Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana‚ which comes from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa‚ is the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S. About 4% of American adults smoke pot at least once a year. Roughly 1% of adults abuse pot‚ and one in 3 00 have a pot addiction. The rates of marijuana smoking in adults have remained stable since the 1990s. However‚ the rates of addiction to pot have risen significantly over that same period. And‚ according to recent government studies‚ as many as 30% of
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Federalism on Legalizing of Marijuana Timothy E. Linder POL. 201 Stephen Chortanoff October 15‚ 2013 I wanting to begin this paper with my introduction showing a summarized relationship I share with the subject matter. My Life has always been a combination of right or wrong chooses and good or bad experiences‚ but my life with marijuana was an experience that was full of relaxation and no stress. In addition‚ marijuana helped me free my mind and focus on ways to change the direction of my
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Argumentative Essay Legalizing/or not legalizing use of marijuana in the US November 30‚ 2012 Legalizing/or not legalizing use of marijuana in the US The problems and violence caused by the use of illicit drugs‚ and the lack of efficient measures by the government to reduce the use of these substances has affected both society and businesses. In recent years‚ many politicians have debated the pros and cons of decriminalizing marijuana‚ even the population voted to decide whether to legalize
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What Is Hemp Seed? Understanding the Five Surprising Benefits of the Healthiest Seed in the World What is hemp seed? Do you think it’s some kind of a drug? Absolutely not. The hemp seed is actually a gift from nature. Produced by the hemp plant‚ it is usually confused with marijuana‚ for they belong to the same family. But the truth is‚ these plants are a bit different. Hemp contains not more than 1% of psychoactive drug‚ while marijuana has 20% or more. In fact‚ hemp seeds are the healthiest seed
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Industrial Hemp Struggles With Marijuana Stigma As the issue of legalizing marijuana remains complicated and highly controversial‚ a lesser-known yet increasingly significant side effect continues to transpire in the background: the suppression of its incredibly useful and diverse distant cousin‚ industrial hemp. Both marijuana and hemp have a long history in the United States. Unfortunately‚ because both plants are from the cannabis species‚ hemp was pigeonholed into a “dangerous drug” classification
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discussion of just completely legalizing the plant. Two states‚ Colorado and Washington have already gone that route and have legalized marijuana entirely to be regulated in the same fashion as alcohol. The legalization of marijuana in the United States could have many positive and negative effects‚ but the positive will far outweigh the negative and the legalization of marijuana would greatly benefit our country as a whole. The main concern that many Americans have with legalizing marijuana‚ who will be
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Cannabis‚ otherwise known as marijuana‚ is a very controversial topic. People view it as good while others view it as a bad drug. But do people actually know the good that is has and the research that has been done on it by major universities from around the world such as Harvard University here in the United States. I doubt that majority of the population has even done their own research on it‚ and they believe only what the government wants you to believe‚ which is that it is bad. In 2007 Harvard
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The facts cited herein are generally verifiable in the Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ which was printed primarily on paper produced with cannabis hemp for over 150 years. However‚ any encyclopedia (no matter how old) or good dictionary will do for general verification purposes. From more than 1‚000 years before the time of Christ until 1883 A.D.‚ cannabis hemp‚ indeed‚ marijuana was our planetís largest agricultural crop and most important industry‚ involving thousands of products and enterprises; producing
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about the Hemp plant. Hemp is almost always associated with Marijuana by the general public which by and large tends to be seen as a negative relationship. Im not stating weather or not I think that Marijuana is bad or good nor is that the point of this paper‚ thats is however is it ’s own paper entirely. Im here to inform you about the Hemp plant and about the multiple of other uses of the plant that have nothing to do with its THC content and the medicinal uses that go along with that. Hemp is actually
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Name: Spenser Edwards Speech Topic: Legalizing Marijuana Should America Legalize Marijuana I. Introduction A. Attention Getter B. Specific Purpose Statement C. Credibility Statement D. Preview of Main Points 1. 2. 3. 4. (Transition) II. Body (sentences in body should be complete sentences) A. Pro/For 1 1. Supporting Material The United States is currently has over 17 trillion dollars in debt( statistic) 2. Supporting Material According to congress
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