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SIRS: At Issue: Marijuana Legalization Educators' Resources
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Subjects Marijuana, Law and legislation
At Issue: Marijuana Legalization Cannabis sativa is a plant that has been legally used for most of human history. The first fabric was believed to have been woven from its fiber-hemp--as far back as 7000 B.C. The flowering tops and leaves of the plant were used for their psychological and physiological effects, and the seeds were used for food. In 1937, Congress passes the Marijuana Tax Act that mandated excise taxes and enforced penalties on the commercial handling of marijuana. The act limits possession of the drug to authorized
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medical and industrial uses. In 1956, the Narcotics Control Act set the penalties and mandatory prison sentence of first-offense marijuana possession to a minimum prison sentence of 2-10 years and a fine of up to $20,000. California became the first state to legalize the medical use of marijuana in 1996, allowing the sale of marijuana for medical use to patients with AIDS, cancer, and other conditions with chronic pain. Advocates for the legalization of marijuana say the criminalization of marijuana possession wastes law enforcement resources. But those opposed the legalization argue that marijuana acts as a gateway drug that eventually leads users to dependence on more addictive drugs.
Pro/Con and Essential Question Should marijuana be legalized? Yes.
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Perspectives "Unless decriminalization is accompanied by a successful program of 'education' that persuades people to abstain from using a drug that is relatively innocuous in comparison with, say, alcohol or tobacco, it won't do much to stem the violence. Education efforts should instead focus on undermining old prejudices that prevent meaningful reform in Mexico and the United States."--Isaac Campos, an assistant professor of history at the University of Cincinnati Illegal-Reefer Madness "Over the years, I have talked with hundreds of addicts and treatment counselors. They say that marijuana was virtually always the beginning of a long, ugly journey; that marijuana is the most insidious of the illegal drugs because of the seductive, but often wrong, rationale that you can quit any time you want; that easy access to marijuana is a major part of the problem; and that their lives would have been far better if marijuana had been out of the picture."--Jim McDonough, director of the Florida Office of Drug Control A Weed by Any Other Name Smells the Same
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1. Where does marijuana come from?
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2. List three side-effects of marijuana use.
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3. If marijuana were legalized, what government agency should be charged with its regulation?
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Su mmar y: This article provides an overview of Marijuana Legalization. Perspectives and analysis questions are also provided.
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