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    My research on marijuana dates back many years‚ the plant itself is earth grown and has many  purposes. Over many years marijuana has been worked to help fit our personal lifestyles‚ and our  environment all over the world. Today in our era marijuana is being used for many‚ different  reasons‚ some such as medical and some diseases. I believe marijuana itself should be able   to be used permanently for many different reasons some due to beneficial use‚ including easing  pain‚ helping to stay away from debt

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    Medical Marijuana: Scourge or Savior May 15‚ 2012 Medical Marijuana: Scourge or Savior In the United States and many other countries around the world Marijuana (the plants cannabis sativa or cannabis indica) is considered an illicit drug. In the North America‚ marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols (THC‚ its variants and synthetics) have been classified in the DEA’s schedule I drug class‚ under the Control Substances Act of 1970‚ which includes many other substances such as heroin‚ LSD‚ mescaline

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    Steven Delgado Compassionate use of Medical Marijuana Are you pro or con in the Legalization of Marijuana? Cannabis or marijuana is a plant that yields both drug and useful fibers‚ it’s no question ancient civilizations have been using this plant for thousands of years. The earliest known record that the cannabis plant has medicinal purposes that dates back to ancient china. The Chinese used the plant to treat their emperor Shen Nung.This dates back to 2737 B.C. this is where the plant spread throughout

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    2900 b.c. It was “noted as a very popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang.” From then on till the 1960’s marijuana was used in almost every culture to help cure peoples ailments. Medical marijuana is now illegal in many countries. Medical cannabis has many benefits‚ but it also has many negative aspects too. In this essay I will investigate the positive and negative affects that California has encountered in the legalization of medical Marijuana. The effects that California has encountered

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    it‚ how it is used and why it can be medicinally beneficial with example of cases. Body Main Point 1: Marijuana‚ also known as weed‚ Mary Jane‚ pot or even bud‚ is a greenish-gray colored mixture of the dried‚ shredded leaves and flowers of Cannabis sativa‚ the hemp plant. a. Sub Point 1: This psychoactive drug is known for getting people‚ what they call‚ “high”. b. Sub Point 2: Marijuana is known for causing hallucinations‚ feelings of high anxiety and exhilaration and sometime even calming a

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    drug has not caused them to go out and commit crimes and steal for the supply to become high. They believe that if they choose to stop using this drug today that it would not become a problem to quit. Marijuana has an active ingredient in called Cannabis sativa known as THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol). THC is highly active in but is very low in dosages‚ many scientists and smokers believe that marijuana as non-addictive. TCH is also responsible for its psychoactive

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    enforcing the law‚ just like in 1933 when alcohol was legalized. Marijuana was proven to be a very beneficial natural plant that was used to make several products. Based on Barbara Bigelow‚ from the article‚ “Marijuana”‚ “Marijuana‚ or the plant Cannabis sativa‚ has been used as a medicine‚ as a part of religious ceremonies‚ and even as a fiber for making clothing‚ rope‚ and paper for many thousands of years… its effects on the brain and body are not yet completely understood” (Bigelow). However‚ scientist

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    Marijuana Cannabis‚ also known as marijuana (from the Mexican Spanish marihuana)‚ and by numerous other names‚ is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine. Pharmacologically‚ the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); it is one of 483 known compounds in the plant‚including at least 84 other cannabinoids‚ such as cannabidiol (CBD)‚ cannabinol (CBN)‚ tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV)‚ andcannabigerol (CBG). Cannabis is

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    Another contrast between cigarettes and cannabis‚ is that cannabis has medicinal properties. The most common use for marijuana in medicine is to diminish the effects of chemotherapy on cancer patients. The two most familiar components of marijuana to the medical industry is tetrahydrocannabinol or THC and cannabidiol or CBD. Both THC and CBD are noted in the US Patent # 6630507 as having antioxidant properties and being useful in treatment of side effects “caused by oxidative stress” such as chemotherapy

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    problem harms without limitations or borders. First of all‚ to talk about a problem we have to know about it. According to the Medicine Net marijuana is “A common street and recreational drug that comes from the marijuana plant: the hemp plant cannabis sativa […] is used to heighten perception‚ affect mood‚ and relax. […] Signs of marijuana use include red eyes‚ lethargy‚ and uncoordinated body movements. The long-term effects may include

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