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In five pages this paper argues in favor of making marijuana legal in the United States. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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British physician W. B. OShaughnessy, who learned about the plant during his military service in India (Parloff 140). In the early twentieth century, it was common for pharmaceutical companies
such as Eli Lilli to sell cannabis in powdered form to be used as anything from a painkiller to a sedative to an "exhilarant" (Parloff 140). However, as the
century progressed, states began to crack down on the use of marijuana, which was mostly used by Mexican migrant farm workers in the West and African Americans in the South,
with some experts believing the criminalization of the drug was motivated more by racial or ethnic prejudice than by the drug itself (Parloff 140). In 1937, the U.S. federal
government officially outlawed the use, sale, and distribution of marijuana, despite the vehement protests against this prohibition by the American Medical Association (Parloff 140). Since then, there has been
increasing public support for its legalization from individuals, the medical establishment, politicians, and law enforcement. Marijuana has proven medical uses and can also be economically beneficial as well as
have a positive impact on crime. States have taken note and have shown receptiveness towards decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana. As times have changed, thankfully so have attitudes regarding
the plant that serves a multitude of purposes. Unlike addictive opiates that are classified as Schedule II drugs, which means they can be prescribed by a physician, the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Food and Drug Administration classifies marijuana as a "Schedule I controlled substance," which prevents it from being legally prescribed because of
these agencies consensus that it exhibits "no currently accepted medical use" (Parloff 140). However, there are many medical practitioners who would respectfully disagree. Marijuana can be used to
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