Arguments for Legalizing Marijuana

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This paper explains that marijuana should be legalized in the United States because it has multiple uses medicinally and that the benefits of legalization outweigh the problems associated with it. Shortly before its prohibition, the author relates, marijuana was used as a medicine. Today, there are a wealth of new opportunities for the development of medically useful cannabinoid-based drugs. The paper concludes that legally providing marijuana has a number of societal and economic benefits including tax revenues.

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"Obviously, though, the real issue here isn't with the pros and cons of medicinal marijuana: the government is apparently too jaded to look at actual facts, so that idea is out. The real battle should be over the legalization and regulation of the drug to the general public, because that has something in it for the federal government: taxes. Delicious taxes. I digress, though . . . I'd rather not be cruel about the government. Look at the facts, though! It's a simple equation of costs."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Wall Street Journal Health Blog: Michigan's Medicinal Marijuana Decision." Wall Street Journal Health Blog. 05 DEC 2008. Wall Street Journal. 10 Dec 2008 <http://blogs.wsj.com/health/?s=michigan&x=10&y=10>.
• "Medicinal Benefits of Marijuana." Womens/Mens Alliance for Medicinal Marijuana. 10 Dec 2008 <http://www.wamm.org/medicinalbenefits.htm>.
• "The DEA on Marijuana." US Drug Enforcement Administration. United States Drug Enforcement Administration. 09 Dec 2008 <http://wwwusdojgov/dea/concern/marijuana.html>.
• "CSA: Cannabis Research from the IoM." American Institute of Medicine. 1999. Canadians for Safe Access. 10 Dec 2008 <http://www.safeaccess.ca/research/iom.htm>.
• "The Economic Benefits of a Legal, Regulated Marijuana Industry." Legalize.org. 10 Dec 2008<http://www.legalize.org/the-economic-benefits-of-a-legal-regulated-marijuana-industry/>.

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