The Harmful Effects of Legalizing Marijuana Courtney Batts Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana The Harmful Effects of Legalizing Marijuana The legality of marijuana has been the subject of debate and controversy for decades. Cannabis‚ another name for marijuana‚ is illegal to consume‚ use‚ possess‚ cultivate‚ transfer or trade in most countries. Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States. It is a greenish brown mixture of dried leaves‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and flowers
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Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects Keith Reese COM/156 7/23/2014 Jennifer Preus Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects In 1936‚ George Herliman produced the propaganda film “Tell Your Children”‚ later titled “Reefer Madness”(“IMBD”‚ 1990-2014). This film‚ financed by a church group to display the exaggerated consequences of marijuana usage‚ was intended to inspire fear in parents and children alike. Though marijuana legalization has become a front burner topic‚ one would
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Most marijuana‚ also called medical cannabis‚ that’s sold legally as medicine has the same ingredients as the kind that people use for pleasure. But some medical marijuana is specially grown to have less of the harmful and dangerous chemicals. But even though it can have less chemicals‚ it still comes with many consequences‚ especially if the user takes more than the prescribed amount. Plus only some medical marijuana is grown to have less of these chemicals. Medical marijuana is harmful to the
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Marijuana’s effects on the body and the mind are only recently being known‚ and still much research must be done to know for sure what facts are true‚ as well as what is blown out of proportion from cultural and political bias. From what we know now there are obvious short term affects as well as the possibility of substance abuse however long term affects are very rare and require further studies until we know for certain. Upon smoking marijuana the body is almost immediately affected and the symptoms
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Medical marijuana should be legalized because it can relieve pain‚ as in‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis‚ cancer and AIDS‚ it is less toxic than most drugs that physicians prescribe to patients every day. The Pain Management of America said “There are few things more frightening in life than receiving a cancer diagnosis. Fortunately for cancer patients‚ medical marijuana may be an effective cancer treatment and an alternative to many drugs currently
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Schumann Mrs. Taube English 11 16 April 2014 Teens and Marijuana According to a 2012 Monitoring the Future study‚ marijuana is the illicit drug most likely to be used by teens (Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey). Marijuana comes from the plant Cannabis Sativa and appears as a green/brown mix of flowers‚ stems‚ and leaves (Teens Health 1). Marijuana is also known as pot‚ weed‚ MJ‚ Mary Jane‚ reefer‚ dope‚ ganja‚ herb‚ and grass. Marijuana is most often smoked in cigarettes‚ hollowed-out cigars
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Marijuana is an illegal substance that can make you see things that are not real or damage your lungs. Marijuana is also an addictive substance. Marijuana can be used in helpful ways for example marijuana helps with glaucoma but that’s about it. The reason people start smoking marijuana can be from bad parenting or hanging out with the wrong people in school they can all lead to the addition of marijuana or there are many more reasons why people smoke the substance. Also you may even go to jail on
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The Effects of Medical Marijuana Why are people scared of medical marijuana being legalized? Perhaps people think that it is a gateway drug‚ and people will start using hard core drugs. Another reason is that people will probably over use it and sell it more illegally‚ but people think that it can be good alternative also. Because pain pills are not as effective as medical marijuana‚ it should be offered as an option (Szalavitz). There are good and bad things about smoking medical marijuana (weed)
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Is marijuana helping you or hurting you? marijuana started in the middle east and Afica. Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried‚ shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant. There are two different strains for weed‚ Indica and Cannabis sativa. Indica is wider and has dark green leaves and mainly used to relax and calm the body‚ also preferred to be used at night. Sativa is a lighter green with skinny leaves. Sativa is use mainly for mental health. By using sativa will make you feel energic
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Cause and Effect Essay Marijuana can be found on every college campus in Canada and is the drug of choice coming in right behind alcohol. The Department of Justice Canada conducted a survey and found that‚ “almost one-third (29%) of college students had reported using marijuana during the previous 12 months of 1998. (http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/rs/rep-rap/2002/qa02_2-qr02_2/p2.html). According to a similar study‚ the majority of students on college campuses that use marijuana will also participate
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