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    Marijuana vs Tobacco

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    compare them and conclude which one is worse. Marijuana is a green‚ brown‚ or gray mixture of dried‚ shredded leaves‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and flowers of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Cannabis is a term that refers to marijuana and other drugs made from the same plant. Other forms of cannabis include hashish‚ and hash oil. All forms of cannabis are mind-altering drugs (Zimmer and Morgan 1). The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). Short-term effects of marijuana use

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    It's Norml

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    It Is NORML Marijuana‚ or cannabis‚ as it is more appropriately called‚ is the third most popular leisure drug to be used in America. It sits just behind alcohol and tobacco. Although having possession of marijuana is illegal‚ 25 million people use it yearly and 14 million people consume it regularly. Numerous people believe that marijuana only has negative effects on those who practice the use. During this essay‚ you will acquire the positive effects of the use of marijuana. Positive effects can

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    not be considered as a drug but more like a healing herb. Marijuana isn’t even a drug‚ it’s a plant. Therapeutic use of marijuana has a history spanning over 4‚500 years. Around 2700 B.C.‚ in Egypt‚ marijuana (cannabis sativa) was used as a treatment for sore eyes; the Greeks used cannabis as a remedy to treat inflammation earache and edema (Teresa Odle and Clare Hanrahan). Even today‚ clinical studies have shown that marijuana is effective against relieving nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy

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    Descriptive Essay

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    you‚” is a famous quote of the pothead and marvelous musician Bob Marley. He felt as though marijuana helped tune in with your inner being. I believe cannabis that cannabis does this too and therefore have become a habitual marijuana consumer. Being in tune with ones inner being is important‚ yet not the reason that I smoke cannabis. The cannabis plant is beautiful‚ from the leaf to the buds you smoke. I love the ‘highs’ from smoking marijuana‚ and last but not least‚ I love how I can function

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    Kif in the Rif: An examination of the illicit drug trade in Morocco Muslim North Africa Graham Mattison Research Paper 5/16/2008 The economic disparity between western Morocco’s upper class‚ urban elites‚ and eastern Morocco’s lower class‚ rural poor‚ has led to an increasingly problematic illicit drug trade over the last half century. Morocco’s schizophrenic personality is one that has been shaped by many internal and external influences. The vast majority of Morocco’s

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    Legal

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    country like wildfire‚ and the topic should be addressed. Medical marijuana is never acknowledged for its benefits and use of good in the world.  Lots of people simply just write off marijuana as just a bad drug.  Compared to modern pharmaceuticals‚ cannabis is viewed as a radical medicine because it is natural and contains unique chemical compounds. A compound within the marijuana also creates a hunger effect.  This means‚ that by smoking or taking a pill version of marijuana‚ it then makes people get

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    University Abstract In this paper I intend to show you that the best treatment for PTSD is in fact medicinal marijuana‚ also known as cannabis. I will show past and present studies and research analysis that shows that properly used‚ cannabis can successfully treat PTSD . PTSD sufferers are among the highest users of cannabis. Research shows that not only can cannabis help the PTSD patient‚ with nightmares and mood swings‚ it can also smooth over traumatic memories in which the patient can become

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    Medical Marijuana Research

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    be helped by new drugs which lower the blood pressure by what seems to be action on the central nervous system. (3) Psychotherapeutic-new compounds are antidepressants and antianxiety drugs (Culliton: 1970). Mikuriya cites it studies concerning cannabis funded by the National Institute of Mental Health in 1961. The studies were "either specialized animal experiments‚ part of an observational sociologic study of a number of drugs‚ or explorations of chemical detection methods" (Mikuriya‚ 1969: 38)

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    tax all cannabis purchases in the U.S. eliminates $46.7 billion in potential annual revenue. Over 200‚000 students in the U.S. have lost federal aid eligibility due to drug convictioni. This causes lifelong financial issues due to a nonviolent crime‚ while over 70‚000 people have been killed in Mexico’s drug war since 2006i highlight the worst impacts. Similarly‚ weak regulations on cannabis in Afghanistan allow terrorist groups‚ like al Qaeda‚ to grow nearly 24‚000 hectares of cannabis annuallyiv

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    Collaborative Speech

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    purchasing legal age from 18 to 21. Other states my follow suite. Imagine a company like us making a controversial business campaign to purchase Cannabis Science Inc.‚ an established pharmaceutical and marijuana dispensary company in the North West. Cannabis Science Inc. is not just your typical marijuana dispensary company‚ as it produces cannabis in a variety of forms‚ including as a topical ointment. We will become the first tobacco company to produce and distribute a product that is seen to

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