46 years. It seems that legalization nationwide is inevitable in the coming years. This essay with delve deep into cannabis country and explore the rich history of marijuana as well as it’s side effects‚ legal limitations‚ and it’s impact on American culture as a whole. For us to fully understand the origin and history of marijuana‚
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Introduction: I. Attention Getter: Chemotherapy is poison. Many prescription drugs have harmful side effects and interactions. A: chemo kills millions of cells - good and bad – the body tries to expel the poison – nausea B: Lortab‚ Percoset‚ Oxycontin‚ Morphene – highly addictive‚ cause ulcers‚ nausea – overdose is fatal C: Many
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standpoint. Mills (1959/2016) supports this claim through a term he called the sociological imagination (p.2). This entails an individual being able to think away from their current lives and reflect using another viewpoint. For instance‚ when problems arise in an ordinary individual’s life‚ they generally lack the quality of mind to consider how this challenge is connected to a bigger societal issue. However‚ by having a sociological imagination‚ it enables one to reflect how their own biographies are connected
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Sociological Imagination Sociological Imagination is where biography and history meet. It is the ability to see the connections and differences between personal troubles and public issues. A personal trouble is a problem of one individual. A public issue is a problem among many people. One person losing their job is a personal trouble‚ but many people losing their job is a public issue. Personal troubles lead to public issues‚ and public issues lead to personal troubles. You need both historical
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Chapter 1 The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction (August 19-25) Sociology is the study of human society‚ and there is the sociology of sports‚ of religion‚ of music‚ of medicine‚ even a sociology of sociologists. “Thinking like a sociologist” means applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much conscious thought—like opening this book or taking this class. It requires you to reconsider your assumptions about society and question what you have taken for
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teach‚ but rather served‚ like his mother‚ as a midwife to truth that is already in us! Making use of questions and answers to remind his students of knowledge is called maieutics (midwifery)‚ dialectics‚ or the Socratic method. One example of his effect on philosophy is found in the dialog Euthyphro. He suggests that what is to be considered a good act is not good because gods say it is‚ but is good because it is useful to us in our efforts to be better and happier people. This means that ethics
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Marijuana contains known toxins and cancer-inducing chemicals‚ which are stored in fat cells for long periods of time. Scientific research relates marijuana use to damaged brain cells and respiratory systems‚ decreased hormone production in both sexes‚ acute memory loss‚ lowered immune systems and impaired motor skills. THC and marijuana smoke have been directly linked to miscarriage‚ in-utero fetal death‚ stillbirth and infant death just after birth‚ along with behavioral and biological abnormalities
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December 2014 Causes of Smoking Marijuana Marijuana is used for multiple purposes some of which include medical reasons‚ temptation and stress‚ and peer pressure. More than 1 in 3 people in America have tried marijuana at one point in their lives. Though occasional use isn’t usually harmful‚ pot can affect your body and mind any time it gets into your system. Marijuana brings millions of people relief from the pain they feel from a day to day basis. Medical marijuana use is legal with a doctor’s prescription
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Marijuana abuse today is a major cause for concern in juveniles and has a negative effect on society at large. Teenage marijuana abuse is the symptom of many other problems in a teen. Marijuana abuse in teens is often not recognized when something can be easily done about it. Parents need to be more involved in their children’s lives and make them aware of what marijuana does to their body and the consequences of having/smoking it. Most teens lack confidence and give into peer pressure easily
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Sociological perspectives have contributed to the deepening of my understanding through giving me more and different perspectives to view the world‚ societies‚ cultures‚ and individuals. These sociological perspectives have given me more insight into how society functions and is connected‚ how conflict engineers social change‚ and how people interact and why they interact in this particular way. In my last essay for this semester‚ I will first discuss the structural-functionalist perspective‚ which
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