that comes into the mind is that it’s a drug which is illegal. Many people believe that the only use of marijuana plant is that it can get you high‚ which isn’t true. The Marijuana‚ cannabis‚ or hemp plant is one of the oldest psychoactive plants known to humanity. Its history dates back as far as 6000 B.C.‚ when cannabis seeds were used as food in early Chinese traditions. People have used the hemp plant for fabric‚ ropes and even ethanol fuel. The perception of marijuana in today’s society is that
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edu:2208/ehost/results?sid=3755c0a1-71cd-459da415adee679f8f53%40s essionmgr111&vid=2&hid=4&bquery=medical+marijuana+for+pain&bdata=JmRiPXJ6aCZjbGkwP UZUJmNsdjA9WSZ0eXBlPTAmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl Hollister‚ L. (2001). Marijuana (cannabis) as medicine. Journal Of Cannabis Therapeutics‚ 1(1)‚ 5-27. Retrieved from http://liboc.tctc.edu:2208/ehost/results?sid=3755c0a1-71cd-459d-a415-adee67 9f8f53%40sessionmgr111&vid=3&hid=4&bquery=marijuana+%22as%22+medicine&bdata=JmRi PXJ6aCZjbGkwPUZUJmNsdjA9WSZ0eXBlPTAmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl
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drug has not caused them to go out and commit crimes and steal for the supply to become high. They believe that if they choose to stop using this drug today that it would not become a problem to quit. Marijuana has an active ingredient in called Cannabis sativa known as THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol). THC is highly active in but is very low in dosages‚ many scientists and smokers believe that marijuana as non-addictive. TCH is also responsible for its psychoactive
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many deaths than the heavily criminalized‚ all natural drug we know as marijuana. Because of its non-toxic and non-addictive characteristics not one death has resulted from the use of marijuana. Some skeptics argue that marijuana‚ also known as ‘cannabis’‚ can become a gateway drug but those who use it for medical purposes find that they never really become tolerant to marijuana’s medicinal effects‚ eliminating the need to move on to harder drugs such as cocaine. Because of its therapeutic value
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HISTORY The first part of this chapter provides a historical survey of the pharmacologic and political influences on the use of psychoactive substances and compulsive behaviors in all civilizations. The second part presents a system for classifying these psychoactive substances along with major legislation impacting use of drugs and treatment of addictions. Throughout the last 10‚000 years‚ humans have used psychoactive drugs to alter their perception of reality for a variety of reasons. By
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Drug Abuse Commonly Abused Drugs Commonly abused drugs: (1) Alcohol; (2) hallucinogenic (vision producing) drugs‚ such as LSD and mescaline; (3) marijuana; (4) nicotine‚ which is found in tobacco; (5) opiates‚ including most narcotics; (6) sedatives‚ including barbiturates and other kinds of sleeping pills; (7) stimulants‚ such as cocaine and amphetamines and other “pep pills.” Inhalants‚ which are fumes inhaled from such substance as cleaning fluids‚ gasoline‚ and model airplane glue‚ are
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Team Debate Paper Rhonda Baskin‚ Carmil Gregory‚ Peter Hill and David Sutherland BCOM/275 February 24‚ 2013 Instructor: Jennifer Buchholz Should marijuana be legalized for personal use? This is a question that many have been asking as well as debating over for many years. Marijuana has been used for many medicinal purposes throughout medical history. However‚ many consider marijuana to be gateway drug that could lead to harder drug use. Many argue that marijuana use poses less of a threat
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The milestone drug legislation I have chosen is the “Pure Food and Drug Act” of 1906 which was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Its fundamental design was to boycott remote and interstate movement in contaminated or mislabeled sustenance and medication items‚ and it coordinated the U.S. Department of Chemistry to review items and elude wrongdoers to prosecutors. It required
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Branches xxix. Cause of relaxation l. Basal fangalia xxx. Muscle movement III. Conclusion IV. Works Cited Marijuana‚ a greenish-gray mixture of the dried‚ shredded leaves‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and flowers of the plant Cannabis sativa‚ is the most common and used illicit drug in the United States. (Research Reports: Marijuana Abuse) Marijuana was banned by U.S. federal government in 1937‚ but it is estimated that 14.8 million Americans use
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products including; food‚ textiles‚ plastics‚ fuel and paper. It grows in 100 days with no wastage‚ little water‚ no chemicals and has huge biomass. Hemp being a cousin of Marijuana fell victim to smear campaigns that lead to the criminalisation of cannabis in the 1930’s and that stigma remains. In my explorations‚ I found out that over 80% of kiwis had no idea there was a difference between Hemp and Marijuana. Most related Hemp to hippies and marijuana. The misconception of Hemp was clear throughout
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