https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k Why should the federal government legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis use? en-us 2020-10-28 14:47:25 UTC 2025-10-04 12:23:59 UTC hello@padlet.com bgriswold1 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869906444 Article]]> 2020-10-28 14:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869906444 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869916469 2020-10-28 14:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869916469 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869926034 2020-10-28 14:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869926034 bgriswold1 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869935720 2020-10-28 15:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869935720 bgriswold1 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869936859 2020-10-28 15:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869936859 bgriswold1 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869938143 2020-10-28 15:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869938143 bgriswold1 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869940655 2020-10-28 15:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869940655 bgriswold1 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869944714 2020-10-28 15:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/869944714 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890480114 States started to legalize within the last 10 years. (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-04 15:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890480114 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890514254 Fully legalized (recreational): Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, Alaska, Illinois, Michigan, Maine, Massachusets, Vermont, and Washington D.C. 
Medical: Montana, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, North Dakota, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Florida, West Virginia, Ohio, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island]]> 2020-11-04 16:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890514254 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890565772 Money from pot sales could be used for things that states need. (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-04 16:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890565772 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890576872 According to the ACLU, black people are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for weed possesion than whites. (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-04 16:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/890576872 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898637861 Former DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier explained in early 2015, ¨All those arrests do it make people hate us. ... Marijuana smoker are not going to attack and kill a cop. They just want a bag of chips and relax. Alcohol is a much bigger problem.¨ (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-06 18:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898637861 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898665435 ¨Federal legalization would also let the federal government tax sales to fund new programs, including treatment for people with drug use disorders. Previous estimates put this in the billions, if not tens of billions, of dollars for all levels of government.¨ (source 1)]]> 2020-11-06 18:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898665435 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898696582 There are no documented deaths from a marijuana overdose, but that doesn´t mean pot is harmless (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-06 18:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898696582 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898722859 The many negative side effects that it will wast time for jobs and some people will not be able to do there job how they should be doing it. (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-06 18:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898722859 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898746324 Doctors can prescribe for pain to nausea to inflammatory bowel disease to PTSD (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-06 18:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/898746324 twhyte6 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/908964060 According to the ACLU, black people are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for weed possesion than whites. (Source 1)]]> 2020-11-10 15:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/908964060 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/908972249 2020-11-10 15:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/908972249 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/908990425 According to a 2017 poll, 52% of American adults have used marijuana. (Source 2)]]> 2020-11-10 15:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/908990425 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/909000636 "According to the FBI Unified Crime Statistics, marijuana accounted for 36.8% of possession and use drug crime arrests in 2018. As a result, marijuana arrests place a significant burden on our judicial system." (Source 2)

]]> 2020-11-10 15:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/909000636 bgriswold1 https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/980154598 It has proven to have health benefits for people suffering from different diseases like cancer and AIDS (Source 2)]]> 2020-12-02 15:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/twhyte6/dmzfl8eibbclie9k/wish/980154598