline Yevak

SAFER - Alcohol vs. Marijuana - 0 views

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marijuana decriminalization

shared by Caroline Yevak on 30 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States and is associated with multiple adverse health consequences, including liver cirrhosis, various cancers, unintentional injuries, and violence.
  • Overall, by comparison with other drugs used mainly for ‘recreational’ purposes, cannabis could be rated to be a relatively safe drug.
  • Caroline Yevak on 30 Sep 11
     
    Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States and is associated with multiple adverse health consequences, including liver cirrhosis, various cancers, unintentional injuries, and violence.
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