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Marijuana: pot, green, bud, ganja, hash, grass, herb. Around the world, the governments of different countries are considering the decriminalization of marijuana. What this means is that the substance would still be illegal, but when caught in possession or use of the drug, offenders would be required to pay fines instead of facing jail time and/or obtaining a criminal record. Whether or not marijuana should be decriminalized is a controversial topic. The government should not only decriminalize the drug, but also legalize it. If the government legalized pot, and then just put a hefty tax on it, in the same way that is already done with alcohol and tobacco products, an enormous amount of money could be made.
There were an estimated 2.6 million new American users in 2001 who smoked marijuana at least once per month, according to a survey conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The NIDA also says that marijuana was the third most......
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