Olivia Ferrell Informative Outline April 7th‚ 2014 Specific Purpose: I will inform my audience about Narcotics Anonymous. Central Idea: Narcotics Anonymous is a worldwide self-help organization that has been around for many years and continues to impact our society. Introduction Attention Getter: Imagine 60‚000 people in one city‚ all dealing with the same problem‚ addiction. According to an article written by Carter M. Yang for ABC news on March 14th of this year‚ there are 60‚ 000 people
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Leon Cohen Professor Daniel Preston SPEA-V 160 16 October 2013 Narcotics Importance The international issue on narcotics and their domestic drug policies has been of great debate for decades. In this time‚ countries across the globe have joined the United States by declaring “war” on drugs. Today‚ their efforts are failing and result in many negative effects due to faulty policies caused by fact-deprived decisions. Increased efforts to enforce failing drug policy are proving costly. While the United
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prohibition on cannabis has 3 sides in the argument. You have the more known two sides of the issue; you have the view of it should stay illegal and it should have harsh laws. Then you have the view that there are no major life-threatening side effects from the drug and the prohibition of cannabis is long overdue. Then there is the side from people who don’t care either way. The point I want to make is there are many less talked about benefits from cannabis oil and smoking cannabis. Cannabis has many
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In the past pilots were not allowed to take any form of anti-depressant. This rule was created for the safety of the passengers. Some side effects of anti-depressants would inhibit a pilot’s ability to perform their job. Insomnia‚ Diarrhea‚ dizziness‚ fatigue‚ drowsiness‚ tremors‚ increased perspiration‚ abdominal pain‚ vision changes‚ and hot flashes‚ are just several of the many possible side effects of an anti-depressant. Regulators were most concerned about the dizziness‚ drowsiness‚ fatigue
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Ritualistic Use of Hallucinogens Hallucinogenic or psychoactive plants have played a significant role in the ideology and religious practices of a wide variety of people throughout the world and in some traditional cultures‚ continue to play such a role today. Psychoactive substances that are used in a religious‚ shamanic‚ or spiritual context are referred to as Entheogens. Entheogens have been used in a ritualized context for thousands of years; their religious significance is well established
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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 view‚ which believes if marijuana was taxed like alcohol and tobacco it could yield close to 50 billion in tax revenue annually. Along with this‚ legalizing the drug would save the U.S. about $41 billion a year in enforcing
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Cannabis- Legalize It! The legalization and decriminalization of cannabis/ marijuana would be beneficial to economic growth in the United States. There are many reasons to support this. First‚ the decriminalization of marijuana would save time and money spent on prosecuting suspects accused of possession and/or use of marijuana. This time and money could be better spent on other things like the school systems‚ road ways‚ and police departments. As a result this will also open up room in the jails
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should take matters into our own hands and see that cannabis has far more beneficial aspects to legaalizing cannabis than destructive ones to contribute to and better todays world. It seems preposterous that stems‚ seeds‚ leaves‚ and buds can have this big of an impact on the modern world. More individuals are surprised to be informed that marijuana has been in humanity for years. · 2737 B.C.- Emperor Shen Neng of China referred to Cannabis as a “superior” herb in the worlds first medical text
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Outline Cannabis‚ the Good and the Bad 1. History * In our world we know it by pot‚ a plant by the name of Cannabis that has existed for thousands of years. * Said to have been discovered through the regions of India‚ this plant soon became a sacred ritual for those who used it. * Since ancient time our ancestors have smoked cannabis due to its affects‚ making them believe that they were connecting with god himself. * Thanks to modern science and research we now know that
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I attended a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting‚ on (fill in the blank). The person who was sharing that night was a 28-year-old woman by the name of Christine (“Chris”). She discussed her journey through the program‚ stating she was six months clean as of that meeting but was just getting to the point of acceptance that she did in fact have an addiction to crystal methamphetamines (“crystal meth).” Chris gave the history of her addiction as having smoked marijuana (“pot”) off and on since she
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