used illegal drug in the world. The word “marijuana”‚ referred to as “herbal cannabis” by the rest of the world‚ is the American term for dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis sativa plant (Caulkins 2012). The drug can be dated back to as far as 6000 B.C. when the plant’s seeds were used in China as food. It was used as a pain reliever and sedative in Napoleonic France (Spaulding and Fernandez). The flowers on the cannabis sativa plant contain concentrated amounts of a mind-altering chemical known
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Do the overall benefits of Marijuana Justify its legality? When we were just little kids‚ our parents and teachers told us that drugs were the devil and that we should never even consider taking them. Marijuana was always on that list of “bad” drugs ‚ while we were told that pharmaceutical drugs can help us if we were sick. Marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 substance in the same category as deadly drugs like heroin and MDMA‚ while addictive pain-killers ‚ anxiety medications (which are far
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Benefits to Legalizing Marijuana Reggae artist Bob Marley said‚ "herb is the unification of mankind". Marley believed that if more people smoked marijuana the nation would come to together‚ rather than be at war and bringing harm to one another. Bob Marley is just one of the many weed activist‚ explaining how marijuana actually has not caused as much destruction to this world as the legal drug‚ alcohol. This essay will go on to display how Bob Marley had the right take on marijuana usage and
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English Persuasive Essay Medical Marijuana Unfairness Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been around for thousands of years. It’s a plant that grows native to Africa and Asia. But it has been exported all over the world and used for its physcoative ingredients known as THC. The THC gives you a feeling of being high and is now illegal is the single most used elicit substance on the planet today. (Wikipedia) Marijuana has been used for many different reasons over the last couple thousand years. It
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Pak Hin Leung Prof. Torregiante PSY 2012 (66396) March 5‚ 2015 Legalization of Marijuana The Legalization of marijuana is a very controversial topic in the United States. Everyone discusses whether marijuana should be legalized or not. There are two uses of marijuana. We can use marijuana for both medical use and recreational use. However‚ most of the states have not legalized it for the recreational use. Marijuana consists of THC and cannabidiol. Actually‚ there are some medical benefits of marijuana
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The Harmful Effects of Legalizing Marijuana Courtney Batts Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana The Harmful Effects of Legalizing Marijuana The legality of marijuana has been the subject of debate and controversy for decades. Cannabis‚ another name for marijuana‚ is illegal to consume‚ use‚ possess‚ cultivate‚ transfer or trade in most countries. Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States. It is a greenish brown mixture of dried leaves‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and flowers
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(PBS). This issue continues to be a controversial topic in today’s world. State and federal laws still collide on the issue of marijuana legalization. On November 2‚ 2010‚ California voters voted on a ballot called the Regulate‚ Control‚ and Tax Cannabis 2010. Prior to this date‚ Charles Stimson wrote an article‚ “Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Just Say No‚” in order to persuade California voters to not vote in favor of the ballot. He made various claims such as; marijuana is bad for one’s health
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controlled by criminals‚ but now it has become a legal industry worth billions of dollars. It is roughly a 120 billion dollar industry‚ used by 167 million people worldwide. Marijuana is a psychoactive plant commonly known as pot‚ grass‚ weed or cannabis to a variety of different people. Many people have their different views about the worth of the plant in society‚ one side trying
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has been abused for many years. The main reason that marijuana is used abusively is because it has been under prohibition for many years. Marijuana has many other names but three of the commonly known names are cannabis‚ reefer and weed. Marijuana derives from the hemp plant Cannabis Sativa. For over two-thousand years marijuana has been cultivated all over the world‚ and may contain up to four hundred chemicals. One of the main chemicals in marijuana is THC (Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannainol) (Marijuana)
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Have you ever heard about medical marijuana? Do you know how many people are using it to cure their illness and make their lives easier? Do you know that marijuana can stop cancer cells from spreading? The scientists found that there is a compound found in marijuana that can freeze the cancer cells and prevent them from spreading. Also‚ marijuana can be much more effective for medical purposes when eaten rather than smoked. Medical marijuana is usually used as a whole part of it. It means the part
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