reason is that certain drugs such as cannabis are not as actually harmful as many people assume. Marijuana has been used for over 10‚000 years and not one single death has been recorded. Cannabis is not even addictive; there are far more addictive drugs such as cocaine‚ meth amphetamines and heroin but also drugs such as caffeine and tobacco that many people use on daily bases. Do you know how marijuana could help the world? Let me tell you. If legalized the farming of cannabis could become an industry
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Medical cannabis‚ or medical marijuana‚ refers to the use of cannabis and its cannabinoids to treat disease or improve symptoms. The use of cannabis as a medicine has not been rigorously scientifically tested‚ often due to production restrictions. There is limited evidence suggesting cannabis can be used to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy‚ to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS‚ and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms its use for other medical applications is insufficient
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people can have different beliefs on virtues specifically for them. Utilitarianism is act orientated rather than agent orientated. So in this view it describes actions that will get us what we want. Virtue ethics is agent orientated where actions are devised by what we desire while using reason. This reasoning is the action any “good” person would do. Utilitarianism believes in the same consequence for each situation. This outcome is happiness. Virtue ethics considers what the right course of action
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The Ethics of Medical Marijuana: Government Restrictions vs. Medical Necessity Author(s): Peter A. Clark Source: Journal of Public Health Policy‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 1 (2000)‚ pp. 40-60 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3343473 . Accessed: 05/12/2014 23:32 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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Why Should We Legalize Marijuana in the U.S.? Marijuana was illegalized because we used the seed inside of the plant to make paper and our country was racing to make paper. Who would have known that paper was a reason marijuana was illegalized? There wasn’t enough because too many people were using the marijuana for other purposes so it became illegal so they could use the seeds inside of the plant to make paper. According to the Chief scientists Jason L. Merrill and Lyster H. Dewey had made paper
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Title: Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade or reinforce the attitude of my audience towards the legalization of marijuana being best for our country. Thematic Statement: There are many reasons for why marijuana should be legal but due to lack of time I will only be discussing marijuana’s health risks and how it compares to alcohol‚ the government’s financial gain from legalization‚ and popular oppositions and myths about marijuana. ------------
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Strengths and Weaknesses Of Virtue Ethics The virtue ethicist suggests that this theory avoids the complicated tasks of using a formula to figure out what we should do‚ by instead focusing on the kinds of persons we sould be. The problem lies in determining how we know what kinds of persons we should be. How are we to determine just what the virtues are? If we don’t know what the virtues are‚ then telling people to live virtuously would be ignorant. The virtues are whatever character
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Marijuana is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried‚ shredded leaves and flowers of Cannabis sativa. It’s overall a safe drug‚ much safer than alcohol or any other hardcore drug. The democratic party for the most part agrees with the legalization of marijuana‚ which is best because it’s a non harmful drug‚ you’re way more likely to die from alcohol overdose than marijuana overdose‚ and also legalizing it would be good help for the economy. There’s much worse things the government should be worried
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Marijuana is illegal for a reason. Why change that? There is no logical reason to do so. We have all heard cannabis is bad for you. However‚ it is much worse for our health than spoken of. Public safety would be jeopardized by people under the influence of this drug‚ doing illegal things. Not long after it’s legalized‚ more people will get addicted to this substance. Their brains will suffer alongside the economy. The job word will suffer due to the lack of people even remotely capable of
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first source‚ Pros & Cons of Legalizing Marijuana‚ the purpose is to provide viewers with basic information. The source does not have any references or research to back up its claims. However‚ the source does compare and list pros and cons in the author’s opinion. The author/s does not go into depth when stating the information. This article is just a light and simple read on Pros and Cons of legalizing marijuana. The second source‚ The Public Health Consequences of Marijuana Legalization‚ has an object
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