Marijuana Legalization Pros & Cons, Pros & Cons of Legalizing Marijuana, Will Obama Legalize Marijuana?

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The first page is a history on marijuana and goes over what it is, what it does, and why it was banned in the first place. The second page explains the pros and cons behind the social reasons, law enforcement reasons and fiscal reasons of legalizing marijuana.

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- On February 25, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that "that federal agents will now target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and state laws."
  The impact of Holder's statement is that if a state has legalized marijuana, then the Obama administration will not override state law. To date, thirteen states have decriminalized marijuana for medical purposes only.
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- n 2001, U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, which overturned California proposition 215 which, in 1996, legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes.
- Before the 20th century, cannabis plants in the U.S. were relatively unregulated, and marijuana was a common ingredient in medicines.
- Many belie
- ve that objections to marijuana first rose sharply as part of the U.S. temperence movement against alcohol. Others claim that marijuana was initially demonized partly due to fears of the Mexican immigrants associated with the drug.
- In the 21st century, marijuana is illegal in the U.S. ostensibly due to moral and public health reasons, and because of continuing concern over violence and crime associated with production and distribution of the drug.
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- Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants, leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs, animal food, medicine and as hemp for rope-making.
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- Recreational use of marijuana was thought to have been introduced in the U.S. early in the 20th century by immigrants from Mexico. In the 1930s, marijuana was linked publicly in several research studies, and via a famed 1936 film named "Reefer Madness," to crime, violence, and anti-social behavior.
- marijuana is illegal in the U.S
- On June 23, 2011, a federal bill to fully legalize marijuana was introduced in the House by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA.) The bill would remove marijuana from controlled substance classification.
- On February 25, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that "that federal agents will now target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and state laws."
  The impact of Holder's statement is that if a state has legalized marijuana, then the Obama administration will not override state law. To date, thirteen states have decriminalized marijuana for medical purposes only.
- When asked at a March 2009 online town hall about marijuana legalization, President Barack Obama avoided a serious answer, and laughingly demurred
- In addition to this, legalization would strike an enormous blow to organized crime, free up the overflowing prison system and reduce violence along the Mexican-American border."
- Prohibition, 1919 to 1933 - As use of marijuana became popular in response to alcohol prohibition, conservative anti-drug campaigners railed against the "Marijuana Menace," linking the drug to crime, violence and other bad behaviors.
- 1930, Federal Bureau of Narcotics established - By 1931, 29 states had criminalized marijuana
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- Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants, leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs, animal food, medicine and as hemp for rope-making.
- Before the 20th century, cannabis plants in the U.S. were relatively unregulated, and marijuana was a common ingredient in medicines.
- Barack Obama avoided a serious answe
- Many people were disappointed by his reaction, as Obama did not offer any counter-arguments and completely ignored the potential medical and social benefits of ending the prohibition on marijuana.
- free up the overflowing prison system and reduce violence along the Mexican-American border."
- However, in a 2004 appearance at Northwestern University, then Illinois politician Obama told a crowd, "I think the war on drugs has been a failure, and I think we need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws."
- Prohibition, 1919 to 1933 - As use of marijuana became popular in response to alcohol prohibition, conservative anti-drug campaigners railed against the "Marijuana Menace," linking the drug to crime, violence and other bad behaviors.
  
  
  
  1930, Federal Bureau of Narcotics established - By 1931, 29 states had criminalized marijuana.
  
  
  
  Uniform State Narcotic Act of 1932 - Pushed states, rather than federal authorities, to regulate narcotics.
  
  
  
  Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 - Restricted marijuana to persons who paid an excise tax for certain medical uses of the drug.
  
  
  
  1944, New York Academy of Medicine - Report finds that marijuana does not "induce violence, insanity or sex crimes."
  
  
  
  Narcotics Control Act of 1956 - Set mandatory prison sentences and fines for drug offenses, including for marijuana.
  
  
  
  1960s Counter-Culture Movement - U.S. marijuana use grew rapidly. Studies commissioned by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson concluded that "marijuana use did not induce violence."
  
  
  
  1970 in Congress - Repealed mandatory penalties for drug offenses. Marijuana was differentiated from other drugs.
  
  
  Per PBS, "It was widely acknowledged that the mandatory minimum sentences of the 1950s had done nothing to eliminate the drug culture that embraced marijuana use throughout the 60s... "
  
  
  1973, Drug Enforcement Agency - Created by President Nixon.
  
  
  
  1976, Conservative Christian Groups - Led by Rev. Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority, rising conservative groups lobbied for stricter marijuana laws. The coalition grew powerful, leading to the 1980s "War on Drugs."
  
  
  
  Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 - Pushed for and signed by President Reagan, the Act raised penalties for marijuana offenses, and established harsh mandatory "three strikes" sentencing laws.
  
  
  
  1989, New "War on Drugs" - Declared by President George H.W. Bush
  
  
  
  1996 in California - Voters legalized marijuana use for cancer, AIDS, glaucoma and other patients, via a doctor's prescription.
  
  
  
  1996 to 2008 - 12 other states legalized medicinal marijuana use, albeit with widely varying restrictions.
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- due to moral and public health reasons, and because of continuing concern over violence and crime associated with production and distribution of the drug.
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- Americans should be allowed to legally grow, sell, buy or ingest marijuana.
- claims the right to
- In 2001, U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, which overturned California proposition 215 which, in 1996, legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes.
  
  In 2005, Gonzales v. Raich, which again upheld the right of the federal government to ban marijuana use in all states.
- animal food, medicine and as hemp for rope-making.
- herbs
- psychoactive and physiologically active chemical compounds
- recreational, medicinal, and spiritual purposes,
- cannabis plants in the U.S. were relatively unregulated
- a common ingredient in medicines
- Recreational use of marijuana
- linked publicly in several research studies, and via a famed 1936 film named "Reefer Madness," to crime, violence, and anti-social behavior
- immigrants from Mexico
- demonized partly due to fears of the Mexican immigrants associated with the drug
- due to moral and public health reasons, and because of continuing concern over violence and crime associated with production and distribution of the drug.
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Descriptions and history of marijuana and the pros and cons of legalizing it.
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"What Is Marijuana?

Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants,
leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs, animal food, medicine
and as hemp for rope-making.

"The flowers... contain psychoactive and physiologically active chemical
compounds known as cannabinoids that are consumed for recreational, medicinal,
and spiritual purposes,"
per Wikipedia
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Why is Marijuana Banned in the U.S.?

Before the 20th century, cannabis plants in the U.S. were relatively
unregulated, and marijuana was a common ingredient in medicines."
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- 1944, New York Academy of Medicine - Report finds that marijuana does not "induce violence, insanity or sex crimes."
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