BY: Lillian Richard Hemp to Save Our Trees Worldwide we are seeing a devastation of our forests due to paper production. Consumption of wood products has risen 64% since 1961. Globally‚ pulp for paper‚ has risen from 40% in 1998‚ to an expected 60% over the next 50 years. The industry expects that demand to double by 2050. The U.S. consumes 200‚000‚000 tons of wood products annually‚ increasing by 4% every year. U.S. paper producers consume 1 billion trees each year (735 pounds of paper for
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Drugs are a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many people are even considering legalization of one of the most used drugs‚ marijuana. The legalization of marijuana is a controversial issue that has been fought for and against for several decades. Marijuana is defined as a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant‚ which is usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria and to heal and soothe. (dictionalr.com)
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Marijuana Prohibition Has Failed United States In today’s society‚ criminalizing the use of marijuana has proved to be as effective as prohibition ended the consumption of alcohol in 1920. In retrospect‚ many people find ways in which to illegally obtain the drug. This drug has infiltrated our nation to the point that many citizens find the drug readily available in society and according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse‚ 34.8% of 12th graders admitted to abusing the drug in the year prior
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Kurtaran 1 Ayşe Nur Kurtaran Cansu Özge Özmen 1110121024 18 May 2017 Marijuana’s Effects On Human Health This research paper is written to discuss marijuana’s effects on human health. It has been a great discussion topic whether it has positive effects or negative effects on human health since marijuana became legal in some of european countries. Now‚ I would like to give a brief abstract about the topic I research. The psychological and biological state that occur in using marijuana is
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Chris Marlin Dr.Arlandson Eniglish 101 10/14/13 Marijuana Law going down in Smoke Marijuana has been gaining in popularity for many years now and is only becoming more and more popular. This has led to many states across the U.S starting to legalize the plant for medicinal purposes‚ which has brought up the discussion of just completely legalizing the plant. Two states‚ Colorado and Washington have already gone that route and have legalized marijuana entirely to be regulated in the same fashion
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drug in the United States (NIDA). Regardless of political views marijuana has astonishing effects‚ specifically on young adults or teens. Marijuana‚ also known as weed‚ pot‚ herb‚ bud‚ Mary Jane‚ grass‚ MJ‚ chronic‚ ganja and more derives from the hemp plant Cannabis Sativa. Whether the plant is dried and smoked or mixed into an edible form the user attempts to attain the active chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in order to get high. Through research many questions about the effect of the
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readers all the information needed to fully understand why my argument is correct. You will see questions with answers as well as facts to advance my argument. What is marijuana? Marijuana refers to the dried leaves‚ flowers‚ stems‚ and seeds from the hemp plant‚ Cannabis sativa. The plant contains the mind-altering chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other related compounds. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. Marijuana is used in many ways with different
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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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of marijuana prohibition: $42 billion per year. http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=860 Lynch‚ S. (2008‚ July 11). Time Health. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0‚8599‚1821697‚00.html NAIHC. (1997‚ October 06). North american industrial hemp council. http://naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_facts.html Stamper‚ N. (2010‚ April 20). Cnbc marijuana & money. http://www.cnbc.com/id/36201668/Legalization_Will_Reduce_Crime_Free_Up_Police_Resources Stutman‚ B. (2009‚ March). Businessweek.com. http://www
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In the 1800’s‚ cannabis‚ more commonly known as marijuana‚ was legal in most states in the United States‚ and was mostly used for medicinal purposes. The first notable instance of regulation in the U.S. was in 1906‚ with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. After the Mexican Revolution in 1910‚ Mexican immigrants introduced the American public to marijuana use recreationally. Following the widespread use of marijuana in the ensuing years‚ more and more states created laws regulating marijuana use
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