Legalization of Marijuana Recently‚ the controversial debate over legalizing marijuana has become more relevant than ever before. In the states of Washington and Colorado marijuana is currently legal for recreational use. In Michigan the cities of Detroit‚ Flint and Grand Rapids have decriminalized the drug. Also‚ in the cities of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti the penalties for marijuana are closely related to receiving a speeding ticket. I will be researching the legalization of marijuana in the United
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Koons 3 Jordan Koons English 101 Dr. Elizabeth Sachs 12 November 2013 Source Evaluation: Medical Marijuana In the article "The cannabis conundrum: medication v. regulation" written by Moira Gibbons; in December of 2011‚ she explains both the beneficial uses and dangers of Medical Marijuana. It is a very enlightening factual editorial‚ that describes the marijuana plant itself‚ along with its life changing effects‚ but also the dilemmas involved with Cannabis. The article gives stupendous knowledge
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Medical Marijuana Research Paper Searching the Internet I found several sites discussing Medical Marijuana and just one of the articles I found interesting told about a man that was quadriplegic. Funny how the article stated that he was confined to a wheelchair‚ like I don’t think I ever knew of a quadriplegic that wasn’t confined to a wheelchair – since they are paralyzed from the neck down most of the time. But the man discussed how he always felt like his arms and legs were being dipped in acid
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Medical Marijuana: Why The U.S. Government Should Reassess Its Laws Marco A. Trujillo Wayland Baptist University Oct 27‚ 2012 Medical Marijuana: Why The U.S. Government Should Reassess Its Laws The topic of marijuana‚ also known as Cannabis Sativa (Cannabis) has been a hot issue of debate in the United States for quite some time. Many people have argued that marijuana should be classified in a manner relative to that of tobacco or alcohol. In recent years however‚ the focus
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Macbeth Literary Analysis Rough Draft The motif of appearance versus reality is used in multiple places throughout The Tragedy of Macbeth. It appears in many forms; deception‚ irony‚ murder‚ etc. However‚ perhaps its most startling development occurs in the personality swap between Macbeth and his wife‚ Lady Macbeth. Macbeth begins as an honest man who feels tremendous horror when asked to commit murder‚ and Lady Macbeth begins as a power hungry wife who will not let anyone get in the way of her
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The use of medical marijuana is an issue of great interest in health care institutions around the world. Although this medication is yet to become popular in some countries‚ other countries have adopted legislations to govern the use of medical marijuana. In some cases‚ patients are required to provide a signed document from a health institution to gain access to medical cannabis. Cannabis is especially useful in the treatment of chronic pain (Schatman‚ 2006). However‚ various concerns arise in relation
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Derek Saman-Neft English 191.26 2/8/12 Rough Draft Discourse Comm. Social discourses As the years pass I seem to become a part of more and more communities. Due to every job that I have had and all the new friends I make along to way. Through out high school I became apart of many different social discourses. Between the sports‚ friendships‚ jobs‚ and activities I became a part of‚ it almost seemed like everywhere I went I was talking in a different language. It’s strange when you actually
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medical use? Medical marijuana has been used for many years in the medical field. According to AAMC‚ adjunctive therapy with cannabis has helped patients deal with their symptoms of disease or disorders. A study was done by University of California medical researchers in which they placed “an ingredient in chili peppers beneath the skin of marijuana smokers to see if it could relieve acute pain” (Hecht). They also monitored patients with HIV and AIDS and they smoked marijuana or placebo joints.
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Rough Draft of Frankenstein Essay Everyone is born a clean slate. This clean slate can either be morphed into something positive and thriving or something negative and withering. Mary Shelley wrote an entire novel to illustrate this point. In her novel‚ Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley portrays how the nurturing of an individual can affect his or her identity. The atmosphere a child is raised in can have a strong impact on who he or she becomes. Victor is being raised to see women as something to be
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Eng-50 July.19.2014 Legalize it Would keeping drugs illegal and following the same failed drug polices that our government implemented decades ago help solve our problems? Did Prohibition end the use of alcohol among American’s in the 1920s? No‚ in fact it made things much worse for America by the rise in illegal‚ wide-scale distribution of alcohol‚ creating bigger problems like organized crime and the American mafia. In todays society we have a prohibition of drugs‚ which
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