In todays society‚ its a crime to be honest. In the old days‚ you could just tell it like it was‚ and if people got mad‚ so be it. But now‚ make a comment about soemthing or someone you did not or dont like‚ it immediately becomes a war of the words. We know discrimination‚ like we know the back of our hands. Our society has become a burger king society‚ we want it our way and want it now. So the question I came upon‚ concerning what would would be the economic impact of of legalizing Recreational
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PMID 17019571. * Grotenhermen‚ Franjo (2007). “The Toxicology of Cannabis and Cannabis Prohibition”. Chemistry & Biodiversity 4: 1744–69. doi:10.1002/cbdv.200790151. PMID 17712818. * Riedel‚ G.; Davies‚ S. N. (2005). “Cannabinoid Function in Learning‚ Memory and Plasticity”. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 168: 445–477. doi:10.1007/3-540-26573-2_15. PMID 16596784. * Leweke‚ F. Markus; Koethe‚ Dagmar (2008). “Cannabis and psychiatric disorders: it is not only addiction”. Addiction Biology
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f cannabis for himself and his many subjects. Emperor Shen Nung is considered the father of Chinese agriculture and wrote about 365 different kinds of medicine; however‚ cannabis was considered by him to be one of the most beneficial herbs available to mankind. In his book The Herbal‚ Nung talked about the therapeutic effects of cannabis and how to prepare it into medicinal form. Nung prepared the herb by consuming it in a drink made of hot water and cannabis leaves‚ called Ma. The drink would be
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Marijuana When I started my research I was initially interested in marijuana legalization and the debate between why or why not our country should legalize the substance all together. However‚ throughout my time researching valid points on why cannabis is illegal now and reasons why it shouldn’t be illegal‚ I found myself more drawn to the psychological studies of the substance. The certain psychological effects the drug has on certain people became very appealing to me‚ as I wanted to learn more
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less expensive than other medicines. It is organic‚ not made of chemical and other things. It also has less serious side effects. Lester Grinspoon wrote an article in the Boston Globe. He said “Doctors and nurses have seen that for many patients‚ cannabis is more useful‚ less toxic‚ and less expensive than the conventional medicines prescribed for diverse syndromes and symptoms‚ including multiple sclerosis‚ Crohn’s disease‚
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all‚ because legalization means government control. The benefits far outweigh the risks. My first reason that medical marijuana should be legal in all states is because it helps with the side effects of chemotherapy. There is a chemical in Cannabis (cannabis is medical marijuana with a different name)‚ that helps with the side effects of chemo and does make cancer patients feel better. And that chemical- cannabinoids- they help to slow growth of brain tumors and can prevent diabetes. It makes broken
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Tetrahydrocannabinol Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is commonly known and popularized by its significant presence in the cannabis plant‚ a.k.a.‚ marijuana. Raphael Mechoulam and Yechiel Gaoni‚ two Israeli scientists working at the Weizmann Institute of Science‚ first isolated the organic drug in 1964. THC has many forms and can be consumed orally‚ smoked‚ or vaporized. It appears as a greasy yellow substance. THC is nonpolar and has a low solubility in water and a high boiling point‚ at 200 C. THC’s
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Health Organization‚ in the year 2011 four percent of deaths worldwide are attributed to Alcohol usage while a total of zero deaths in all of medical history are linked to marijuana usage. So why is Alcohol legal while Marijuana is not? Marijuana or Cannabis‚ has been described by an administrative law judge at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as‚ “one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.”(3) The federal government even reports that over 100 million U.S. Citizens admit
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Legalization of Marijuana English Composition There is a great debate as to whether or not marijuana should be legalized. It is a very heated topic but one that has already seen changes this year. If marijuana were to be legalized nationwide‚ not just for medical use‚ many changes could happen in this country. The legalization of marijuana could not only help create jobs‚ but end our countries debt crisis. Medical marijuana is already legal in many states and many more are trying to get
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of marijuana on humans. Primarily‚ cannabis provides its users with a sense of ecstatic joyfulness‚ an increased sense of sensitivity‚ and a feeling of calmness and relaxation. Like any other drugs‚ marijuana affects the pathways of the nervous system as it halts the effective functioning of the neurotransmitters and receptors. Moreover‚ cannabis alters the perception of sensation and pleasure‚ especially with regards to food and taste (“cannabis”). Regardless of the possible negative outcomes that this drug might
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