How marijuana affects our body Effects on the brain * As THC enters the brain‚ it causes the user to feel euphoric—or high. Along with euphoria‚ relaxation is another frequently reported effect in human studies. Other effects‚ which vary dramatically among different users‚ include heightened sensory perception (e.g.‚ brighter colors)‚ laughter‚ altered perception of time‚ and increased appetite. After a while‚ the euphoria subsides‚ and the user may feel sleepy or depressed. Occasionally
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Since 1973‚ when abortion-on-demand was legalized‚ more than 15 million unborn children have had their lives snuffed out by legalized abortions. That is more than ten times the number of Americans that lost their lives in the nation’s wars. However‚ abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. Not too long after the Roe v. Wade decision‚ Professor John Hart Ely‚ who is now Dean of Stanford Law School‚ said that the decision “is not constitutional law and gives almost no sense of
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Jannys Ramos Lambert Professor Joe McDade English Composition 2 11 November 2014 Marijuana is a drug that people love and may hate. Weed produces a pleasurable feeling too many people and to others it produces relief. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) the ingredient in marijuana that produces the high‚ remains in the body for 2 to 4 weeks (Cary‚ 2006) Marijuana impairs attention and coordination and slows reaction time‚ and these effects make operating complex machinery such as an automobile dangerous
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For the past decade‚ the regulation and legalization of recreational marijuana has been a controversial topic in the United States‚ provoking numerous debates among politicians and policy makers. Marijuana‚ according to “Marijuana Legalization and Regulation”‚ has been legalized in five states that have changed their laws to allow small amounts of marijuana: Colorado‚ Washington‚ Oregon‚ Alaska‚ and Washington D.C. The legalization of the drug across all 50 states is becoming more popular than ever
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financial‚ or public security reasons. Marijuana has been proven to treat numerous life hindering‚ and even life intimidating diseases. Although it is not a remedy‚ marijuana can ease the discomfort and suffering of a dying person. Another benefit of legalization is the financial gains that governments will accomplish through the taxation of marijuana. This is a realistic claim if marijuana sales are compared to that of cigarettes; governments make billions each year from cigarette taxes. Every year law
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democratic society that values individual rights. Experiments with the prohibition of alcohol failed miserably and cost many people their lives. A form of regulated legalization of drugs‚ such as marijuana would be a middle ground that recognizes the inevitability of drug use and strives to make it as safe as possible. With the legalization of marijuana a whole new array of possibilities opens up. The government can increase tax revenue by putting a sales tax on marijuana. By increasing taxes on
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Legalization of Drugs: Against Everyone agrees that something must be done about the tremendous physical and emotional health problems that drug abuse causes. Concern about the abuse of drugs is so widespread that recent polls indicate it to be one of the most serious problems in today’s world‚ threatening the security and freedom of whole nations. Politicians‚ health experts and much of the general public feel that no issue is more important than drug abuse. America’s other pressing social
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Pursuit of legalization 14‚140‚254 people are living with cancer of any site in the United States & 1‚218‚400 persons aged 13 years and older are living with HIV infections. In the article We must stop the war on marijuana Andrew Weil discusses the many benefits of marijuana in a medicinal setting. Although the article was written in 2002‚ its subject matter is more than relevant in 2016. Weil elaborates on a trio of topics; first‚ he addresses the staggering amount of ill that could be relieved
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already legalized recreational use of marijuana” (Hajizadeh 455). Policy diffusion is a very intriguing tool for the Canadian government to use in the situation involving legalizing marijuana. “Although experience of legalization in these states is different from the national legalization in Canada‚ these examples still can provide valuable information during the drafting of the new law in Canada.”
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Victoria Cantu Professor Moore English 1301-033 16 July 2012 Should Marijuana Be Legalized? In her essay “Here ’s why I ’m against legalizing marijuana‚” Loolwa Khazzoom addresses the debate about legalizing marijuana in the United States. Around 2003‚ Khazzoom visited Amsterdam‚ where marijuana was legal. In an attempt to avoid marijuana‚ she searched for an internet café free from smoke‚ and failed. She resorted to the downstairs area of a café where the designated smoking section was upstairs
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