drug use. Now‚ drug offenders rate hike up. Prohibitionists argue Reagan’s war on drug is a success. Because use among adolescents and young adults declined dramatically during 1980s. However 1.beginning of early 1990s’ rates of recreational drug use increased among young people. 2. Today’s high school students more than twice likely to use marijuana and more than four times likely to use other illicit drugs. 3. During his presidency‚ the purity of Coke
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mentioning the perspectives of the other groups you mentioned. Your thesis: “From a lawmaker’s standpoint‚ to an employer’s standpoint‚ all the way from a financial standpoint‚ it is not hard to see the benefits but also the concerns of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana nationwide.” First‚ I would change “from” to “to”‚ because you cannot go from one thing from another. Second‚ “but also” makes the concerns seem like an afterthought‚ and it might read as though you support the legalization of
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drug testing periodically would be that it could possibly frighten employees to do and use drugs‚ then they would stay clean and hopefully diminish the number of accidents and/or fatalities at the work place. It is a proven fact that a typical recreational drug user in today’s work force is 2.2 times more likely to request time off or an early dismissal. They are 2.5 times more likely to have eight or more days of absences‚ three more times likely to be late for work and a third less productive
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under is completely inaccurate. Schedule I classification describes a drug with no medical use and not safe to use under medical supervision. Research has been shown that it aids cancer patients and plenty of other terminally ill patients. Even recreational use has never been directly linked to any deaths (from the smoking‚ in itself) and when you compare it to alcohol and cigarettes‚ both of which are legal‚ it’s completely harmless. Imagine this: One day‚ you found out your mother was very sick
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farming of cannabis could become an industry that offers much potential for employment and it will decrease the unemployment rate in the UK. If cannabis were to be legalized‚ it would make millions of profit for the country. FACT! On January 1‚ when recreational weed became legally available to Colorado consumers‚ 24 pot
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“Chemical straightjacket or miracle drug?” Wow. What a powerful statement on such a hot-button issue. I have done some reading in JAMA regarding this issue and interestingly‚ the research that I have read is as dichotomous as the information presented in the textbox article that we read this week. Currently‚ there are not many other options available for the treatment of ADHD that don’t all come with possible side-effect risk. Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a stimulant much like the methamphetamines
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is a plant that can be grown all over the world. Many people use the common term marijuana instead of Cannabis. Moreover‚ in today’s society‚ marijuana can be defined as a political movement‚ legal issue‚ agriculture crop‚ medical drug‚ or as a recreational intoxication. In more simple terms‚ marijuana is a bunch of leaves. Many would think that a bunch of leaves could not be harmful. However‚ marijuana contains a chemical called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
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It also states that societal cost dealing with the war on drugs concerning marijuana exceeds 12 billion dollars annually. Twenty states have legalized marijuana for medical use under a doctor’s recommendation and two states have legalized for recreational use. This does not mean that it is still totally legal. Under the federal government‚
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Associate Level Material Critical Analysis Forms Fill out one form for each source. Source 1 Title and Citation: Marijuana Is Not Addictive Armentano‚ Paul. "Marijuana Is Not Addictive." Marijuana. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego: Greenhaven Press‚ 2003. At Issue. Rpt. from "Setting the Record Straight on Marijuana and Addiction." LewRockwell.com. 2008. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 June 2012. 1 Identify the principal issue presented by the source. Marijuana is not
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suffer from Glaucoma; Marijuana has been shown to lessen the harsh impacts and pain of Chemotherapy; Marijuana has been proven to assist people with chronic pain. TRANSITION TO ARGUMENT: While many people believe that Marijuana is non-addictive‚ recreational and not a “gateway” drug‚ nevertheless‚ studies have shown otherwise. III. Body Paragraph 2: Your second Body Paragraph should present myriad and numerous researched FACTS to substantiate or prove your argument: A. 60 Cannabinoids which
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