Mar. 2014. Boycott‚ Rosie. "Marijuana Has Dangers but Should Be Legalized." Gateway Drugs. Ed. Noël Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2008. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Skunk Is Dangerous. But I Still Believe In My Campaign to Decriminalise Cannabis." Independent on Sunday 18 Mar. 2007: 40. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. Camín‚ Héctor Aguilar‚ and Jorge G. Castañeda. "Legalizing
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where it was used to treat many diseases such as rheumatism‚ malaria‚ absent-mindedness‚ etc. (Miller). It was introduced in America very early but was never very popular until the early 1900s. From 1914 to 1937‚ twenty-seven states passed anti-cannabis laws and the drug was looked down upon (Miller). It became popular among the jazz culture and was very mainly used for recreation and has fought the battle between being banned from the U.S. and being legal. Marijuana used for medicinal purposes
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With that said‚ what exactly is this compound? CBD is simply a shortened name for cannabidiol. Cannabidiol is a non-psychoactive and highly useful component found within the cannabis‚ or marijuana plant. Of all of the world’s plants and animal species‚ this compound is only produced here‚ within the stalks‚
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benefits‚ which easily outweigh the negative effects of the drugs. Parts of the Cannabis plants are a very obvious example; there are currently seventeen states that have legalized medicinal marijuana for use by patients with a qualifying medical condition that has been evaluated by a physician. Cannabis is safe and effective at treating peripheral neuropathy‚ which causes great suffering to HIV/AIDS patients. Cannabis is also very effective in alleviating the pain and nausea caused from many other
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to never speak to any of my friends if I heard of them using the abomination of a plant. I did just that on two different occasions and they were friends I had since elementary school. However‚ when I was seventeen I learned the true identity of cannabis when I saw it for the first time. I quickly observed in that moment how all the information I had been informed was untrue in many different ways. My hatred for this plant was instantly gone. The first question in my head was‚
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history up to date behind the legalization of marijuana‚ hemp or cannabis. Beginning in 1549‚ Angolan slaves brought Marijuana; referred to as cannabis‚ with them to the sugar plantations of North-Eastern Brazil. Allowing the slaves to farm the cannabis plants in open space‚ with the rows of sugar cane‚ slaves were also allowed to smoke the plant between harvests. Since Europeans were much aware of the vast uses and benefits of cannabis hemp‚ it became a large crop in the United States. George Washington
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Over the past several years the support for marijuana legalization is rapidly growing in the US. A recent poll in 2015 shows that 58% of Americans say that the drug should be legal while only 42% say it should stay illegal. Most polls regarding Americans and their pot use hover around the 40% mark for having tried marijuana at least once which is equivalent to about 127.7 million people‚ nearly half the country has already tried marijuana which is more than how many Americans know who Jennifer Lawrence
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Proposition 19: Denied. California voters recently disapproved Proposition 19‚ also known as “Regulate‚ Control‚ and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010”‚ which would have legalized the recreational use of Marijuana‚ or Cannabis‚ to citizens of the state. November 2nd‚ 2010 not only marked the opening of the polls in California‚ but as a precedent in voting history‚ as the people voted either for or against this controversial proposition‚ though ultimately the bill was defeated. With the denial of this
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in society. Although many slanderous claims have been made about cannabis in recent history‚ the truths are slowly starting to surface. Unfortunately‚ these truths are under heavy criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as the typical “pot smoker.” This perception of a lazy and unmotivated America is the result of over seventy years of propaganda and misinformation spread by private interests‚ who needed cannabis illegal for their own personal gains. Marijuana has many positive
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beneficial effects as well as there are some very not as much. The debate over the legalization is very heated here in the United States. Marijuana is legal in some states for medical purposes only and others have not quite been convinced of the cannabis. Our newly re-elected president‚ Barack Obama‚ says he is against legalizing marijuana. So‚ “Puff the Magic Dragon” has bit the dust (Bernadine Healy‚ U.S. News Web site‚ Feb. 4‚ 2009). I have read an excerpt from the book Good Reasons for Contemporary
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