to the use of harder drugs and causes more petty crime. The second view is that if it became legal then fewer people would have to sneak around to get cannabis and therefore not get caught up in the underworld of drugs‚ and that would stop the lead on to harder drugs. Also cannabis can be used for medical purposes such as a painkiller‚ and to relieve the symptoms of diseases such as multiple sclerosis. I don’t believe that the use of drugs necessarily leads on to the use of harder drugs. The argument
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THE STUDY OF AND THE EFFECTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA It was once thought to be one of the most dangerous illegal drugs on the planet‚ polarizing the public’s opinion. In today’s world people’s opinion have swayed a bit for medical reasons specifically. Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug used on the planet. For decades the global supply of the marijuana was controlled by criminals‚ but now it has become a legal industry worth billions of dollars. It is roughly a 120 billion dollar industry
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you about the benefits and risks in legalizing medical marijuana Introduction: Attention Getter: Do you know the true use and effects on marijuana? The controversy over medical marijuana seems to be that the fact that it produces cammanoids with is an effect that causes druglike effects around the body (Statistical Data) Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco)‚ and has been used by nearly 100 million Americans. According to government
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control and privation‚ that 39.9 percent of youthful has used legal synthetic drugs at least once. The statistics shows an increase of 3.1 percent from the survey results in 2009. A similar data of 11.4 percent of USA 12th graders have used ‘’spice’’ or ‘’K2’’ (brands of synthetic cannabis) in the last years (Bhatty‚ Sanaa‚Wu & Wendell‚ 2013). Synthetic drugs are mostly common in young people. It also found that daily use of synthetic cannabis is now at 30 years peak level in the midst of high school
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introduced the use of recreational drugs into everyday life for their sole purpose of creating artificial happiness. The utilization of soma formed another world for the consumers to live in‚ a world full of happiness and euphoria: “By this time the soma had begun to work. Eyes shone‚ cheeks were flushed‚ the inner light of universal benevolence broke out on every face in happy‚ friendly smiles” (Huxley 81). Is this where 21st century America is headed with its use of marijuana‚ or do we use it for entirely
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marijuana. The legalization of marijuana is a subject that has been debated for many years. Some advocate the use of the drug for medical purposes‚ whereas others believe it should be decriminalized for recreational use‚ and we cannot forget those who are simply against the use of the drug on a whole. Some states have altered laws decreasing the penalties associated with marijuana use and possession‚ and many more are considering getting on board. Eric A Voth wrote an article “Should Marijuana be
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America the use and sell of recreational marijuana is illegal and taking seriously by authorities. Over half of the people in the USA smoke or have smoked marijuana. Marijuana is a plan that can be grown almost anywhere and can be smoke to experience relaxation. Marijuana should be legal to the people of America because this is a free country and if the vote is more than fifty percent that means the majority of people want it to be legal. The people of America should not hide the use of marijuana
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could hurt‚ much less kill you as in the commercial. | It’s a problem - I think most people would agree that a single use of drugs could potentially be deadly. | | OK‚ so as far as this video is concerned‚ our challenge is to keep kids from even trying drugs. How do we express that? I would say something like ’How can we prevent adolescents from experimenting with drugs?’ | That is way too general. | That is a bit general. | That is a bit specific. | That is way too specific.
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or dangerous as alcohol and other gateway drugs‚ and that is some of the reasons why many people want to legalize marijuana. Marijuana should stay illegal in the United States because if it is made legal‚ more and more people will smoke it‚ which will cause negative effects on health and families. If marijuana is made legal‚ people will think smoking marijuana is something that they can do every single day at any given time‚ which will increase drug use. People will smoke marijuana without getting
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agreement about the use of marijuana. In recent year’s drug policy have been increasingly challenged‚ especially in America. In the United States a group of nearly twenty states has allowed the medical use of marijuana‚ even though neither the federal government nor the United Nations Convention recognize that marijuana has medical uses. In the election of November 2012‚ Washington State passed a referendum‚ and Colorado an amendment to its Constitution‚ which allow the recreational use of marijuana. A
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