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    Marijuana Legalization

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    Legalization Ariel Bryant Mr. Elsey ENC 1101 3/12/2013 Relieving pain‚ slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease‚ and fighting depression are some of the benefits  marijuana can offer patients‚ some studies claim. Now‚ a group of pot activists is envisioning a new benefit: legal profits. Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope-making. "The flowers... contain

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    Gwen Stutler Soc 120 July 27‚ 2013 It goes by weed‚ pot‚ Mary Jane but is better known as Marijuana. Marijuana is considering a schedule I drug. “The federal Controlled Substance ACT of 1970 classifies marijuana as a Scheduled I drug‚ meaning that is has a high potential for abuse and no acceptable medical use‚ and thus it prohibits the possession‚ use‚ purchase‚ sale and/or cultivation of marijuana.”(Weiss‚ 2013) For years it has been an ongoing debate as to whether it should be legal in United

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    Editorial Marijuana

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    2013 Ann O’Phelan LA 280 Perspective Journalism Marijuana? What’s the Big Deal About? The big debate in California is wether the state should legalize marijuana‚ and then tax it to bring in revenues to help California climb out of the mountain of a debt it got in. Although Marijuana is deemed as a gateway drug that can lead into harder drugs‚ legalizing Marijuana will help In the past twelve months‚ only two states have legalize marijuana for recreational use‚ and California was not one of

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    Marijuana Description

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    Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. It is made from the dried leaves and flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis Sativa. People smoke‚ chew‚ or eat marijuana for its hallucinogenic and intoxicating effects. The flowering tops of the Cannabis plant secrete a sticky resin that contains the active ingredient of marijuana‚ known as Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The plant has both male and female forms. The sticky flowers of the female plant are the most

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    The debate whether medical marijuana should be legalized or not has divided our country. There are many governmental aspects that have to be taken into reasoning‚ when making federal decisions. However‚ before America was even discovered‚ many other countries around the world used marijuana completely for its healing powers‚ and medical measures. There are both pros and cons to this situation. Legalizing marijuana has the opportunity to cure many different illnesses patients may have. Currently‚

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    Legalization of Marijuana

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    Strayer University | The legalization of marijuana | English 215 | Bateney Avril Cassandra Dettman7/25/2011 | Fifty years from now‚ the United States (U.S.) population started to know some new drugs like marijuana‚ amphetamines‚ and psychedelics. So the drug started to explode and the U.S. Government needs to find an effective way to solve the problems. In 1973‚ the U.S. created the Drug Enforcement

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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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    The Criminalization of Marijuana Corry Countryman ENG 210 Mrs. Rippard November 18‚ 2010 The issue of criminalization of marijuana in the United States is becoming a big one. Marijuana was first federally prohibited in 1937‚ when very few Americans had even heard of what it was. To this day‚ there are between 95 to 100 million Americans admitting that they have tried using marijuana before. Out of these‚ 15 million of them said that they have used within the last month. In addition

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