Schumann Mrs. Taube English 11 16 April 2014 Teens and Marijuana According to a 2012 Monitoring the Future study‚ marijuana is the illicit drug most likely to be used by teens (Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey). Marijuana comes from the plant Cannabis Sativa and appears as a green/brown mix of flowers‚ stems‚ and leaves (Teens Health 1). Marijuana is also known as pot‚ weed‚ MJ‚ Mary Jane‚ reefer‚ dope‚ ganja‚ herb‚ and grass. Marijuana is most often smoked in cigarettes‚ hollowed-out cigars
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Marijuana is an illegal substance that can make you see things that are not real or damage your lungs. Marijuana is also an addictive substance. Marijuana can be used in helpful ways for example marijuana helps with glaucoma but that’s about it. The reason people start smoking marijuana can be from bad parenting or hanging out with the wrong people in school they can all lead to the addition of marijuana or there are many more reasons why people smoke the substance. Also you may even go to jail on
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Marijuana If there was a vote in every state to either legalize or to not legalize the use of marijuana the outcome would be the legalization of marijuana in every state. The question I have is why do so many Americans enjoy smoking marijuana? This is a huge ongoing issue that is being resolved as fast as possible. Personally‚ I’m against the legalization of marijuana because I see no reason for it. In this essay‚ I will be arguing why marijuana should not be legalized in all states. I will give
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Slavery was a harmful thing that had happened in the united states and got all the whites owning a African-American in the house.They had over worked them but they didn’t care they had always worked them to the limit and the owner didn’t care for them and put them to the dangerous and harmful things that they did.Slaves were made to pick cotton but grew in the late 17th and 18th century and the whites had started to own them and it grew in virginia and it started to make it across the whole united
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WW2 was a very bloody war and it was kind of good for America because it gave women the chance to have jobs and not just be a stay at home mom/wife. On september 16‚1940 congress passed the first peacetime military act‚ This act ordered men from the ages of 21-35 to be trained for battle in 12 months but that was before Pearl Harbor had gotten attacked. After Pearl Harbor congress passed the Selective Service Act which extended drafting to 18-38 years to join the military‚ But men 18-65 had no
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Multitasking in my opinion can be a good thing but also a bad thing. Researchers say many teens and children under the age 18 are more likely to multitask compared to mature adults. Technology has been the cause of young teens not paying full attention. Teenagers feel that they will miss out on important information so this messes with teen’s concentration. The brain cannot be at two places at one time. “Not only can people not process two tasks simultaneously‚ but it also takes longer to multitask
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Taliban‚ a Muslim group took control of Afghanistan’s government in 1996 to 2001. Taliban is known for publicly executing people and taking away the rights of women which including the right of education. Afghanistan under a new leadership control‚ which put the country in the worse place . The relationship broke between U.S. and Taliban after 911 when Mullah Omar providing a refuge to Osama Bin Laden. When the Taliban comes to power in Afghanistan‚ it negatively effected the people. Taliban‚ Students
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Science is a great boon to mankind. At the same time it is a big curse also. It is as destructive as constructive. It has given state-of-the-art weapons and warheads in the hands of mankind which cause mass killing and destruction at a far-off place merely at the trigger of a button. Science has produced hydrogen bomb‚ nuclear bombs‚ fighting aircraft‚ nuclear submarine‚ missiles‚ laser bombs‚ etc. These things of warheads are highly destructive. They can wipe this planet of the existence of mankind
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thoughts. From infancy to adulthood it is an integral part of our lives. Adolescents become absorbed in songs they believe help better define them into this rocky transition into adulthood. However‚ we often wonder whether what we are saying has an effect on the listening audience. Recently‚ in the 1990’s references have often been made to link violent‚ early teen sex‚ drugs and deviant behavior to music and certain music genres. Music recordings should
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Date: 12/4/2013 Referenced essay: topic2 – Do the negative effects of communication technologies outweigh the positive effects? Thanks to the invention of interacting technologies‚ communication has been becoming innovative and more convenient. However‚ besides some positive aspects‚ these equipment also result in a lot of unfavorable impacts that negatively affect both social interaction and individual’s life. This essay will demonstrate the preponderance of the downsides of those devices over
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