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Marijuana is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as the dried flowers clusters and leaves of the hemp plant smoked for intoxicating effect. Marijuana is only one of the many terms used for the various preparations produced from the Indian Hemp plant. This ....

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.... the quality of urban life would rise significantly, that the government would concentrate on other harsh crimes, and that public treasuries would have an increase of ten billion dollars a year. The importance of the issue for the legalization of marijuana is gaining importance as the use of marijuana increases. In the 1970’s, America faced a significant drug problem. Through education, law enforcement and treatment, illicit drug use was reduced in the 1980’s by fifty percent. Teenagers graduating in 1992 were fifty percent less likely to use drugs than were those who graduated in 1979. (“Marijuana as a Medicine,” California Narcotic Off ....