Opposing Views on Legalization of Marijuana Annotated Bibliography

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https://www. google. com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiC-cvOzdbZAhWEuBQKHSGVA64QFgglMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Flawdigitalcommons. bc. edu%2Fbclr%2Fvol58%2Fiss3%2F3%2F&usg=AOvVaw0CMhWvjgyIsyxsFqxI_iqB According to Berch (863) marijuana should not be legalized due to the negative implications it has on the users. The editor of the article argues that the number of road accidents has sharply risen since the laws legalizing marijuana were imposed. The increasing number of deaths is linked to the legalization of marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes. In the first half of 2017, the number of pedestrian death has really increased as compared to the previous years. Boudette’s article is useful and credible in the research on the implications of legalizing marijuana because it cites the increasing number of road accidents as a result of impaired judgement that marijuana causes on the users.

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Complex News. html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMarijuana%20and%20Medical%20Marijuana In the article Judge Rejects Lawsuit Seeking to Legalize Marijuana Nationwide Feuer cites a Federal judge who tosses out some lawsuits seeking to legalize marijuana in the New York. According to the judge, the plaintiffs ignorantly failed to consult the Drug Enforcement Administration to push for the exclusion of marijuana from the list of hazardous drugs that may adversely affect the health of the users. Judge Hellerstein of Manhattan’s federal court opposed the lawsuit because it lacked credible argument on the positive effects of marijuana. The article in the newspaper may be used as a source in conducting a research on the legalization of marijuana. Heilig, Markus, and William A.

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gov%2Fpubmed%2F26555278&usg=AOvVaw0KFdEghVC5SiFqdFDduVM0 Heilig, Markus and William’s article on psychiatric illness as one of the effects of marijuana on the users seeks to oppose the notion or rather the laws that legalize marijuana. Although the articles touches on both the benefits and demerits of legalizing marijuana, the three author use scientific evidence to claim that marijuana affects the manner in which the brain cells function. Despite the fact that marijuana may be used for medicinal purposes, its misuse may cause madness on the users. Heiling et al (391) article is useful and credible for any research on the legalization of marijuana because it explains madness as one of the effects of marijuana on the basis of scientific research.

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Husak, Douglas N, and Marneffe P. org%2Flibrary%2Flegalization-drugs-douglas-husak-and-peter-de-marneffe&usg=AOvVaw3d4gWlmKKgPP66wdRAF_az Huska’s et al book on the legalization of hard drugs, the authors claim prohibition of drugs safeguards the teenagers, youth as well as the adults against self-destructive drug use. The authors argue that legalization of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin may affect the future generation because of the misuse and overuse of the drugs. Whenever laws are passed to legalize marijuana, the citizens are at liberty to access the drugs at their own will regardless of their age. Therefore, it is wise for governments to opposed and impose laws to curb misuse of illegal and dangerous drugs that may affect the users’ health (80).

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