Cannabis‚ otherwise known as marijuana‚ is a very controversial topic. People view it as good while others view it as a bad drug. But do people actually know the good that is has and the research that has been done on it by major universities from around the world such as Harvard University here in the United States. I doubt that majority of the population has even done their own research on it‚ and they believe only what the government wants you to believe‚ which is that it is bad. In 2007 Harvard
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Noah Nunez English Period 4 12/4/12 Medicinal Marijuana. In 1972‚ the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have "no accepted medical use." (http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/) After this act only 17 states of the US have legalized the use of medical marijuana. In my opinion medicinal marijuana should be legal across the united states of America. It should be legal only for medicinal purposes‚ not for everyday use. In the
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Patricia Chin ENG 101/29 Prof. Gains 05/09/2013 Is It Worth It? Should medical marijuana be made legal? There are many people who overlook the beneficial effects of marijuana. Society today would say that it is just a gateway drug that is only abused‚ but in reality marijuana is just misunderstood. There are many good uses that we can gain from this natural plant. Marijuana could be beneficial to the body‚ if used properly. There are countless legal proscription drugs and non-proscription drugs
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Cannabis sativa-a plant species‚ HEMP‚ marijuana and hashish are obtained from THC – Active Psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and cannabis products 80 Compounds or chemicals are in WEED Where does best weed/resin come from? Dry arid climates‚ such as N. Africa Hashish- Drug containing the resin of cannabis flowers THC is about 8-14% FAT SOLUABLE Anandamide- Naturally occurring chemical in the brain that fits into thc sensitive receptor sites‚ producing the same effects as marijuana. Amotivational
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An innocent‚ four-year-old girl suffers from daily seizures. Her parents look on‚ experiencing her pain vicariously‚ powerless. An old man lays in hospital‚ terminal‚ his last days spent in agony. The tragedy: both situations‚ we are assured‚ are preventable‚ if only medicinal cannabis were legal. These are familiar stories. These are stories that distinguish medicinal cannabis coverage from just another abstract‚ recurring news item‚ transforming it into a real human issue. They tick all the right
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Essay 4: Legalization of Marijuana We the people in the US try to use reason and logic to determine our laws. as a consequence of this intellectual process‚ we develop graded scales for punishment and degrees of illegality. The more dangerous an activity the more illegal and higher punishment‚ lesser activities are either not illegal or endorsed. Marijuana illegality defies this rational thinking in that it is less detrimental than alcohol and cigarettes and yet is treated far worse. Most pharmaceutical
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Cannabis is a misconstrued drug. Numerous expect that the utilization of weed‚ or cannabis‚ is unsafe‚ yet it can be the careful inverse. So why is the legitimization of marijuana in the United States such an issue for some individuals today? Thought to be a portal medication and the purpose behind the destruction of our childhood these days‚ weed has added to a negative notoriety. Lester Grinspoon‚ a teacher at Harvard University‚ states‚ "Few medications in the United States have delivered as much
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Disadvantage The only I find is that your lungs tighten up over time worse that cigarettes would. And you cough up flem. It causes short-term memory problems (although this typically clears up once the person has quit smoking weed)‚ and it causes lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases‚ just like cigarettes. Marijuana actually burns about 3x hotter than cigarettes witch would burn the hairs in your lungs faster witch will create cancerous cells to spread faster. It also coats the neurons
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RESISTANCE TO FLORIDA’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA AMENDMENT GROWING: DEMONSTRATORS SAY LOOPHOLES LEGALIZE FOR ALL‚ EVEN TEENS (1888 PressRelease) Citizens decry the "pot shop" system and lack of parental consent; Cite state dispensaries as better alternative to help the sick and protect children Naples-Marco Island‚ FL - Families against Florida’s proposed constitutional amendment on marijuana plan to demonstrate at the corner of Golden Gate Pkwy and Goodlette Rd. in Naples‚ Florida on Thursday‚
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I think it’s unbelievable how someone can be sent to jail because they have cannabis. It makes no sense to me how one state will give you nothing but a slap on the wrist if you have cannabis. And another state won’t hesitate to throw you in the slammer for a couple years. I do not think it’s right for people who were caught with cannabis to be labeled the same as people who were caught robbing a bank‚ or worse. Cannabis has been proven for centuries to be natural healing and help with almost all
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