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    History of Marijuana

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    The document discusses the history of marijuana legislation in the United States. It began being regulated in the early 1900s and was made federally illegal in 1937 through the Marijuana Tax Act. Arguments for criminalization linked its use to violence and crime. However, research in 1944 found marijuana did not lead to those issues. Laws gradually became more lenient from the 1960s onward. Recently, some states have decriminalized marijuana or regulated it similarly to alcohol.

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    The document discusses the history of marijuana legislation in the United States. It began being regulated in the early 1900s and was made federally illegal in 1937 through the Marijuana Tax Act. Arguments for criminalization linked its use to violence and crime. However, research in 1944 found marijuana did not lead to those issues. Laws gradually became more lenient from the 1960s onward. Recently, some states have decriminalized marijuana or regulated it similarly to alcohol.

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    The document discusses the history of marijuana legislation in the United States. It began being regulated in the early 1900s and was made federally illegal in 1937 through the Marijuana Tax Act. Arguments for criminalization linked its use to violence and crime. However, research in 1944 found marijuana did not lead to those issues. Laws gradually became more lenient from the 1960s onward. Recently, some states have decriminalized marijuana or regulated it similarly to alcohol.

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    History of marijuana as an illegal drug

    When did it become illegal?


    What were the arguments?
    What were the messages of the early legalization movement?
    What changed in the last few years?
    Starts from 1920s
    Since 1619 there were restriction on the sale of marijuana
    By mid 1930s, 35 states have passed the Uniform State Narcotic Law
    Effectively criminalize-Marijuana Tax Act was passed in 1937, made it illegal
    throughout US under federal law, except for medical and industrial usages

    After the Mexican Revolution in 1910, many Mexican immigrants fled to US and
    brought introduce a new usage of marijuana
    1930s, during the Great Depression many were sacred of the Mexicans and linked the
    usage of marijuana with the act of violence and crime

    1944, New York Academy of Medicine found out through research that marijuana
    does not lead to violence, crime or addiction to other drugs
    1960, laws about the usage of marijuana became less strict and the usage of the
    marijuana became a widespread

    Last few years, marijuana has been decriminalized.


    Laws have became more lenient
    Some states even regulated marijuana similarly to alcohol

    Public Policy
    Need a more efficient health care system. Insurance system
    DRAFT
    other side???
    Who we are trying to convince, use framing technique
    High drop out rate due to an increase in school tuition fees each year.

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