To image supporting recreational and medical drug use with a substance such marijuana may influence the younger youth and our future generation to endure limited memory and learning abilities whether it’s for work‚ social‚ or educational. Since marijuana has negative side effects by affecting the memory in the brain‚ and increases paranoia‚ it is harming individual’s abilities to function. Although it may treat other symptoms such as pain‚ as a blindness prevention method‚ and increase a person’s
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TOPIC: Medical Marijuana Use The plant Cannabis sativa has been used in many cultures throughout history as a general-purpose medicine‚ pain reliever‚ and salve. In recent years‚ there has been a renewed interest in therapeutic applications of marijuana in the United States. Marijuana is Illegal: In 2005‚ the Supreme Court ruled that the constitutional authority of Congress to regulate interstate market in drugs extends to small quantities of doctor-recommended marijuana. So
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Marijuana and Alcohol: Effects on the Body It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that alcohol and marijuana comprise the two most commonly abused drugs by young adults in America. But while many would ask why young adults use these drugs‚ it’s more important to understand how these drugs affect the body. What exactly do these drugs do to the body and how does the body process them? Are the effects always negative? Does the amount consumed make a significant difference? First I will give a brief history
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The debate whether medical marijuana should be legalized or not has divided our country. There are many governmental aspects that have to be taken into reasoning‚ when making federal decisions. However‚ before America was even discovered‚ many other countries around the world used marijuana completely for its healing powers‚ and medical measures. There are both pros and cons to this situation. Legalizing marijuana has the opportunity to cure many different illnesses patients may have. Currently‚
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Medicinal Marijuana Jerel Hughes GE 100 Majorie Bonds Imagine having an illness that couldn’t be cured. All the drugs administered never eased the symptoms‚ all except for one marijuana. This was the case for an eight year old boy named Sam diagnosed with Autism. Medical marijuana has many benefits and should be legalized in NC. The earliest accounts of marijuana being used for medicinal purposes dates back to the third millennium in China where is was used to treat rheumatic pain. Recent
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Essay assignment 2 Hybrid essay‚ Draft 1. Should marijuana be legalized? The matter of the legality of marijuana seems to have been polemic for a long time. Since the early 20th century‚ laws have been promulgated and implemented to prohibit the cultivation‚ possession and trade of marijuana in most countries. Meanwhile‚ efforts also have been made to change the illegal status of cannabis‚ seen as a part of drug liberalization‚ i.e. the process of decriminalizing and reducing drug prohibition
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Exploratory Essay Legalization: Good or Bad? As part of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937‚ Marijuana for all purposes was outlawed nationwide. Prior to this Act‚ over 30 states had prohibition laws towards Marijuana because farmers who employed mainly Hispanic workers complained that this drug would cause people to become “slow” or “lazy” and would also cause the users to become addicted. Besides the popularity among this crowd‚ marijuana was used as an intoxicant during the 1850’s through the 1930’s
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2013 Ann O’Phelan LA 280 Perspective Journalism Marijuana? What’s the Big Deal About? The big debate in California is wether the state should legalize marijuana‚ and then tax it to bring in revenues to help California climb out of the mountain of a debt it got in. Although Marijuana is deemed as a gateway drug that can lead into harder drugs‚ legalizing Marijuana will help In the past twelve months‚ only two states have legalize marijuana for recreational use‚ and California was not one of
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Marijuana has become a controversial topic and is one of the most abused drugs in the world. As we look across the United States the nation is divided on rather to legalize the drug. Marijuana also known as: weed‚ herb‚ pot‚ grass‚ bud‚ ganja‚ Mary Jane‚ and a vast number of other slang terms is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried‚ shredded leaves and flowers of Cannabis sativa‚ the hemp plant. The drug also contains the mind-altering chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).The Controversy over
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Legalizing Marijuana Shirley Whitley Soc120 David Jung September 15‚ 2012 Legalize Marijuana 1 When you think about legalizing marijuana‚ what comes to your mind first? The benefits it would have on legalizing marijuana. Everywhere you go someone is debating whether we should or should not legalize marijuana. There’s a lot of good in this plant. Having an open mind‚ there is advantages and disadvantages that it can have for this country. There is medicinal marijuana‚ relativism
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