illegal drugs are 8 percent of international trade compared to automobiles only 5.3 percent. The first prohibition had no scientific evidence. Paper companies wanted marijuana illegal because of plant hemp which can be used for rope papers clothing ect. US is the only industrialized nation not growing hemp. Marijuana was first outlawed in Utah after first Mormons disproved as they do alcohol‚ cigarettes and coffee and tea. Other states joined relating marijuana use to the life of jazz musicians. In
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cultivated hemp (Fulford 2003). It was not until the US imposed anti-narcotic laws that Japan faced issues of legal/illegal debate. During WWII‚ Japanese Imperial Army soldiers were allowed to smoke marijuana to ease the stress of battle. The smoke of the marijuana plant also held spiritual values in some religious ceremonies. In 2003‚ Yasunao Nakayama was approved to cultivate marijuana for experimental and commercial purposes. In fact‚ at the time of the article‚ his vehicle was powered by hemp oil.
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Marijuana Legalization Balubar‚ Angelica Gonio‚ Ariane Lepiten‚ Joyce Salvador‚ Madchen St. Vincent School IV – LOVE January 2014 Chapter 1: Thesis Statement Marijuana is commonly known as a drug. It is right to be legalized? Is it really necessary to be legalized and be approved by government? Marijuana is an increasingly hot topic in today’s society‚ and is one that will need to be dealt with in a more serious manner in the coming years. Over time‚ marijuana has
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English 1010 L-25 Does Legalizing Marijuana Really Make Sense? Should marijuana be sold freely and made available to everyone? To me it makes somewhat sense. There are several beneficial effects as well as there are some very not as much. The debate over the legalization is very heated here in the United States. Marijuana is legal in some states for medical purposes only and others have not quite been convinced of the cannabis. Our newly re-elected president‚ Barack Obama‚ says he is
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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is a two million acre plot of land in South Dakota. It is the second- largest Native American reservation in the United States. Over 40‚000 people live there‚ and approximately 35% of those are children. The Ogala Lakota Sioux of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are the poorest of the nation. The unemployment rate averages between 80% and 90%. Those that have jobs earn an average income between $2‚600 and $3‚500 annually. Families subsist on about $4‚000 a year. (“Stats”)
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Marijuana during the 70’s was viewed much differently then it is today. Twenty-Seven states approve for new medical studies‚ and consequential turn out of those convicted of using the most commonly used drug in the world‚ is making the United States change their opinion on the subject. The most debatable question going on right now in this question about Marijuana is: Whether or Marijuana should be legalized based on how it effects people’s health‚ its resourcefulness to medicine‚ and the contribution
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the politics that are involved with vegan’s voices and dollars. Vegans abstain from wearing leather‚ fur‚ wool‚ pearls or anything that comes from an animal meaning they shop alternatively. They buy clothes and shoes made from plant materials such as hemp which are manufactured in an ethical form. There is substantial advocacy for animals online and in city streets with explicit images of what goes on behind the veil of these big food industries. These advocating vegetarians and vegans can come off
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Lampke T‚ Marx G‚ Nestler K‚ Starke D. Thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric analysis of natural fibres and polypropylene. Thermochim Acta 1999;337:169–77. [35] Ochi S. Development of high strength biodegradable composites using Manila hemp fiber and starch-based biodegradable resin. Compos‚ Part A: Appl Sci Manuf 2006;37:1879–83. [36] Mohanty AK‚ Misra M‚ Hinrichsen G. Biofibres‚ biodegradable polymers and biocomposites: an overview. Macromol Mater Eng 2000;276–277:1–24. 127 [37] Wool
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level has been shown to occur in the states that have already legalized this substance. Also‚ by legalizing marijuana‚ it would also allow hemp‚ a marijuana strain with such a little percentage of THC (the compound that allows marijuana to produce a high) to be grown in the US. This is a better substance for many industries. For example‚ a certain amount of hemp creates much more paper than four times the amount of trees being used for the same product. The opposition to this decriminalization is
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with a skilled bowman‚ but a crossbow can only shot up to 2 shoots per minute and shot up to 350-400 .(http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/medieval-archer.htm). The longbows were often made out of wood and the string was made from hemp and it was soaked in glue and this made it more durable in the weather when it shot. The people that made these bows were called artillators and the arrow was a straight shaft with a sharp point at the end to kill the target. (http://www.castles.me
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