.... in America for an individual to smoke seven cigarettes at once. According to doctors, there is no other physical harm caused to an individual due to smoking weed other than the affect on their lungs. Alcohol can cause liver disease, obesity, death, and many other health problems; however, it is legal. Marijuana doesn't cause more harmful affects to an individual than alcohol or tobacco does. Even so, marijuana's recreational use is still illegal in America. No Limit rapper Snoop Dogg says in a recent interview with "High Times," If the government was to legalize marijuana, the crime rate would go down. People would just wanna chill." .....

.... part of the American legal system, and, although equality in all aspects of a criminal trial is the central ideal, research shows that the system falls short of this. Nagel and Weitzman (1972) summarized research by various investigators. When data was compiled on criminal cases, a clear discrimination was found in favor of women. It was found that women were awarded lesser sentences than their male counterparts for the same crimes; these differences were found for both larceny and felony cases. The leniency given to women was found to be similar to that of minors, both male and female. Nagel and Weitzman offer explanations for thi .....