Question: Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug? My best friend who is a cancer patient left Austin a few years ago but still comes home for the holidays. Her mom found‚ on a recent visit an ashtray full of marijuana roaches under her bed. I’m not too worried about marijuana‚ as it is a soft drug‚ but I’m concerned that it will lead to hard drugs‚ and my friend may become an addict. Is it true that marijuana leads to other drug use? Answer: Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis or weed‚ is the most
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Marijuana Madness: A Look at Organizational Implications After the release of the film “Reefer Madness” in 1936 and all of the horrible things marijuana is purported to make a person do‚ who would have thought marijuana would ever gain legal status anywhere in the U.S.? It only took 76 years but on November 6th‚ 2012 marijuana became legal for recreational use in two states: Colorado and Washington. This report aims to analyze the many organizational aspects that need to be established in order
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Medical Marijuana in football The NFL could allow players to use medicinal marijuana in the future‚ pending medical reviews and studies. Here are some facts about marijuana: According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ marijuana is a Schedule 1 substance‚ which means that it has no medicinal purpose and has a high risk for abuse. Although marijuana is not federally legalized or approved by the FDA‚ 20 states (including Hawaii and Washington D.C.) have already legalized medical marijuana‚ and
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Legalizing marijuana in America Illegal drug use is a huge part of American culture and one the most controversial of those drugs is marijuana; its technical name is Cannabis Sativa. But whether you call it cannabis‚ marijuana‚ pot‚ reefer‚ weed‚ bud‚ herb‚ Mary Jane‚ hemp‚ grass or wacky tabacci‚ it is still illegal in the United States. Actually‚ all over the world the deliberation rages about the harm or benefits that marijuana has to offer. Attempts to legalize it in the United States
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Marijuana Legalization‚ Harmful or Helpful? The fact that there is an unregulated street drug that is used by millions is daunting to some. Marijuana is an illegal street drug that is not regulated by the federal government. This proves to be detrimental to marijuana users‚ and also serves an economic setback for those against marijuana legalization. The American government has not taken many key factors into consideration that are of immediate concern‚ one being that millions of Americans today
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Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana should be legalized because it helps treat depression‚ helps ease physical and emotional pain‚ and it is known to provide relief for seizures and other serious body illnesses. Medical marijuana treats depression in many ways. Not only by relieving the pain‚ but controls and prevents depression going any farther than it already might be. Medical marijuana helps control and prevent depression by relieving the numbness and/or emptiness the body feels. Depression
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Why We Should Not Use Marijuana The Damage it Causes Statistics • The effects of taking marijuana include rapid heart beat‚ disorientation and lack of physical coordination. Afterwards a person experiences sleepiness or depression. Some people will experience panic attacks or anxiety. Some studies have linked heavy Marijuana use to brain abnormalities. This is very similar to what would happen with longterm drug abuse of a major drug. Marijuana changes the structure of sperm cells. A man can become
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the benefits of legalizing marijuana for the citizens of the United States? Would legalizing marijuana bring improvements to the United States? In order to answer this question‚ some background knowledge is needed to discuss the plant. Marijuana is a plant that is grown naturally and is used for multiple reasons. There are many myths that surround this plant that cause it to be illegal in most states. Those who oppose the legalization don’t realize that legalizing marijuana can bring many benefits
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The War on Drugs and The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world. The word “marijuana”‚ referred to as “herbal cannabis” by the rest of the world‚ is the American term for dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis sativa plant (Caulkins 2012). The drug can be dated back to as far as 6000 B.C. when the plant’s seeds were used in China as food. It was used as a pain reliever and sedative in Napoleonic France (Spaulding and Fernandez). The flowers on
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Marijuana Addiction in Adolescents Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs in the Nation and the world. In an article by Gray (2007) he states that “42% of high school seniors have tried marijuana‚ 18% have used it in the past 30 days‚ and 5% use it daily. Among adolescents aged 12 to 17‚ 3.6% met criteria for cannabis use disorder (abuse or dependence) and 2% met criteria for cannabis dependence”. Gray (2007) also explains how easily adolescents say it is to obtain marijuana
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