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    November 2011 Marijuana: Cause and Effect Today in America‚ millions of American citizens are both confused and outraged by the fact that there are still laws that are preventing people from using one of the most popular and controversial‚ illegal substances in the world: marijuana. According to recent polls‚ fifty percent of Americans want marijuana to be completely legal and decriminalized (Blodget)‚ and a whopping eighty percent of Americans want it to be at least legalized for medical use (RangelMD)

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    Medical marijuana is the snake oil of the 21st century. Snake oil‚ popular in the 18th century for the relief of pain and disease‚ was proven to have no real value or any remedy. Much like snake oil‚ medical marijuana has no value as medicine. Marijuana is a Schedule 1 narcotic and is among the list of some of the most potent drugs that can be taken. The DEA‚ Drug Enforcement Agency‚ considers it lacking medical merit and having a high potential for abuse as it can be addictive and people can become

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    Medical marijuana is a form of marijuana that is given to people who need or use marijuana for medical reasons. Medical marijuana is illegal in some states of America‚ or legal with rules to it. Medical marijuana is used to treat several serious illnesses‚ behaviors‚ and disabilities of people all around the world. It is less harmful than alcohol‚ cigarettes‚ and some pharmaceuticals. There are some myths about marijuana that people believe are true. Medical marijuana should be legalized in every

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    Most marijuana‚ also called medical cannabis‚ that’s sold legally as medicine has the same ingredients as the kind that people use for pleasure. But some medical marijuana is specially grown to have less of the harmful and dangerous chemicals. But even though it can have less chemicals‚ it still comes with many consequences‚ especially if the user takes more than the prescribed amount. Plus only some medical marijuana is grown to have less of these chemicals. Medical marijuana is harmful to the

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    Cause and Effect Essay Marijuana can be found on every college campus in Canada and is the drug of choice coming in right behind alcohol. The Department of Justice Canada conducted a survey and found that‚ “almost one-third (29%) of college students had reported using marijuana during the previous 12 months of 1998. (http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/rs/rep-rap/2002/qa02_2-qr02_2/p2.html). According to a similar study‚ the majority of students on college campuses that use marijuana will also participate

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    Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects Keith Reese COM/156 7/23/2014 Jennifer Preus Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects In 1936‚ George Herliman produced the propaganda film “Tell Your Children”‚ later titled “Reefer Madness”(“IMBD”‚ 1990-2014). This film‚ financed by a church group to display the exaggerated consequences of marijuana usage‚ was intended to inspire fear in parents and children alike. Though marijuana legalization has become a front burner topic‚ one would

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    Medical marijuana should be legalized because it can relieve pain‚ as in‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis‚ cancer and AIDS‚ it is less toxic than most drugs that physicians prescribe to patients every day. The Pain Management of America said “There are few things more frightening in life than receiving a cancer diagnosis. Fortunately for cancer patients‚ medical marijuana may be an effective cancer treatment and an alternative to many drugs currently

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    The issue on legalizing marijuana is a very controversial topic in the U.S. and all around the world. This is an issue for the fact that some people are being denied medical treatments just because marijuana has been illegal and misunderstood for so long. For as long as anyone can remember medical and legal marijuana has been seen in the negative side of the news and bad opinions by the general population. In recent years people‚ local governments‚ and state governments in the United States have

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    [Medicinal Marijuana] [Heather Bryant] Communication and compostition (COM156) University of Phoenix‚ Axia College [October 20‚ 2012] Medicinal Marijuana use in the United States Although many individuals find medical marijuana illegal‚ and unnecessary‚ it is a natural herb used to help symptoms caused by chronic illnesses. Over three million Americans use medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is the most widely used drug used to treat chronic illnesses in seventeen

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    Marijuana Madness: A Look at Organizational Implications After the release of the film “Reefer Madness” in 1936 and all of the horrible things marijuana is purported to make a person do‚ who would have thought marijuana would ever gain legal status anywhere in the U.S.? It only took 76 years but on November 6th‚ 2012 marijuana became legal for recreational use in two states: Colorado and Washington. This report aims to analyze the many organizational aspects that need to be established in order

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