provide appropriate care plan. This discussion will be around dual diagnosis‚ prevalence‚ assessments‚ health promotion and recovery concepts. From the case scenario‚ Lisa could easily be diagnosed with dual diagnosis. This is because of smoking cannabis‚ drinking alcohol daily and unpleasant experiences of hearing voices (psychotic). Other psychotic symptoms present are isolation from friends‚ withdrawn and history of suicidal ideation. Dual diagnosis is characterised by a substance misuse and mental
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marijuana has become a popular drug in the last couple of years. Medical marijuana is legal in a few states such as‚ Arizona and California. However Federal Law still states that this drug is illegal and that it should not be distributed (Dorell). Cannabis is used to treat a variety of different symptoms that come with certain types of illnesses like cancer‚ chronic pain‚ and nausea just to name a few (Legallizing). The benefits of this drug have helped many people and is a natural remedy compared
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fabricating stories about Mexicans and marijuana in order to sell papers and promote anti-marijuana sentiment (Guither‚ n.d.). It was during this time that several states enacted laws restricting or prohibiting the use of marijuana‚ also known as hemp or cannabis‚ as early as 1913. On a national level it was effectively made illegal on October 2‚ 1937 with the passing of the Marijuana Stamp Act. Of the many reasons marijuana was criminalized; racism‚ greed and yellow journalism‚ marijuana being harmful
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The Legalization of Marijuana: The legalization of marijuana is one of the many controversial debates in America today. Some people believe that marijuana is a gateway drug and is very harmful‚ marijuana enthusiast argue that cannabis isn’t harmful and can drastically improve the American economy. “Marijuana prohibition cost America $7.7 billion dollars a year.”(Head 2012) The legalization of marijuana would avail many people. If marijuana is legalized then the American government could tax it
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Hemp. Edibles. Hash. Marijuana. When a person hears these things they think of drugs and money. But in a time before guns‚ illegal smuggling‚ and gangs‚ marijuana was used for natural and normal everyday uses. Marijuana also has some more common names that include but not limited to pot‚ weed‚ grass‚ dope‚ or herb. For simplicity sakes‚ I’m going to call marijuana weed‚ pot‚ and herb. I am going to be writing about the history of weed‚ the legality of marijuana‚ and the different types of marijuana
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Illegal How people could think that marijuana is immoral or “simply illegal” has not had to deal with extreme intolerable pain. Numerous people in the United States and around the world do not just see marijuana‚ also known by several phrases such as; cannabis‚ “mary jane”‚ “pot”‚ reefer‚ hooch‚ the left hand cigarette‚ “smoke”‚ and break time activity. But they see it as an essential medicine that alleviates debilitating symptoms. From headaches‚ to spasms‚ loss of
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are associated with its use. The paper examines briefly the history of marijuana legislation‚ marijuana ’s known effects‚ and conclusions about its danger. Early in this century‚ the government waged a war of terrorism on marijuana‚ or cannabis sativa. "By 1937‚ forty-six states had laws against the use of marijuana‚ and its use had already been made a criminal offense under federal law" (Jaffe‚ 659). Andrews pointed out that "not until some time in the early 1930s did the Louisianna legislature
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Hello‚ my name is ___________‚ and I am going to talk to you today about why marijuana should be legalized in the United States. Marijuana legalization is a very heated topic that has great controversy and is rarely discussed or taken seriously among US politicians because politicians are too preoccupied in preserving their seats in congress‚ and taking on marijuana legalization would be political suicide. Politicians and the media want the public‚ to believe that marijuana is a ”gateway drug”
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Legalize It Lobdell 1 Legalize It Legalizing Marijuana has been a controversial and extremely volatile topic ever since the 1970’s. Many people hold strong beliefs regarding this topic and the subsequent laws that have been passed in certain states for the use of the recreational drug. However‚ marijuana is not just a recreational drug‚ but has many different wonderful medical purposes for the American people. Marijuana should be legalized for recreational and medical purposes throughout this country
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Kevin Kogelman Mrs. Turner English 131.74 November 4‚ 2014 Marijuana in today’s society In today’s society many people look at marijuana in both bad and good ways. There has been a long term controversy over the legalization of Marijuana in the United States. Even though marijuana is still medically illegal in some states because of its health risks‚ it has helped many people with diseases and disorders. Some may say that it should be legal to create a source of additional tax revenues‚ and also
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