daily stressors‚ depression or plain old boredom. Stress can also be one of the big main reasons why people abuse this drug. People smoke marijuana to escape reality and forget about the problems and stress they are in. Marijuana is us used as a recreational drug‚ it help people escape reality. People mostly use this drug to enhance their enjoyment of social situations‚ to increase their appreciation of music or to appease their desire to just shut down and play video games for a while. Many
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patients. Like most Americans‚ people who smoke marijuana also pay taxes‚ love and support their families‚ and work hard to make a better life for their children. Suddenly they are arrested‚ jailed and treated like criminals solely because of their recreational drug of choice. State agencies frequently step in and declare children of marijuana smokers to be “in danger”‚ and many children are placed into foster homes as a result.
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Erin Doris de Cesare Frederick Miller ENG 111‚ Sec. PI 22 Oct. 2013 Cause and effects of Marijuana Use and Legalization Believe it or not‚ marijuana has been a part of human society for longer than history has been recorded by man. Dating as far back as the 6th millennium B.C.‚ far before the Sumerians began recording history around 3500 B.C.‚ marijuana had made it ’s first appearance into society as a source of food (“History of Marijuana”). By 1500 B.C.‚ however‚ it was already being used
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broad (covering too much) or too narrow (covering too little). It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. Part 1: Complete the Research Plan |What is your general topic or area of interest? |Drug (recreational drug use) | | | | |
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Hawaii‚ Illinois‚ Maine‚ Massachusetts‚ Michigan‚ Montana‚ Nevada‚ New Hampshire‚ New Jersey‚ New Mexico‚ Oregon‚ Rhode Island‚ Vermont and Washington (ProCon.org). Colorado and Washington have also legalized it for recreational use (Governing). Marijuana is a common recreational drug. "The National Institute on Drug Abuse says marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug" (Cox). In a 2010 survey‚ 17.4 million Americans had used marijuana within the past month. It is used to change people
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alcohol‚ foes of the idea dispute that either of these toxic recreational devices can be easily abused. Even though there are extensive pros and cons to the corroboration of the use of marijuana‚ 21 states (including Washington‚ D.C.) have agreed to the use of medical marijuana. This raises the question that both critics and defenders struggle to answer: If marijuana can be used for medical purposes‚ why shouldn’t it be used in a recreational setting? According to the Huffington Post‚ “If we were making
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functioning in the context of family‚ school‚ work‚ and recreational activities.” (2005-2015 Timberline Knolls Residential‚ Marijuana Addiction Symptoms and Its Effects‚ paragraph 3‚ line 1) This is the perfect example to my opinion about marijuana because the quote is reworded in regards to my statement. I also agree with it affecting your everyday activities because it can slow down your thinking process especially if you are a recreational user. You cannot succeed if your number one priority is
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possession is illegal.ex:cocaine‚herion‚marijuana -licit drugs-drugs whose manufacture‚sale‚or possession is legal.ex:alchol‚nictone‚ caffine 2.Difference between instrumental and recreational use of drugs -instrumental –A person taking a drug with a socially approved goal in mind. -recreational- A person is taking the drug for the sole purpose of experiencing its psychoactive properties ( to get high) 3.Difference between Primary Secondary Tertiary prevention ***Family Systems
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Drug/Alcohol Abuse Americas Downfall Aldonia Bailey COM/156 10/17/2012 Letitia Trent Throughout American history you can depict that individuals have been propelled by their peers as well as circumstances to use drugs/alcohol and commit crimes which the outcome has been a downward spiral in the American economy. We can see this in the higher poverty percentage and the lowering of the American dollar. However this downward spiral doesn’t mean the American people can’t take a positive turn and
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unsafe category? So it is a drug that is medicinal but also harmful‚ is this not the case with almost every approved pharmaceutical drug? There is a strong argument by many that legalizing marijuana will send the wrong message and increase its recreational use‚ consequently causing more harm than good. I wholeheartedly object that legalizing marijuana will send the wrong message. I believe that the good in legalizing marijuana by far outweighs the bad. I believe that legalization would have a positive
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