Category: Marijuana Legalization

Marijuana is one of the most controversial discussions in recent trends of society. This is a global epidemic and doesn’t only affect our country. Even In countries such as Colombia, The Netherlands, and various states in the United States (Colorado, Washington, and Oregon), marijuana is legalized for recreational and medical purposes for all legal participants.…

According to Aristotle, the use of drugs portrays a persons character as immoral. This is supported by the fact that the use of drugs portrays a person as lacking restraint and adequate personal care. Therefore, according to Aristotle, so much immorality is shown by the mere fact that drugs are legalized and that people can…

As of July 1st, this year, recreational marijuana was legal in nine states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington), as well as the District of Columbia. In this paper, I will be arguing why recreational marijuana should be legal nationwide, and I will be using John Stuart Mills utilitarianism to frame…

The War on Drugs was a huge point in our history that got the ball rolling on the discussion of legalizing the substance known as Marijuana. When President Nixon declared the War on Drugs, Marijuana was in very high demand by the consumers here in America which increased the demand of production for Marijuana farmers…

When someone hears marijuana, they think of drugs such as cocaine and heroin, but should marijuana be in the same category? Are there benefits to this drug that we are hesitant to believe because of the stigma surrounding it or is it really just as destructive as all the other illegal drugs out there? More…

The legalization and decriminalization of cannabis especially marijuana has received a great deal of media attention across various countries in recent times. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Governors Highway Safety Association, & the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 2017). According to Miron (2008), Decriminalization means that possession is not subject to criminal sanctions but instead…

Among the debates that have raised heated discussions in numerous conferences globally and accompanied by an unusual amount of contradicting research is the ethical legalization of medical marijuana. This has led to numerous perspectives that argue from both the medical and recreational spectrums. Marijuana has immense medicinal value including alleviating suffering for patients with severe…

As business continues to grow in the legal marijuana sector, there are many aspects to consider for the overall push towards federal legalization. The numbers keep rolling in, and youd be hard pressed to argue that the marijuana industry isnt one of the fastest growing industries in the country right now. Ever since the inception…

The legalisation of drugs is the thought to be required in favour of society, economy and public health. Society includes people who get imprisonment for consuming drugs and the general public who buys drugs for consumption through the medium of black marketing from illegal factories. Society will be surely favoured by legalizing drugs. As when…

Cost-benefit and budgeting provide great support for the legalization of Marijuana. Shanaham and Ritter (2014) considered a cost analysis which the cost for two policy options supporting marijuana legislation. The expenditure of the status-quo was made through police enforcement and corrections, while education, prevention and health services where the legalization policy concerns. The research results…