Final Paper December 14‚ 2009 Cannabis: The Billion Dollar Crop When most people are asked about their opinion of marijuana‚ not very many actually have a problem with the drug itself. The driving force behind their decision to be against marijuana is based mostly on the fact that it is illegal. TIME magazine held a poll on their website in which they asked their readers if marijuana should be legalized. Given that TIME’s website is not likely to be a full representation of ALL their readers‚ nor
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disobey unjust laws." Martin Luther King Jr. Many people ask “why should marijuana be legalized”? when the real question that we should be asking is “why shouldn’t marijuana be legalized”?. Marijuana also known as hemp is a naturally grown plant that has been around for decades dating back to around 2697 B.C.‚ when the Egyptians would use it to cure many common ailments‚ and the Chinese would use it for therapeutics. Using marijuana not only to cure common illnesses but for your pleasure as well should
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Should Marijuana be Legalized? Citizens of the United States have long asked themselves whether or not marijuana should be legalized. Marijuana has benefits and disadvantages which lend it to being a controversial topic for the government. Those in favor and those in opposition of legalization alike‚ put quite a bit of pressure on the government for resolution on the issue. Today in the United States and most parts of the western world (like Britain‚ Canada‚ and France) marijuana is illegal
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Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana‚ when a person hears this term the first thing that comes into the mind is that it’s a drug which is illegal. Many people believe that the only use of marijuana plant is that it can get you high‚ which isn’t true. The Marijuana‚ cannabis‚ or hemp plant is one of the oldest psychoactive plants known to humanity. Its history dates back as far as 6000 B.C.‚ when cannabis seeds were used as food in early Chinese traditions. People have used the hemp plant for fabric
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Marijuana is a very prominent and controversial issue in society today. Although many slanderous claims have been made about cannabis in recent history‚ the truths are slowly starting to resurface. Unfortunately‚ these truths are under heavy criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as the typical “pot smoker.” This skewed perception of a lazy and unmotivated American is the result of over seventy years of propaganda and misinformation spread by private interests who relied on illegal
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Medical Marijuana vs. Perception Drugs Americans are some of the luckiest people in the world. They have access to an unlimited food‚ technology‚ and medical care. Which is sometimes taken for granted. People eat to make or can’t look away from a screen. People even get addicted to prescription drugs. Is it worse than medical marijuana. Although marijuana is know as as drug that people should stay away from‚ but is it better than prescription drugs‚ marijuana can help with many aliments‚ medical
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Cocaine Base (Crack Cocaine) As mentioned above‚ powder cocaine cannot be smoked unless chemically altered using the dangerous freebasing technique. Late summer of 1985‚ New York City drug dealers put an end to the need for freebasing powder cocaine. These same drug entrepreneurs would revolutionize the sale of cocaine and bring terror to the streets of America. The exact inventor of crack cocaine is unknown‚ but the lasting effects of their discovery is well documented. The benefits of
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the topic of Marijuana Legalization. When some people hear this their mind immediately refers backs to the "Reefer Madness" phobia. Back in the 1930’s the government came out with movies and advertisements that would show people going nuts from smoking pot. They would show the smokers having recreational and unsafe sex with everyone and people trying to kills themselves and others. The movie is a cautionary tale called "Reefer Madness" and is the source of many myths surrounding marijuana. Some people
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Cocaine is it Good‚ Or Bad? "Snow‚" "Blow‚" "Coke‚" all preferably known as Cocaine a drug that has been plaguing the Americas for centuries. In fact‚ it has been the cause for death‚ life and war. It ’s ironic to mention "death" and "life" in the same sentence. But how could this evil drug‚ which ruins many lives‚ provide life in any way? The answer is easy‚ history. Cocaine is not the drug we all expect it to be. Cocaine is originally from the South Americas‚ cocaine comes from a miniature
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Andean Cocaine There were two men who made drugs Alfredo Bignon and Eduardo Balarezo. Coca is a dried leaf of the “subtropical Andean shrub Elthycoxylon.” The traffic of cocaine is over whelming controlled by home grown‚ successful and eminently “Latin” entrepreurs and middle men. Pharmacist Alfredo Bignon had a laboratory of his Droguera Botica Francesa around the corner of main plaza. On March 13‚ 1885 he was going to present his findings of this cocaine to Academia Libre de Medicina de Lima
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