Legalize Marijuana Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 December 17‚ 2012 Legalize Marijuana There are many opponents to the idea of legalizing marijuana though states such as California‚ Arizona and many other states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes (Barnes‚ 2000). So if marijuana has medicinal attributes then how does it also fit the unsafe category? So it is a drug that is medicinal but also harmful‚ is this not the case with almost every approved pharmaceutical
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What Makes A Cult Film? “What is a cult classic?” “What makes it a film that future generations love?” The Oxford English Dictionary defines a cult film as “enduring an appeal to a relatively small audience.” In addition‚ cult audiences are frequently at odds with cultural conventions‚ and often are rebelling against the status quo. These people prefer strange topics and allegorical themes that revolt against the cultural sensitivities. They challenge genre conventions and monotonous storytelling
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Garret Jones Miss Griffith 5/10/12 Research paper Legalizing it! Marijuana has been vilified in America over the past 70+ years. Despite its many practical uses‚ medicinal and industrial‚ our Federal government insists on maintaining the status quo that the growth‚ possession and use of marijuana is criminal despite the evidence that the legalization of marijuana would have a positive influence on America. In this paper I will discuss the history of marijuana‚ the industrial uses of hemp
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{text:bookmark-start} Marijuana vs. Tobacco {text:bookmark-end} Though many people feel differently‚ statistics show that marijuana has more harmful effects than tobacco. Most of the time‚ people are misinformed about the effects relating to tobacco and marijuana smoke. Cannabis smoke has a more substantial amount of harmful chemicals than tobacco and the way people smoke them makes a big difference when it comes to long and short-term effects. The nineteenth century‚ also known as the age
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The History of Cannabis Cannabis‚ commonly known as marijuana or hemp‚ has had a long and tumultuous history. Hemp has many uses‚ not just the commonly known use as a psychoactive drug. Hemp can be used to create things such as cloths‚ textiles‚ and paper. People using hemp dates back all the way to the 4th millennium B.C. This paper will show that cannabis’ uses adjust to the time period it is in‚ but no matter its use it is consistently prevalent through early civilizations to modern times
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consists of changes in the user?s feelings and thoughts. Such changes are caused mainly by the THC‚ a chemical in marijuana that impairs the brain. (Consroe) Marijuana has over two hundred known slang terms. Some common terms may be‚ pot‚ weed‚ hemp‚ reefer‚ Mary Jane‚ grass‚ and on the list goes. The scientific name for marijuana (hemp) is Cannabis sativa. ?The
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many did. I wrongfully assumed that if a person had only half of a brain they would immediately discover the article to be a work of humor‚ one which looks into popular culture and the "anti marijuana movement" that has roots in the classic movie Reefer Madness and continues to this day. I am in awe that after nearly one and a half years I am still receiving messages regarding this article. Ninety percent of these messages condemn me for my strong stance against Marijuana. The remaining ten percent
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February 16‚ 2009 from http://www.famm.org/Resources/FAMMReports.aspx Senna‚ Joseph J.‚ Siegel‚ Larry J. (2008) Introduction to Criminal Justice (11th ed.). Belmont‚ CA: Thompson Wadsworth. Smith‚ Jordan (2008‚ October) The Austin Chronicle. Reefer Madness: Drug Laws are So Fifties. Retrieved February 16‚ 2009 from http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=689798
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Stephen Tracey Professor Curran English 101 10 November 2011 Marijuana: Cause and Effect Today in America‚ millions of American citizens are both confused and outraged by the fact that there are still laws that are preventing people from using one of the most popular and controversial‚ illegal substances in the world: marijuana. According to recent polls‚ fifty percent of Americans want marijuana to be completely legal and decriminalized (Blodget)‚ and a whopping eighty percent of Americans
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Proposition 19 Debates in California Proposition 19‚ also known as The Regulate‚ Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010‚ has come to an end on November 2‚ 2010. The decision to legalize marijuana in California was unsuccessful. Votes came in at 54% no to 44% yes (LA Times). If I were a voter in California‚ I would have supported the legalization of marijuana for many reasons. I find marijuana to be a drug that could ultimately help the state of California as well as the United States as a whole
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