Essay #3 17 November 2012 The Pros to legalizing marijuana Marijuana is one of the most commonly abused drugs in the United States and legalizing Marijuana has been an ongoing controversial debate for decades. Marijuana comes from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa and the main active ingredient is THC. Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette (joint)‚ but can also be put in food or brewed as tea. When smoked it has a distinctive smell‚ which is usually a sweet-and-sour smell. There are 18 of 50 states
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Harvesting your cannabis does not mean that it is now ready for use. You need to first ensure that you dry it out properly‚ cure it gently‚ and then store it in an efficient way. The whole process starts with identifying the ideal time for harvesting your weed buds. Harvesting at the right time is essential to ensure that your product has the right level of THC. The process should not be delayed as well‚ because THC turns to other‚ more dangerous compounds if the buds are not harvested. There are
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cancer pain. From what I have read there just isn’t enough “large scale” test for the FDA to find that marijuana is a plant that should be used and approved as a medical use drug. In 2008‚ archeologists in Central Asia discovered over two-pounds of cannabis in the 2‚700-year-old grave of an ancient shaman. After scientists conducted extensive testing on the materials potency‚ they affirmed the most probable conclusion is that
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always known just as the most abused drug in the world. It is believed that the first fabric ever was made from the hemp plant‚ also known as marijuana. This fabric was extremely strong and more durable than wood. Throughout the new worlds history‚ cannabis was used for fabric and was never looked upon as bad or immoral. Even George Washington grew hemp as his primary crop in 1797. This wasn’t
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THC (Cannabis) Between 1840 and 1900‚ European and American medical journals published more than 100 articles on the therapeutic use of the drug known then as Cannabis indica (or Indian hemp) and now as marijuana. It was recommended as an appetite stimulant‚ muscle relaxant‚ analgesic‚ hypnotic‚ and anticonvulsant. As late as 1913 Sir William Osler recommended it as the most satisfactory remedy for migraine headaches . Today the 5000-year medical history of cannabis has been almost forgotten
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aesthetic effects” (Marijuana Legalization 3). For those who don’t know‚ “cannabis‚ or marijuana‚ is an annual flowering plant of the botanical order Rosales‚ which today occurs across large
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going on for over 4743 years. The first dated use of marijuana was in 2737 BC when the emperor of China‚ Shen-Nung‚ prescribes cannabis for beri-beri‚ constipation‚ ’female weakness‚’ gout‚ malaria‚ rheumatism and absentmindedness. One of the most interesting factors in this pro and con debate is that until the late 1800’s not many people were against the use of cannabis for medical purposes. But from 1856 - 1937 marijuana’s image as a medicine turned into the image as an intoxicant. Ever since the
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scientists were given the same opportunity to study marijuana‚ as they did LSD in the 1950’s‚ it would soon be obvious that it (marijuana) has been misclassified due to political prejudice (Lee & Shalin 3-4). Because of the “Schedule I” label on cannabis‚ a license must be acquired from the Drug Enforcement Agency to conduct any research pertaining to the study of marijuana. Additionally‚ once a license has been procured‚ the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) is responsible for supplying the
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different and specific uses‚ they’re still distant cousins that yield from the plant. So then‚ what exactly are the differences between these two strains? Each bred for specific purposes It’s true both hemp and marijuana come from the same cannabis species— Cannabis sativa L. But each are genetically different and are further distinguished by use‚ chemical makeup‚ and cultivation methods. Hemp‚ a different strain than marijuana‚ is bred for purposes that don’t
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