The War on Drugs is such a huge issue in today’s society. What is the war on drugs? It refers to the governmental programs intended to suppress the consumption of certain recreational drugs. There are many other drugs that are more harmful to your body then marijuana. Alcohol and tobacco‚ which are legal “drugs”‚ are two of them. There are many reasons to why the government should legalize marijuana and there are also many reasons to why the government should not legalize marijuana. Today I
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benefit to people like this who are extremely ill but have a difficult time eating and staying nourished Smoking medical marijuana may not be enough to effectively fight cancer‚ severe pain‚ siezures and symptoms of many other diseases. Most of the cannabis medication is waste into the air when smoked and it is not really healthy to smoke anything. Slide 14: Marijuana smoke contains cancer-causing substances Some research shows that marijuana smoke has up to 70% more cancer-causing substances
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We should legalize marijuana because it would be a great tax source for the government‚ it would help out farmers‚ it would create many jobs‚ it would eliminate a good majority of the jail population‚ it would lessen the amount of tension that we see around us‚ and it is a safe drug. Although there are many good reasons that we should legalize marijuana‚ there are also some good reasons that we should not legalize it. These include it would increase the amount of lazy people‚ it might be hard to
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Multiple sclerosis‚ Glaucoma‚ Arthritis‚ Depression‚ Anxiety‚ Hepatitis C‚ Morning sickness‚ (Smith‚ 2012) to name a few have benefited from the use of cannabis‚ whether it is smoked or ingested. There has been a tremendous amount of research on this issue for many years. Yet there continues to be a constant dispute about legalizing cannabis for medical purposes. One of the reasons is that with all the different strains of marijuana it is difficult for physicians to determine the appropriate
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Alcohol vs. Marijuana There are many sedatives to disconnect from reality in the modern world of today. All of them are used everyday but there are two main drugs that are affecting modern day America‚ that is between marijuana and alcohol. Which is better? Are the two different? We can’t disconnect these two completely from the world‚ we’ve tried prohibiting alcohol for a solid 13 years. That didn’t last too long. The first documented date marijuana became illegal was 1906. ( Charles Q. Choi
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The Forbidden Medicine. London: Yale University Press‚ 1997. Grinspoon‚ Lester and Bakalar‚ James B. "Marihuana as Medicine: A Plea for Reconstruction". Journal of the American Medical Association 273 (21 June 1995): 1875-6. Mathre‚ Mary Lynn. Cannabis in Medical Practice: A Legal‚ Historical and Pharmacological Overview of the Therapeutic Use of Marijuana. Jefferson‚ NC: McFarland & Co.‚ 1997. Richardson‚ P. Mick. Flowering Plants: Magic in Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishing‚ 1993. Stwertka
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in the nation’s behavior as a whole. One’s psychological health is very vital to a great quality of life; marijuana legalization could lead to an array of mental mishaps due to the initial rise in marijuana usage. The psychological effects that cannabis induces on a body would include cognitive impairment along with a decrease in psychomotor skills (Hall‚ Solowij‚ and Lemon 1). While these side effects might only be temporary‚ a prolonged use of marijuana could make these effects more chronic. This
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also be used to replace many pain pills that damage our kidneys and cause major addictions. Studies show that smoking marijuana can help lessen nerve pain or pain caused by surgery. "About 10% to 15% of patients attending a chronic pain clinic use cannabis as part of their pain control strategy"(Doheny‚ 2010‚ Marijuana Relieves Chronic Pain). Lower Crime Rates In 2011‚ after legalizing marijuana in California‚ the juvenile crime rate dropped 20 percent. The number of arrests for violent crimes dropped
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Legalizing Marijuana Despite to contrary beliefs marijuana is not as bad as other legal intoxicants i.e. alcohol and tobacco substances. Marijuana is recognized all over the world. This plant is known to be a drug that gives users a “high” and is illegal in almost every location all over the world. Some states are very strict when it comes to enforcing that law while others states are very easy going. In our days people are still trying to decide whether or not they should side with legalizing
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Attitudes on Legalizing Marijuana Black Hills State University Abstract With the differing views of political parties‚ the debate regarding the legalization of marijuana has been an ongoing controversy that has shown the ability to divide persona and social attitudes especially in regards to an individual’s political party affiliation and their political views. To determine the validity of the above given statement‚ data was gathered from the General Social Surveys ranging from 1994-2000
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