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    with Penalties and Fines Non-medical use Marijuana should not be legalized. The penalties should not be lessened and any fines required should remain the same. Marijuana‚ for description purposes in this essay will also be described as the drug‚ cannabis‚ pot or weed. I have only smoked the drug once. I did not feel high‚ and there was definitely no euphoria. It made me nauseous and gave me a terrible headache. Admittedly‚ my personal experience is lacking. However‚ I have seen the effects on my

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    Legalize it I Abstract There are many reasons why marijuana should be legalized. Throughout this paper‚ evidence will be given to show how the positive outcomes of legalizing cannabis outweighs the negative. Not only does marijuana have many medicinal characteristics‚ but this plant would help the society overall. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance in the United States‚ and has created a multibillion dollar industry (Datwyler and Weiblen‚ 2006). The effects legalization of marijuana

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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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    Nyron Mohammed Topic: Should Marijuana Be Legalized Just Like Alcohol? Cannabis‚ or commonly known as Marijuana and many other names is a preparing of the cannabis plant for the use of medicine as well as recreation. Marijuana is a dry‚ mixture of green and brown leaves‚ flowers‚ stems‚ and seeds from the plant Cannabis sativa. Marijuana is commonly smoked in the form of a cigarette known as a joint. Some people mix tobacco with the marijuana to make it easier to smoke. It is also smoked in pipes

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    LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA

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    Legalization of Marijuana Student’s Name University Affiliation Legalization of Marijuana Possession of marijuana‚ a drug scientifically known as “Cannabis Sativa”‚ is illegal in most countries in the world and has been since the beginning of its prohibition in the late 1930’s. However‚ a number of countries today have allowed the use of small quantities of marijuana with Uruguay being the first country in the world to legalize its sale‚ cultivation and distribution

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    Legalizing marijuana in America Illegal drug use is a huge part of American culture and one the most controversial of those drugs is marijuana; its technical name is Cannabis Sativa. But whether you call it cannabis‚ marijuana‚ pot‚ reefer‚ weed‚ bud‚ herb‚ Mary Jane‚ hemp‚ grass or wacky tabacci‚ it is still illegal in the United States. Actually‚ all over the world the deliberation rages about the harm or benefits that marijuana has to offer. Attempts to legalize it in the United States

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    Asia. It can be used for many purposes. The hemp plant is most commonly used for extraction of the drug marijuana. Marijuana is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried‚ shredded leaves‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and flowers of the hemp plant‚ also known as Cannabis sativa. It is typically smoked in hand-rolled cigarettes (joints)‚ cigars (blunts)‚ pipes‚ or water pipes (bongs). The active ingredient in marijuana is THC‚ which is responsible for the potency and effects of marijuana intoxication. Now that I have

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    Marijuana. Marijuana use should be legalized because of the beneficial uses that our economy can gain from weed. Marijuana‚ also spelled Marihuana comes from the Indian hemp plant‚ cannabis sativa (Gwinn. Pg.764). It is a crude tobacco like substance produced by drying the leaves and flowery top of the cannabis plant. It is put into pipes or formed into joints‚ similar to a cigarette‚ for smoking. Recently‚ it has appeared in cigars called blunts. The drug is a mild hallucinogen meaning

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    drug obtained from the flowering tops‚ stems‚ and leaves of the hemp plant‚ Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. It is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world‚ following only caffeine‚ nicotine‚ and alcoholic beverages in popularity. In the United States‚ where it is usually smoked‚ it also has been called weed‚ grass‚ pot‚ or reefer. The Plant C. sativa grows as a common weed in many parts of the world‚ and drug preparations vary

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    it is more geared in the direction of marijuana in the medical world and its health benefits in association to legal substances. First‚ I want to explain some vocabulary in this argument that I feel needs to be explored. When the female bud of the Sativa plant and leaves dry out becomes what is it is commonly known as marijuana. The key ingredient of marijuana which has many benefits is Tetrahydrocannabinol‚ which is normally called THC. One definition I feel is very important to talk about is the

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