Cigarettes claim 400‚000 American’s lives every year. The use of all illegal drugs combined - cocaine‚ heroin‚ marijuana‚ angel dust‚ LSD‚ etc. account for only about 3‚000 deaths annually. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse‚ however‚ there have been no deaths that can be unequivocally attributed to marijuana use. Yet‚ the federal government has banned the use of marijuana‚ while allowing alcohol and cigarettes‚ even allowing them to be advertised on television and in magazines. Cigarettes
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Topic: Economics and Medical Marijuana. Narrow Topic: Impacting Lives and the Economy through legalization. In 800 BC the Aztec and native people had herbal healers that prescribed marijuana in different forms according to the ailment and age of the patient. The herbal healers used their whole world as their pharmacy and plants as their medicines. The herb was made in liquid form for the young or eaten and dried like tobacco for smoking by the elderly (Beau‚ 2011). Medical Marijuana refers to the use
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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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Medical Marijuana has become a popular subject in today’s society. Medical Marijuana refers to the use of cannabis and its cannabinoids to treat disease or improve symptoms. This substance is commonly utilized by many teens and adults for recreational and medical reasons such as dealing with depression. Many people overlook what this substance can do for us. Medical cannabis can change lives. It has shown positive results for people with serious illnesses and chronic pain. This substance has become
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School The legalization of Marijuana By Zachery Cywinski Marijuana has a lot of beneficial characteristics for many different types of people and can make an impact on people’s lives especially those who benefit from its medicinal aspects. Marijuana has also been around for thousands of years and has been used by many generations for many different things like‚ feeding livestock‚ making rope and even in building materials and many more things as well. Marijuana should be legalized in all
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Michele Sanchez ENC1101 Professor Goldberg December 15‚ 2014 Legalization of Medical Marijuana My father is a diabetic and is currently a medical marijuana patient in California due to his poor eating habits. He was prescribed medical marijuana to lower and control his insulin level. In a multicenter collaboration‚ researchers found that regular marijuana use was associated with better blood sugar control in diabetics‚ according to an Elsevier press release (Rizk‚ par.2). The team was able to
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their patients. A well-known controversy in today’s society is the use of medical marijuana. Already 28 states of 50 have allowed its citizens to use medical marijuana when prescribed by a physician. However‚ it is still a controlled substance and a level 1 illegal drug. “In June 2011‚ the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) denied a petition to reschedule marijuana and reiterated that there was no scientific or medical evidence to support such a move (Marcoux‚ 2013).” Legislation has played
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Should marijuana be legal or not The matter of weather marijuana should be legal or not has been a question that has been asked for many years. However; no one clearly has the answer only opinions. Marijuana has many different identifications such as‚ weed‚ pot grass‚ reefer‚ ganja‚ Mary Jane‚ blunt‚ joint‚ and or roach. Marijuana has an ingredient known as THC. This affects the nerve cells in the part of the brain where memories are formed (ncadi.samhsa.gov 2003) Marijuana makes a person lose
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Today marijuana is one of the most discussed and controversial topics in the U.S. The issue at hand is the fact that it’s being legalized for recreational use as well as medical. Many state there is a “high potential for abuse” and should remain illegal. Yet‚ among the arguments‚ proponents of medical marijuana have presented a stronger argument for legalization through their use of research and evidence. Marijuana was first legalized in Europe for recreational use. In the U.S there are nine
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About Medical Marijuana Marijuana is medicine. It has been used for thousands of years to treat a wide variety of ailments. Marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) was legal in the United States for all purposes - industrial and recreational‚ as well as medicinal until 1937. Today‚ only eight Americans are legally allowed to use marijuana as medicine. NORML is working to restore marijuana’s availability as medicine. Medicinal Value Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically
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