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The evidence demonstrates that legalizing cannabis for medicinal in addition to general purposes would prove a benefit to society, evidence which is well-known throughout the scientific, political and public arena but this collective knowledge has yet to be acted upon.... The author states that the prohibition of marijuana makes little sense and disallowing the medicinal use to cancer patients living every day with agonizing pain and glaucoma patients who depend on marijuana to see better, for example, should be unthinkable in a civilized society....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Research Paper
Australia's problem with illicit drugs largely follows trends in the US, uk, Canada, EU, and other developed economies with the legal framework based in international agreements.... The unregulated cash market surrounding the distribution and use of illicit drugs offers the promise of fast money to innumerable criminal entrepreneurs who profit off of the public use of the drugs despite the legal prohibition against them....
7 Pages
(1750 words)
Essay
According to the report new concepts of legalization, decriminalization and harm reduction as ways and means to cope with the menace of drug addiction have been brought into place in some countries and being seriously considered in many other countries.... decriminalization of drugs attempts to make drugs available through more legitimate channels with a degree of control and thereby remove distribution of drugs through the criminal elements.... In Holland drugs have been classified into hard, which includes heroin, cocaine and ecstasy and soft, which is cannabis....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
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A report created by Transform1, a non-profit uk drug policy think tank, demonstrates how the criminalization of certain drugs has created crime, undermined public health and promotes social exclusion while proving ineffective in eliminating domestic markets.... This paper "Legalizing cannabis" discusses concerns over legalization centers around the questions of who, what, where and how these drugs would be distributed, which are questions that have been satisfactorily answered in other countries as well....
9 Pages
(2250 words)
Case Study
Although not legal in the rlands, cannabis is openly tolerated and can be both purchased and consumed in one of several Amsterdam ‘coffee houses.... Inexplicably, the city has not been thrown into anarchy which, evidently, is what the opponents of cannabis legalisation are afraid of.... The evidence demonstrates that legalizing cannabis for medicinal in addition to general purposes would prove a benefit to society, evidence which is well-known throughout the scientific, political and public arena but this collective knowledge has yet to be acted upon....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Essay
The paper 'How the Legalization or decriminalization of Marijuana Can Optimize a Drug Situation in a Country?... Several countries throughout the world are working to decriminalize or legalize less harmful drugs such as cannabis (marijuana).... Although not legal in the Netherlands, cannabis is openly tolerated and can be both purchased and consumed in one of several Amsterdam 'coffee houses.... Inexplicably, the city has not been thrown into anarchy which, evidently, is what the opponents of cannabis legalization are afraid of....
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(1250 words)
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Despite costing more in policing cannabis use and possession, we could argue that the cost is easily offset by; the health benefits that reduce stress on health facilities as the uk reports lower numbers of cannabis drug use complications; the fines imposed on those found in possession of the drug; and sale of assets seized on cannabis drug raids.... Research studies on cannabis use policies have revealed that easing up on the penalties for using cannabis does not influence the use of other drugs nor does it change people's outlooks towards the use of drugs....
6 Pages
(1500 words)
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This research paper "Illegal Drugs Becoming Legal in the US" analyzes the fact that several countries throughout the world are working to decriminalize or legalize less harmful drugs such as cannabis (marijuana).... Reportedly, although not legal in the Netherlands, cannabis is openly tolerated and can be both purchased and consumed in one of several Amsterdam 'coffee houses.... Inexplicably, the city has not been thrown into anarchy which, evidently, is what the opponents of cannabis legalization are afraid of....
6 Pages
(1500 words)
Research Paper