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legalizing Marijuana essay
Title: legalizing Marijuana essay
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1734 | Pages: 7.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
legalizing Marijuana essay
The War of Personal Freedom
Since 1937, the possession, sale, and use of marijuana in the United States of America has been illegal. Ratified after only ninety seconds of floor debate in the House of Representatives, the bill that criminalized marijuana was based mostly on unfounded myths and exaggerated rumors. (Stroup) For the first time, the United States government was violating Americans personal freedoms. Despite being illegal for nearly sixty years, more and more Americans are …showed first 75 words of 1734 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1734 total…Posting NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. n. pag. NORML. 7 Dec. 1999. http://www.norml.org/about/responsible.shtml
3. No Author Given "New Billion Dollar Crop" Popular Mechanics Feb. 1938, 238-239, 144A-145A
4. Nadelmann, Ethan. "The End of the Epoch of Prohibition" In: Lorenz Boellinger, Ed., Cannabis Science: From Prohibition to Human Right. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 1997. 37-47.
5. Schlosser, Eric. "More reefer madness" (government policy on marijuana)
The Atlantic Monthly April 1997 v279 n4 p90(10)
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