The Legalization of Marijuana

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The paper offers three main reasons for the legalization of marijuana. The paper discusses its useful medicinal qualities that can relieve the suffering of many people and argues that the war on drugs is not working and is a waste of money. The paper contends further that banning marijuana violates the human rights of sick people. The paper claims that marijuana is banned for reasons that have more to do with history and politics than with any innate harmfulness.

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"Marijuana has proven medical applications, and it is therefore time that Canada legalizes marijuana for medicinal purposes. Indeed, it seems that the medical value of marijuana is indisputable, as there are extremely reputable scientific testimonies in favour of the medical use of marijuana. For example, Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D. (associate professor of sociology at Queens College, University of New York) and John P. Morgan, M.D. (professor of pharmacology at the University of New York Medical School), conducted a metastudy utilizing every existing academic research paper on the medical properties of marijuana."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barr, Bob and Eric Sterling. "The War on Drugs: Fighting Crime or Wasting Time?" American Criminal Law Review, 38.4 (2001): 1537+.
• Bock, Alan W. Waiting to Inhale: The Politics of Medical Marijuana. Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks, 2000.
• Boyd, Neil. "Can we Just Say No to a War against Drugs?" High Society (1991): 1-14.
• Boyd, Susan. "The Regulation of Altered States of Consciousness: A History of Repression and Resistance." Contemporary Justice Review, 4.1 (2001): 75-100.
• Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. "The Terry Parker Case: Marijuana for Epilepsy - and Soon for HIV/AIDS?" Canadian HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Newsletter, 3.4 & 4.1 (1997/98).

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