Restrictions on drugs between Vermont and Colorado

Have you ever wondered why Vermont doesn't allow any drugs let alone marijuana, but in Colorado marijuana is legalized?                       

In Colorado marijuana became legalized in 2012 in the 64th Constitutional Amendment.You have to be 21 years or older in order to buy or sell it, and you can only use it on private property. 

In certain towns or communities they can vote if that drug can be legal in their town.  

In some towns people were aloud to open up a medical marijuana store which in my opinion is terrible because people can take abuse on the owners and tell them the fake amount they need/ want.

In Vermont drugs are not legal period. If you were to ever be caught with drugs you would be charged with automatic possession of that substance and would go to trial to prove their innocence and then to jail. 

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For Example In Colchester, VT these two men were coming out of a wooded area with two large backpacks. The officers had noticed so they checked it out and turns out they found over 6.5 pounds of marijuana in their possession. Soon after 44 year old Nam Le and 47 year old Frank Owen. were charged of felony possession of marijuana. This took place near Roosevelt Highway on Wednesday 9/24/14. 

Another Example of punishment to possessing drugs is that an Ascutney man named Marshall Grange's home was raided on Friday and the police found heroin, cash and drug paraphernalia. This event had occurred 12 hours before his home had got raided and before this event he got convicted of felony of cocaine possession. He also contained heroin, cocaine and marijuana charges in Windsor County. 

A reason to why our state doesn't legalize marijuana is because there would be to many risks with druggies and people who are willing to take advantage of others just for their benefit. 

By not legalizing drugs it makes our economy a better place because we wont have to worry about over dosing as much as other states would have to.                  

Resources:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/03/marijuana-colorado_n_5645535.html

http://www.wcax.com/story/18698942/ascutney-man-arrested-on-drug-charges

http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/story/d/story/police-65-pounds-of-marijuana-found-during-traffic/37920/5IFVGlBMpUO8ebSVPPB3SA

                                                                                        

                                                                                   

Differences in the economy in The United States to Africa

Have you ever wondered what the United States economy looks like compared to Africa's? 

One example is that in the U.S.A. there are more Christians than there are in Africa. 76% people in the U.S.A are Christians. The reason that there are more Christians is because when the pilgrims came over to America on The May Flower most of the people had the religion of Christianity  .In Africa their top two religions differ from Islam and Christianity.

One current event happening with the economy in Africa is that the climate change budget puts health and education funds at risk.  The country has experienced higher temperatures and reduced water sources meaning that there aren't that many places to get water in order for survival.
                                                                  

The United States is the largest national economy. Our main export partners are Canada , Mexico, and China.

In Africa there are approximately 1.07 billion people were living in the 54 different countries.  Many African people are poor, March 2013 Africa was recognized as the worlds poorest continent.

When you compare The United States economy to Africa's it makes the U.S look richer than ever but that is not really true because our government owes about $6 trillion to China, and we still owe about $5 trillion to other countries. Instead of taking other peoples money we could have used it to help out other countries who need more health care than we do and for us to stop being so greedy. All we are worried about is making the bigger better I Phone 6 mean while hardly any of the people in Africa can afford food let alone a phone.

The United States economy may seem great at times but we will always owe money to other countries. For example that is why taxes have gone up so that the U.S can pay off their debt.

Even though Africa doesn't have much money there are probably better people there than there are in The United States because in Africa they are greatful for what they have and in the U.S enough isn't enough for them to be satisfied. This is how The United States economy differs from Africa's economy.


Sites:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_religious_history
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/22/poor-nations-climate-change-budget-health-education