Why Marijuanas Should Be Legal Essay

Paul Butler one of the debaters arguing for the motion described a moment in his life when his family member was diagnosed with lung cancer and the doctor had said that marijuana would be the best solution. “He didn 't live in a state where medical marijuana was available, and so our family faced the difficult choice of becoming lawbreakers, risking arrest and prosecution, or watching my relative live and die in pain” (Paul Butler). Almost everyone in the U.S has…

The Constitution is a living document that holds the basic set-up for the United States’ government and the laws by which citizens should abide. One of the main elements of the Constitution are its focus on the powers to limit the three branches’ powers. Specifically, the legislative branch’s limits are expanded upon greater than the judicial or executive branch. Another element that has grown from the Constitution is the expansion of presidential power due to special circumstances. The other…

When you think of pro-choice, what comes to mind? Abortion is the most controversial topic in America. You have people on one side (pro-lifers) who say abortion should be ban but then on the other side, you have people (pro-choice) who feel that abortion should be legal. When it comes down to it, do a woman have a choice with her own body? How can anybody take away a woman’s right to choose what to do with her own body? It took a long time for women to get the right to vote or to be treated as…

Radical ecological movements are not new. Repressing those movements by using grand juries are not new. There are reasons why grand juries should be resisted. The governments utilized grand jury investigations is used against our communities. They have been used to silence and intimidate activists of any and mostly every movement that has come by. The states are succeeding to destabilized movements and fosters distrust by people cooperating with the grand jury. The grand jury validates the…

longer. Gore Vidal wrote his article “Drugs: Case for Legalizing Marijuana” in The New York Times in 1970, a full 17 years before the aforementioned commercial hit the television airwaves. Vidal’s piece was ahead of its time, but still relevant today. Gore makes the case for dealing with America’s drug addiction problems by simply legalizing the drugs. In the article we are made aware of Vidal’s views that legal drugs could stop addiction, why he thinks it would work, and the prospects…

the person who is experiencing the pain themselves. Physician assisted suicide is when a doctor prescribes a lethal medication to a patient, eighteen years old or older, with a terminal illness who no longer wants to live uncomfortably. The person should be able to make their own decisions about their medical treatment, including if they want to take part in physician assisted suicide. Even though doctors do not want to inflict harm on any of their patients,…

Is mass incarceration really the solution? Why is a drug like alcohol legal, and other drugs are not? Why does the misuse, and abuse of drugs, such as marijuana, and cocaine lead to harsher sentences than the misuse, and abuse of alcohol? The answer lies in on the War on Drugs. Before I lead in to the crux of my argument, let me juxtapose one more question, Was the War on Drugs even necessary? While I was always weary on the whole premise for making our communities safer by discouraging the use…

together. Mixing the races doesn’t hurt others in the end. Another example of this would be that more people are arrested for the use of marijuana, than violent crimes combined, according to “The Washington Post”. Is the use of marijuana morally wrong because it is against the law? Murder is morally wrong, because it is hurting others and there are victims. However, marijuana use does not have any records of there being any deaths or even injuries resulting from using…

argument is overall convincing by providing strongly logical evidence to support his clear thesis. Furthermore, the war on drugs is a valuable and interesting topic that seems hardly to have enough recognition. Therefore the articles presented about it should be written rhetorically to perfection to encourage readers to notice and pay…

Drug Trafficking: An Analysis of Drug Trafficking Between the U.S. and Mexico The illegal drug trade is also called the black market where people manufacture, distribute, and the sale of drugs like cocaine, marijuana, and heroine. The trade of illegal drugs happens globally whether it is traveling by a ship, car, or plane. Everyday drug trafficking affects a person's life and the nation's economy by the flow of money to other countries and the increase of violence. Drug trafficking in Mexico is…