Everyone has heard of the plant marijuana. It goes by many names such as weed‚ pot‚ keef‚ hash‚ but not a lot of people really know what it can really do. Marijuana is a very controversial plant‚ or drug‚ that has been around the world‚ has had multiple uses‚ and can have incredible effects on the body. The origins of marijuana can be traced all the way back to the beginning of mankind. Many ancient civilizations used it for medical and religious‚ or spiritual‚ properties. The use of this plant
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medical use of marijuana. An article titled‚ “Recent Research on Medical Marijuana ” published by Paul Armentano‚ the deputy director of the NORML foundation‚ discusses the benefits of the use of marijuana in the medical world. The NORML foundation is a nonprofit foundation that was founded in 1997 to help educate the public about marijuana and marijuana laws/policies. They also help victims of current marijuana laws. Reading the article provided me with insight about the ways marijuana can aid those
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Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects Keith Reese COM/156 7/23/2014 Jennifer Preus Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects In 1936‚ George Herliman produced the propaganda film “Tell Your Children”‚ later titled “Reefer Madness”(“IMBD”‚ 1990-2014). This film‚ financed by a church group to display the exaggerated consequences of marijuana usage‚ was intended to inspire fear in parents and children alike. Though marijuana legalization has become a front burner topic‚ one would
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| Marijuana | And Why The Government Should Legalize It | | Melissa Kenyon | 2/26/2012 | | Should the federal government legalize the use of marijuana? In my opinion yes it should be legalized! First off yes I have smoked it in the past as an adult and as a teenager. And I think it helped me. I have ADHD and it relaxed me. It also helped me to calm down and not be as hyper. I feel that it is not a gateway drug. Using Marijuana did not make me use other drugs. I feel it is safer
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Marijuana: Beneficial and Risky Should there be a national legalization of marijuana as a prescription and clinical drug for medicinal treatment? Imagine a loved one lying in bed at a hospital and have just undergone chemotherapy for their cancer treatment. Side effects of chemotherapy have begun and that individual cannot stop from constantly vomiting. Every type of medication prescribed by the doctor has absolutely no effect in relieving the unbearable pain of nausea and headache. The news
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Debate over marijuana in the state of Alabama Deborah Dean HUM/111 January 26‚ 2014 Cathy Alder Debate over marijuana in the state of Alabama Legalizing of the use of marijuana has been a hot issue this past year in many states of the United States. Since I live in the state of Alabama‚ I was wondering what my state is doing. The 2014 Legislative session started January 14‚ 2014. In the session there was a bill introduced for making marijuana a lesser crime of offense. The HB76 bill would change
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LEGALIZE IT! The debates over same sex marriage have been a long term conversation. As homosexual couples began to insist on recognition‚ some nations took the issue onto their policy agenda. But there are some arguments whic are against same sex marriage. The most important question here is “why?”. According to social constructionist thought‚ this hostility to same sex marriage is not because of internal logic‚ but because of cultural attitudes (Eskridge‚ 1993‚ p.1423) . However‚ this is not a
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? When it comes to marijuana legalization‚ people automatically assume that it is a bad thing because of what they have been told and immediately do not want it legalized. People should first do their own research on it‚ before they judge it. Marijuana can not only help the person that is pro-marijuana‚ but it could also help the people against it. It has been proven that marijuana has more positive impacts than negative impacts. Most people think that because it gives
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The issue of marijuana legalization has been a controversial topic for the past four decades. Over the past several years‚ many states within the United States have began to liberalize their marijuana laws‚ which has caused many to question whether or not marijuana prohibition should be ended. In reality‚ it is difficult to make a one-sided judgment on the legalization of marijuana because on one hand the drug can be widely used for medical purposes‚ and on the other hand it is still able to cause
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3-12-13 Medical Marijuana Pot‚ weed‚ ganja‚ grass so many different names for the same thing‚ Marijuana. A combination of shredded leaves‚ stems and flower buds‚ marijuana has been a part of humanities medicine chest for over 5000 years. One of the 50 fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine‚ some think it as a medicine some think of it as a drug. New Hampshire being the only state in New England without medical marijuana; a recent poll shows that 79% of adults in New Hampshire
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