Marijuana use has become a prevalent topic among society and legalization has become a popular issue in domestic policy. It is commonly referred to as the “gateway drug” and is proven to have a plethora of short-term effects on the body. Recently‚ research has begun to show that a chronic use of marijuana affects the body in a larger scope as well. While there are many arguments advocating the legalization of marijuana; the harmful effects of marijuana outweigh the possible positive uses. These harmful
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no to 44% yes (LA Times). If I were a voter in California‚ I would have supported the legalization of marijuana for many reasons. I find marijuana to be a drug that could ultimately help the state of California as well as the United States as a whole. Many voters and critics feared that the legalization of marijuana would intensify drug abuse. This is the main reason the Proposition failed. Prop. 19 would have allowed Californians 21 and older to grow up to 25 square feet of cannabis plants
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Responsibility Prof. Donna Falloon May 16‚ 2011 Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America behind only alcohol and tobacco‚ and is estimated that nearly 80 million Americans use it at least one occasion. According to government surveys‚ some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year‚ and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Being used for medicinal purposes or simply for recreational‚ there are not only laws to consider
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ago‚ with references to Cannabis dating back to medical and religious Chinese and Indian texts. Cannabis was also used in the West as hemp fibre‚ for industrial purposes‚ before it was used for medical use by W.B. O’Shaughnessy. Through this essay‚ I will be evaluating cannabis as a recreational drug‚ which has occurred since the 1840’s seen in hashish clubs and bars‚ and will be analysing the advantages and disadvantages of the legalisation and criminalisation of cannabis to determine whether cannabis
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views of what’s right‚ wrong and just out right unexceptable. Sports are very competitive by nature so many athletes choose to use whatever means necessary to be better than the next guy. Some think that it’s just the nature of the game‚ but others think that it’s a disgrace to the world of sports. Lance Armstrong is a great example of this‚ he used performance enhancing drugs to quickly make him the best pro-cycler in the world. He has won numerous medals and awards‚ outside of cycling he is a more
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(covering too much) or too narrow (covering too little). It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. Part 1: Complete the Research Plan |What is your general topic or area of interest? |Drug (recreational drug use) | | | | |
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know some new drugs like marijuana‚ amphetamines‚ and psychedelics. So the drug started to explode and the U.S. Government needs to find an effective way to solve the problems. In 1973‚ the U.S. created the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to enforce federal drug law. Since then‚ the war against drug became a big issue. People use drug for different reasons. But what exactly is drug? Drug is anything that affects both mind and body when it enters the body system. Some people use drug by prescription
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are going to smoke cannabis if it’s legalized or not so our country should legalize it and make money. Legalizing cannabis will help our country economically‚ help patients that truly do benefit from the drug‚ and help decrease the amount of street drug dealing. To some of the patients that use medical cannabis it is very difficult for them to get if they don’t live in a state where it is legal. In California it is semi legal because with a license from a doctor people can go to a medical cannabis
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hated but yet very beneficial drug in the world. The United States has had strict laws against the use and distribution of marijuana since 1937. (The Union‚ Brett Harvey) Federal and state laws on medicinal marijuana are very different from each other. Cannabis has a lot of health benefits‚ this is the reason California was the first state to legalize it for medicinal purposes. (How weed won the west‚ Kevin Booth) People in America have been getting arrested for the use and possession of marijuana
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District of Columbia have legalized the recreational use of cannabis. Whether you are for or against the use of cannabis for medicinal or recreational purposes. Research by the Food and Drug Administration could be done‚ but without the Drug Enforcement Agency reclassifying cannabis as a drug with possible health benefits‚ this will never happen. Those opposed to across the board legalization believe that this will open the door to greater drug use‚ especially with children. Opponents also claim
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