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POINT 2:

Legalizing marijuana would help to decrease marijuana related crime.

in addition...

There were 533,414 arrests in North Carolina in 2006, 24,765 of them being marijuana arrests, accounting for 4.64% of all arrests. The State of North Carolina spent

$186,150,000

in marijuana arrests in 2006 alone.

mpp.org

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Over half (52.1%) of the 1,638,846 total 2010 arrests for drug abuse violations were for marijuana -- a calculated total of 853,839.
  • Of those, an estimated 750,591 people were arrested for marijuana possession alone.
  • From 1996-2010, there were 10.1 million arrests for marijuana possession and 1.4 million arrests for the sales and trafficking of marijuana, equaling a total of 11.5 million marijuana arrests during that fifteen year time frame.

Marijuana is one of the most popular drugs exchanged in the drug industry.

legalizing it

would mean:

  • Less marijuana related disputes
  • Drug dealers losing their businesses
  • Less battles between suppliers and consumers
  • Less theft (prices are higher for illegal drugs due to production, transportation, and sale carry heavy risks
  • More competition for drug cartels (would earn less money because prices would be lowered)
  • Less likelihood of a young person to get involved with the bad side of marijuana dealings, leading to less people put in jail (less temptation for kids to choose the wrong path)
  • And over-crowding of prisons will slowly fade (taxes will be put towards worse crimes than possession of marijuana, etc.)
  • Individuals need to remember to never consent to a search. More times than not you can deny a search being done. In many cases with officials“(1) there is not enough evidence to obtain a search warrant; or (2) the officer does not feel like going through the hassle of obtaining a warrant.”

  • It is your right to turn down a search. Officers are trained to intimidate you, however, you can say no until they get the proper paper work or a warrant.

  • If, in case you are at risk for being searched don’t be hostile. This will only make things worse for you.

  • Many times people are just not informed on their rights. Marijuana being illegal leads too many illegal searching. No one should have their rights stripped from them.

Pro-Legalization

of Marijuana

The government can’t dictate how we could be exposing our bodies to harm, just like they can’t put a ban on bungee jumping or smoking cigarettes.

Amendment 64 is the ballot that seeks to legalize and regulate marijuana like alcohol

POINT 1:

Prohibiting marijuana would result in a loss

of personal free will.

It would be a violation of the

bio-ethical principal of autonomy.

It is a person’s right to choose what they do to and with their bodies. If one chooses to smoke marijuana, it doesn’t harm or affect anyone else. It also doesn’t threaten anyone else’s choices in life.

Marijuana is already one of the most grown crops in America

something to ponder...

Tobacco and alcohol are extremely addictive but they are readily available and they are also regulated. Why shouldn’t weed be the exact same way?

take Colorado for example:

•Report by Christopher Stiffler (economist for the nonpartisan Colorado Center on Law and Policy) claims that in 1st year of legalized marijuana the state of Colorado would generate nearly 60 million in revenue

•If passed in 2012, by 2017 the state will save 12 million in reduced crime cost

•It would gain 24 million on new tax revenue (all of which is promised to go into the Colorado Public School funds)

•8.7 million in new state tax revenue

•14.5 million in new local sales tax revenue

•Create 372 new jobs

•After the 5th year the 60 million in revenue should double

washingtonpost.com

Why not legalize it and tax it? It would give farmers more jobs and increase the demand for marijuana crops, thus becoming an instant cash crop.

POINT 3:

The legalization of marijuana would help to boost the economy.

It violates the 4th amendment

There is a market for marijuana, but the profit is going to gangs and drug cartels.

'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.'

lectlaw.com

Group 1

Halah, Susannah, Mallory, and Yancey

in conclusion:

Marijuana should be legalized because:

1. Prohibiting marijuana would result in a loss

of personal free will.

It would be a violation of the

bio-ethical principal of autonomy.

2. Legalizing marijuana would help to decrease marijuana related crime.

3. The legalization of marijuana would help to boost the economy.

works cited

  • Works Cited"CASAColumbia." The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.casacolumbia.org/>.
  • Ferner, Matt. "Legalized Marijuana Could Generate $100 Million In Revenue Annually For Colorado: Report." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 16 Aug. 2012. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/legalized-marijuana-could_n_1791448.html>.
  • "Legalization of Marijuana." Balanced Politics. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm%29>.
  • "Marijuana Compared to Alcohol and Tobacco- Marijuana Legalization Organization Topic Page." Marijuana Compared to Alcohol and Tobacco- Marijuana Legalization Organization Topic Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.mjlegal.org/alctob.html>.
  • "Marijuana." Drug War Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Marijuana>.
  • "North Carolina." Marijuana Policy Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.mpp.org/states/north-carolina/>.
  • Press, Associated. "Marijuana Legalization Could Be Tax Windfall for Cash-strapped States, but Skeptics Abound." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 19 Sept. 2012. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/marijuana-legalization-could-be-tax-windfall-for-cash-strapped-states-but-skeptics-abound/2012/09/19/2647cb94-027e-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html>.
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