The Battle of Marijuana "A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly fifteen hundred pounds of marijuana within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response... In strict medical terms‚ marijuana is far safer than many of the foods we commonly consume. For example‚ eating ten raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison‚ it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death." - DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young Opponents of legalization
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Marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known. No one has ever died from an overdose‚ and it has a wide variety of therapeutic applications‚ including: • Relief from nausea and appetite loss; • Reduction of intraocular (within the eye) pressure; • Reduction of muscle spasms; and • Relief from chronic pain. Marijuana is frequently beneficial in the treatment of the following conditions: AIDS. Marijuana can reduce the nausea‚ vomiting‚ and loss of appetite
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Making the dress code for shorts be one or the other not 6inches or mid-thigh I strongly disagree with the fact of the shorts dress code rule being 6 inches or mid-thigh because if your shorts are 6 inches and not mid-thigh you can be dress coded; also if you shorts are mid-thigh and not 6 inches you can again be dress coded. I believe it is unfair because it gets to the point of you not knowing if the shorts are in dress code that you have to wear jeans all year even when its 100 degrees out
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Written Task 2 – A Critical response Advertisements are a specific kind of media which have the aim to sell an idea or a product to the audience they are directed at. Very often‚ this idea or product is not sold in a direct way but through the use of a metaphor or another stylistic device. This leaves the reader a lot of room for interpretation about what the idea behind the advertisement is. Often‚ depending on the cultural background/context of the reader‚ the interpretation can be very different
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Almond Flour and Sweet Potato Pancakes(Breakfast) By Linda Castaldo Troutman on Monday‚ February 10‚ 2014 at 1:56am Almond Flour and Sweet Potato Pancakes Makes about 12-14 pancakes - I have 2-3 for a serving Linda Castaldo Troutman Ingredients: 1 cup sweet potato puree (I cooked my sweet potatoes in a dry crock pot‚ 2-3 hours on high or 5-6 hours on low. They came out extremely smooth and easy to puree with just a fork.) 2 cups liquid egg whites (or 12 egg whites) - you can substitute
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History of Marijuana Cannabis is indigneous to Central and South Asia Evidence of the inhalation of cannabis smoke can be found in the 3rd millennium BCE‚ as indicated by charred cannabis seeds found in a ritual brazier at an ancient burial site in present day Romania. In 2003‚ a leather basket filled with cannabis leaf fragments and seeds was found next to a 2‚500- to 2‚800-year-old mummified shaman in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. Cannabis is also known to have been
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People have different feelings for animals; many look at them as long life companions and others see them as test subjects to further their studies in medical or experimental research. However people perceive animals‚ animals are being exploited by research facilities and cosmetic companies all across the world. Humans might benefit from the research‚ but the pain‚ the suffering‚ and the deaths of animals is not worth the possible benefits. Animal rights are being violated when they are exploited
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Marijuana should be legalized to solve many of today’s problems. These problems have gotten so out of hand that many extreme options are being considered to control or solve it. There seems to be no way to end the war against Marijuana other than to legalize it . The war on Marijuana doesn’t seem to be accomplishing too much. Different options need to be considered. There have also been too many lies‚ misunderstandings and misinterpretations thrown at Marijuana. Legalization is an option that hasn’t
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MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION Recently‚ the issue of whether to legalize marijuana has arisen due to its benefits and the ineffectiveness of the current prohibition on it being recognized. There has been vehement argument about this idea weighing its advantages and disadvantages‚ and it has no sign of coming to an end soon because it is hard to decide whether it is worthy of a risk. It is undeniable that marijuana legalization will bring us a lot of benefits‚ which Joe Klein mentioned in his article “Why
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Controversial Business Practices Victor Gabriel Alvarez 104093 Emilio Lechuga Cuevas 119930 Introduction It’s no great secret that people who run a business are doing it in order to earn a living: pay the bills…buy supplies…offer a quality service experience…maintain a decent lifestyle…pursue future activities for the betterment of oneself. This is usually the way any business works. Today‚ however‚ powerful corporations have consolidated themselves to take control of their smaller
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