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    Marijuana Legalization

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    body­   they  have  just  ingested  marijuana​ .  Marijuana  has  successfully  hit  mainstream  America  in  the  past  four  decades  and  the  prohibition  of  marijuana  has  been  a  continuous  debate  through  America​ .  The history of marijuana began in the 1700’s and the use of  it  back  in  history  was  all  beneficially  used​ .  Until  recently‚  extraneous  research  has  been  committed  to  the  side  effects  and  health  benefits  of  marijuana  that conclude two sides​ . One side 

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    Marijuana and the Brain

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    Marian Hong Professor Brown Period 3 Health Marijuana and the Brain Even though marijuana affects the brain‚ it is the most commonly used illegal drug out there. The drug affects all parts of your body; it first goes through the brain so it can damage it severely. Just a one milligram dose of marijuana can seriously affect your mental and psychological health. The drug usually goes to your brain seconds after it is in your bloodstream or is inhaled. Your brain sucks up the drug

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    Legalize Marijuana

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    leaglize marijuana Many people now a day look at the harm they believe marijuana can cause people; when really people should be looking at the way it can help people. All I am asking is for you to look at the glass half full‚ instead of half empty. People need to start considering the facts of how marijuana could assist not only our economy‚ health‚ crime reduction‚ and become a much more controlled substance. The history of marijuana stands over a time span of hundreds of years. It could

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    Marijuana Debate

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    The state of California should legalize marijuana. I. Introduction Thesis: Though I agree that marijuana should be put into a controlled environment‚ I believe it should not be legalized due to its poor health attributes‚ and its negative influence towards the youth and drug users. Preview: I will be explaining today why the affirmatives plan does will not work as a sufficient plan in California. I will start by refuting his claims that marijuana is not a gateway drug. I will also explain

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    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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    legalization of marijuana

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    teacher) "YES to MARIJUANA IN PHILIPPINES" I. Introduction Marijuana is a topic of significant public discourse in the United States‚ and while many are familiar with the discussions‚ it is not always easy to find the latest‚ research-based information on marijuana to answer to the common questions about its health effects‚ or the differences between Federal and state laws concerning the drug. Confusing messages being presented by popular culture‚ media‚ proponents of “medical” marijuana‚ and political

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    Sociological imgination

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    Sociological Imagination Social imagination allows us to understand and predict other people’s behavior‚ make sense of abstract ideas‚ and to imagine situations outside our own everyday lives. If we were to think sociologically it would teach us that we are free to make our own decisions‚ but that the society in which we live can have an opinion on why we make those decisions. Sociology imagination is important because it can helps us to evaluate the world that we live in‚ which in turn‚ makes

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    Sociological Theory

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    SOCIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION SEXUAL HARASSMENT PERSONAL TROUBLE Sexual harassment case was first started when Carmita Wood (44) decided to quit her job because she was sexually harassed by a distinguished professor. Wood was born and raised in the apple orchard region of Lake Cayuga and was a sole support of two of her children. She had worked in Cornell’s department of nuclear physics for eight years and advancing from a lab assistant to a desk job handling administrative

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    Cannabis and Marijuana

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    Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana was first used for medicinal purposes dating back as early as the 1600’s. However‚ a law was passed in 1930‚ which banned the substance. Since then we have been fighting a never-ending war on drugs that has estimated to be over a trillion dollar failure‚ and we have nothing to show for it. There are many different takes on legalizing marijuana nation-wide but some states are not convinced yet. There are two main views on legalizing cannabis. One is the government

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    Marijuana and Alcohol

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    Marijuana and Alcohol: Effects on the Body It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that alcohol and marijuana comprise the two most commonly abused drugs by young adults in America. But while many would ask why young adults use these drugs‚ it’s more important to understand how these drugs affect the body. What exactly do these drugs do to the body and how does the body process them? Are the effects always negative? Does the amount consumed make a significant difference? First I will give a brief history

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