Marijuana also known as cannabis sativa has been falsely criticized since the beginning of the century. The fact is that the legalization of marijuana can have positive effects. Marijuana has been proven to be less likely to create crime‚ it can be used as a medicine‚ and isn’t any more harmful than most other legal substances on the market. It’s hard to understand why it is illegal. Legalizing marijuana would reduce the numbers in our prisons‚ help the country’s Ill citizens‚ and make money
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David Sutherland BCOM/275 February 24‚ 2013 Instructor: Jennifer Buchholz Should marijuana be legalized for personal use? This is a question that many have been asking as well as debating over for many years. Marijuana has been used for many medicinal purposes throughout medical history. However‚ many consider marijuana to be gateway drug that could lead to harder drug use. Many argue that marijuana use poses less of a threat than the use of alcohol or cigarettes and could be a great stimulus
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Medical marijuana is a very common topic of the century in the United States. I would say the country is split 50/50 in favor and against legalizing marijuana nation wide for medical use. Every argument has its pros and cons‚ although the misconception of marijuana as a medical use has supportive reasons that are in favor. Reasons in favor of medical marijuana use ranked in terms of strength and effectiveness are as followed. Treating pain relief‚ chronic nausea from cancer patients treatments‚ help
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What is Marijuana? Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried‚ shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). It is the most often used illegal drug in this country. All forms of cannabis are mind-altering (psychoactive) drugs; they all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ the main active chemical in marijuana. There are about 400 chemicals in a cannabis plant‚ but THC is the one that affects the brain the most. There are many different names for marijuana. Slang terms
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THC triggers brain cells to release the chemical dopamine. Such loss of coordination can be caused by smoking marijuana. And that’s just one of its many negative effects. Marijuana affects memory‚ judgment‚ and perception. Under the influence of marijuana‚ you could fail to remember things you just learned‚ watch your grade point average drop‚ or crash a car. Also‚ since marijuana can affect judgment and decision making‚ using it can cause you to do things you might not do when you are thinking
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Physicians should be able to prescribe marijuana for medical use in situations such as patients suffering from nausea. Marijuana has a positive effect on the appetite. This drug allows its users to become increasingly hungry‚ which will lead to an increased intake of food. This effect is important when suffering from nausea because the illness may lead to patients having a difficult time eating a sufficient amount of food. Unfortunately‚ this may lead to weight loss and a lack of consumption of an
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Outline Form INTRODUCTION: Topic: Legalization of Marijuana Issue: Should Marijuana be legalized in the United States? Thesis Statement: Marijuana should be legalized in the Unites States because it will save tax payers money‚ reduce drug related crimes‚ and relieve the suffering of many terminally ill patients. BODY PARAGRAPHS: I. Topic Sentence that supports the thesis: Making Marijuana legal will save the U.S. government and the average tax payer a lot of money.
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Speech: Legalizing marijuana Introduction: There is in April 2016 going on a debate about legalizing cannabis‚ the drug minister of England is the one who started this debate. A group of students‚ who are studying social science‚ have been inviting him to their university to hold a speech about the ongoing debate. The speech is about to be hold in the election period and the speech holder is a fictive young man; he is British Liberal Democrat‚ and the drug minister in the Britannia. It’s a public
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posted an article titled "Stop What you are Doing and Read: Marijuana Will Kill You." This article can be found at Associated Content here‚ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/138005/stop_what_you_are_doing_and_read_marijuana.html?cat=60. Since I published my piece on the dangers of Marijuana I have had well over 2‚000 individuals read the article. I can imagine many of these people do not smoke the dangerous drug known as Marijuana‚ but many do. I know this from the many comments I received
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Pot. Dope. Cannibis. Grass. Marijuana. For years there has been a negative stigma attached to this plant‚ but that’s exactly what it is‚ a plant‚ something that grows in the ground‚ and it is not inherantly evil like some people believe. It is the use or misuse of it that is good or bad‚ not the plant itself. I think that it is time we look past all that we have been told about the dangers of marijuana and see that it actually has legitimate medical uses. And I believe that if it was something developed
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