to get high‚ and two it’s a gateway drug that leads to something that can kill you. The only way an individual can be ever be addicted is by medical usage only‚ which you’re prescribed an amount for a daily use. “Scientists have confirmed that the cannabis plant contains active ingredients with therapeutic potential for
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not to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. One should remember that if marijuana is legal in a State for medicinal purposes‚ it is still illegal on the Federal level. Marijuana is defined as a cannabis plant; and or a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant‚ smoked or eaten to induce euphoria (Webster?s 827). When smoked‚ marijuana produces over 2‚000 chemicals that enter the body through the lungs. These chemicals have a variety of immediate‚ short
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associated with the emotional side effects of using marijuana is the inability of users trying to empathize with other’s emotions. A study done at Colorado State University showed that‚ when connected to an electroencephalogram (EEG)‚ on average “cannabis users scored lower in a task that asked them to focus on the sex of the face and then to identify the emotion. This suggests a reduced ability to ‘implicitly’ identify emotions and to empathize on a deeper emotional level‚” (Brazier). This led researchers
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that because alcohol is still legal it’s less dangerous than marijuana. Both drugs lead to serious risks and should be taken with caution if used. Marijuana is a mixture of dried‚ shredded leaves‚ stems and flowers from a hemp plant better know as Cannabis sativa. Uses of marijuana can be recreational or medical and the earliest recorded uses date from the 3rd millennium BC. (Rudgley‚ “The Lost Civilizations”) Tetrahydrocannabinol also known as THC is the chemical responsible for marijuana’s psychological
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larger society. Marijuana smokers can be considered a subculture for many reasons. Marijuana is used by millions of people around the world‚ either for recreational‚ spiritual‚ or therapeutic reasons. Some call themselves the cannabis connoisseurs; people who respect cannabis and use it responsibly. Few drugs have been so politicized recently as marijuana has. It is frequently praised by one side and condemned by the other‚ on the basis of emotional issues rather than an objective view of research
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Legalizing marijuana has been such a large debate for so many years. There are reasons on both sides of the argument that have kept it illegal for such a long time but recently that has changed. “Initiative 502‚ passed last month by Washington [and Colorado] voters‚ legalized recreational marijuana use starting December 6” (Duke). These were just the first two states to push for marijuana to be legal for recreational reasons. Are there going to be more states legalizing
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The War on Drugs is such a huge issue in today’s society. What is the war on drugs? It refers to the governmental programs intended to suppress the consumption of certain recreational drugs. There are many other drugs that are more harmful to your body then marijuana. Alcohol and tobacco‚ which are legal “drugs”‚ are two of them. There are many reasons to why the government should legalize marijuana and there are also many reasons to why the government should not legalize marijuana. Today I
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benefit to people like this who are extremely ill but have a difficult time eating and staying nourished Smoking medical marijuana may not be enough to effectively fight cancer‚ severe pain‚ siezures and symptoms of many other diseases. Most of the cannabis medication is waste into the air when smoked and it is not really healthy to smoke anything. Slide 14: Marijuana smoke contains cancer-causing substances Some research shows that marijuana smoke has up to 70% more cancer-causing substances
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permanently as ‘pot’ has many beneficial uses‚ including easing pain‚ helping Canada to stay away from debt‚ saving millions of acres in forestry and creating jobs for many people; raising Canada’s economic status. Marijuana whose scientific name is Cannabis Sativa has been mentioned in manuscripts dating back to 2700 B.C. in China. The Jamestown settlers recorded the first nurturing of the plant in 1611‚ as they used the hemp from the plant’s fibers to make rope and canvas. Marijuana also known as ‘weed’
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also be used to replace many pain pills that damage our kidneys and cause major addictions. Studies show that smoking marijuana can help lessen nerve pain or pain caused by surgery. "About 10% to 15% of patients attending a chronic pain clinic use cannabis as part of their pain control strategy"(Doheny‚ 2010‚ Marijuana Relieves Chronic Pain). Lower Crime Rates In 2011‚ after legalizing marijuana in California‚ the juvenile crime rate dropped 20 percent. The number of arrests for violent crimes dropped
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