Patient‚ states‚ "My daughter lives in my dreams‚ so I can feel her in my heart." The patient reports marijuana use 3-4 days ago when asked about substance abuse use of marijuana. According to the patient’s most recently drug screen the patient tested positive for marijuana. The patient presents with pressured speech when responding to questions asked during the assessment. Due to an increase in bizarre behavior‚ poor insight‚ poor judgement
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Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug. The name marijuana is a Mexican slag word‚ which became popular in the 1930’s‚ which refers to the medicinal parts of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is a green‚ brown‚ or gray mixture that is created through drying the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. The potency of marijuana differs depending on what part of the plant is used. The three topics of marijuana I will be discussing is legalization of marijuana‚ teen marijuana
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Dear Mr. Ted Peetz I have read the essay you wrote‚ “Marijuana for Medical Purposes: Is It a Dopey Idea‚” and I have found some mistakes that I want to help you fix! I am not writing this to bash your essay‚ but to help give you stronger examples. I want to help clear up and complete your thoughts before you further your essay. Furthermore‚ at the bottom of the first page in your essay you use the source of Jo Daily‚ the former police in San Francisco‚ who smokes illegally to
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Master Nico Jan Wiersman Legalization Marijuana 07/04/13 Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” ― Bill Hicks The objective of this essay is to produce new points of view about legalizing marijuana in countries like the USA and Mexico. Because all the benefit that this could bring to our society. Most people try not to think about marijuana. They wish to avoid the overwhelming
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Marijuana refers to a drug derived from dried leaves‚ stems and flowers of the cannabis plant‚ also called hemp. Cannabis sativa‚ as it is known scientifically‚ bears a chemical known as ‘delta-9 teterahydrocannabinol’ (THC in short) that alters mind functions of the user (Cohen‚ 2006). This ingredient is rapidly absorbed a short while after smoking the drug. It affects areas of the brain dealing with memory‚ perception‚ concentration and movement. This causes short-term physiological medical effects
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herb “Marijuana.” In America the government and society make marijuana out to seem like it is the most harmful and bad thing. Well is marijuana really as bad and harmful as society makes it out to be? Since the 1930’s marijuana has been illegal in the United States‚ except for in 19 different states. That being said it’s somehow America’s number one cash crop‚ but the government is still trying to keep it illegal. Marijuana is a very positive thing‚ and it helps with a lot of different medical issues
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Legalized Marijuana: Pros and Cons While the public opinion of marijuana has steadily gained more approval throughout the years‚ the government opinion has increasingly become stricter‚ especially with regards to drug laws. The United States of America has recently had to reanalyze its stance on the matter due to many new medical studies‚ approval of marijuana in some states‚ such as California‚ and the repercussions given to the people convicted from the use of it. Marijuana continues to be illegal
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illegal. This natural plant is Cannabis‚ also known as Marijuana. Medical marijuana refers to the use of cannabis and it’s cannabinoids to decrease or improve symptoms. Marijuana has been the topic of discussion for many‚ many years‚ but recently the developments and law changes have started to increase. In this essay I will explain the pros versus the cons‚ how the drug can be used‚ and a medical issue that could be resolved with using medical marijuana. If you had the power to ease someone’s pain‚ would
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some of the first that would march in a line to make medical marijuana legal. One veteran states that she starts her day with a cup of coffee and a marijuana cigarette. No‚ she is not some kind of street junkie. The army veteran explains that medical marijuana is the only substance that will ease the pain that she suffers every day in her hip. The medical marijuana also helps reduce her anxiety and depression. This veteran is not hiding her marijuana use‚ even though it could cost her a hefty fine in
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Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes? Marijuana has been used extensively as a medical remedy for more than five thousand years. In the early 1900s‚ medical usage of marijuana began to decline with the advent of alternative drugs. Injectable opiates and synthetic drugs such as aspirin and barbiturates began to replace marijuana as the physician’s drug of choice in the twentieth-century‚ as their results proved to be more consistent than the sometimes erratic effects of the
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