Sativex is a recent drug that uses cannabis as its main ingredient‚ and UK Company GW Pharmaceuticals discovered the drug for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Sativex is a mouth spray that alleviates neuropathic pain‚ spasticity‚ overactive bladder and other symptoms of MS. Marijuana can
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Yehiel Gaoni isolated‚ and first synthesized THC. In the world’s history‚ THC has had a long journey. The first discoveries of it being used were in hemp ropes‚ and burial clothes made by the Chinese in 10‚000 BC. In the middle Ages‚ Cannabis was grown abundantly throughout Cairo and was never successfully banned due to its use being reinforced by the Koran. When France invaded Napoleon attempted to further the ban on the drug‚ but people started to spread the word of the wonderful effects
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any other country and has even gone to the extreme of extraordinarily relaxing its laws regarding soft ’ drugs. However‚ a common misconception about drugs in the Netherlands is that people believe they have been legalized there. Rather‚ cannabis and its by-products‚ marijuana and hashish‚ have merely been decriminalized. This means that the sale and use in moderate amounts of marijuana and hashish is not prosecuted. This begs the question: Is a permissive legal system more effective
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James Morton Why Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized Marijuana has been used recreationally as well as medicinally for thousands of years. The earliest evidence of inhalation of marijuana‚ a small pile of charred cannabis/seeds‚ was found in Romania and believed to be dated prior to the 3rd millennia BCE. Marijuana use is considered to be beneficial to some‚ however has been controversially classified as a schedule 1 controlled substance‚ making it as illegal as heroin‚ politicians claim it to
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Issue Exposé #1 It is known that cannabis is a popular drug amongst university students. My peers and close friends smoke pot for a variety of reasons – aid sleep‚ cope with stress‚ etc. Almost everyone in my group circle welcomes the legalization of marijuana. With time‚ the perception and attitudes marijuana has altered; in the 1900s(?) it was perceived as a drug that causes deviant behavior‚ and in present day‚ it is seen as a plant with healing properties‚ used medically. Marijuana is many health
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available forms and types of cannabis use. He suggests that “the smoked herb is highly effective against a vast array of diseases that are refractory to all other medications and requires no further studies to prove its medical worth.”
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Within the United States‚ there has been a controversy over the ethics of legalizing marijuana and other cannabis products. Recently‚ there has been a surge of anecdotal evidence in social media and the news‚ which demonstrate the efficacy of marijuana in treating certain medical conditions such as epilepsy and anxiety as well as combating nausea and appetite suppression in chemotherapy patients. Furthermore‚ with the epidemic of heroin overdoses‚ the prescription of medical marijuana as an alternative
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Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope making. "The flowers contain psychoactive and physiologically active chemical compounds known as cannabinoids that are consumed for recreational‚ medicinal‚ and spiritual purposes".1 Marijuana is frowned upon as a controlled substance and therefore it is considered not safe but there is not been a proven test stating otherwise
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In todays society‚ its a crime to be honest. In the old days‚ you could just tell it like it was‚ and if people got mad‚ so be it. But now‚ make a comment about soemthing or someone you did not or dont like‚ it immediately becomes a war of the words. We know discrimination‚ like we know the back of our hands. Our society has become a burger king society‚ we want it our way and want it now. So the question I came upon‚ concerning what would would be the economic impact of of legalizing Recreational
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f cannabis for himself and his many subjects. Emperor Shen Nung is considered the father of Chinese agriculture and wrote about 365 different kinds of medicine; however‚ cannabis was considered by him to be one of the most beneficial herbs available to mankind. In his book The Herbal‚ Nung talked about the therapeutic effects of cannabis and how to prepare it into medicinal form. Nung prepared the herb by consuming it in a drink made of hot water and cannabis leaves‚ called Ma. The drink would be
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