Strayer University | The legalization of marijuana | English 215 | Bateney Avril Cassandra Dettman7/25/2011 | Fifty years from now‚ the United States (U.S.) population started to know some new drugs like marijuana‚ amphetamines‚ and psychedelics. So the drug started to explode and the U.S. Government needs to find an effective way to solve the problems. In 1973‚ the U.S. created the Drug Enforcement
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Legalization Ariel Bryant Mr. Elsey ENC 1101 3/12/2013 Relieving pain‚ slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease‚ and fighting depression are some of the benefits marijuana can offer patients‚ some studies claim. Now‚ a group of pot activists is envisioning a new benefit: legal profits. Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope-making. "The flowers... contain
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get neuropathy are the ones who have diabetes‚ who can’t control their blood sugar levels. Also people who receive organ transplants‚ aids‚ and who have some type of immune system suppression have higher risk of neuropathy. The process of a full medical history with physical and a neurological exam that will determine tendon reflexes‚ muscle strength and tone diagnoses neuropathy. But not often is neuropathy diagnose‚ it usually takes a lot og blood test to measure levels of vitamin B-12. How is
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Legal Marijuana: Helpful or Harmful? James Nix Soc:102 Amber Anderson May 25‚ 2013 Legal Marijuana: Helpful or Harmful? The year is 2013 and the reality of legalized marijuana in the United States seems to be getting closer with each year. A highly controversial topic because marijuana’s primary use throughout history has been for abusive purposes more than anything else. Marijuana has medicinal uses and the stalks of the plants can be used for making paper or even fibers for ropes or canvases
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legalization of marijuana‚ the current balanced‚ restrictive‚ and bipartisan drug policies of the United States are working reasonably well and they have contributed to reductions in the rate of marijuana use in our nation. The rate of current‚ past 30-day use of marijuana by Americans aged 12 and older in 1979 was 13.2 percent. In 2008 that figure stood at 6.1 percent. This 54-percent reduction in marijuana use over that 29-year period is a major public health triumph‚ not a failure. Marijuana is the
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development of communication systems” THESIS STATEMENT: “Intake of marijuana‚ whether excessive or not‚ has different effects to the health of individuals that eventually affects the community as a whole” I. INTRODUCTION a. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY i. Definition ii. History 1. Laws of bills II. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION b. Interpretation of collected data iii. Reception of people towards marijuana 2. Positive perspective
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Legalizing Marijuana Randy Scott Soc 120 Martin DiBello Feb 6‚ 2012 Marijuana is currently an illegal substance made from the dry leaves of a hemp plant. It contains over 400 chemicals. This substance has been given many different nicknames such as weed‚ pot‚ green‚ cannabis‚ skunk‚ and the list goes on. Marijuana has different psychological and physical effects. Marijuana is usually smoked in cigarette papers but can also be put in food and beverages. There are many different beliefs on whether
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Legalization of Marijuana: Benefits and Statistics The topic of legalizing marijuana has been a topic of controversy for quite some time now not only throughout our local streets‚ but throughout the local and into the state government. The legalization of marijuana is such a controversial topic because some are for it and some are against it. People are for the legalization because of the great uses it has towards medicine‚ the money that could come from the taxation of legalized marijuana‚ and the
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21 March 2012 Word Count: 1252 Legalizing Marijuana According to the United Nations 162 million people‚ about 4.0% of the world population uses marijuana annually. 0.6% of the world population‚ or roughly 22.5 million people‚ use the drug daily. In the United States‚ this translates to 1% of our population‚ a relatively small number of people at 1.4 million‚ using marijuana every day. Even though it’s a small percentage of Americans that use marijuana‚ it’s caused a very heated debate about the
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2012 The Legalization of Medicinal Marijuana Many scientific communities around the world have compiled persuasive evidence supporting marijuana’s cannabinoid potential as a source of treatment. Analgesia‚ glaucoma‚ chemotherapy and HIV-related gastrointestinal disorders are just a few among the vast amount of afflictions which from marijuana can help provide relief. Unfortunately the United States government continues to place a negative stigma on marijuana by regulating its availability for testing
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