Question: Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug? My best friend who is a cancer patient left Austin a few years ago but still comes home for the holidays. Her mom found‚ on a recent visit an ashtray full of marijuana roaches under her bed. I’m not too worried about marijuana‚ as it is a soft drug‚ but I’m concerned that it will lead to hard drugs‚ and my friend may become an addict. Is it true that marijuana leads to other drug use? Answer: Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis or weed‚ is the most
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ANALYSIS: MARIJUANA Critical Issue Analysis: Marijuana Janet Matthews University of Phoenix April 22‚ 2009 Critical Issue Analysis: Marijuana Gfroerer‚ J. W. (2005). Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug First time marijuana use will lead to harder drugs‚ creates health risks including HIV. Earleywine‚ M. (2004). Marijuana Is Not a Gateway to Other Addictive Drugs. Most marijuana users do not touch hard drugs. First time marijuana use does
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Sociology 225 Research Paper Marijuana as a Gateway Drug The gateway theory is a hypothesis which states that the use of gateway drugs (alcohol‚ tobacco and marijuana) lead to the use of more illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)‚ marijuana is a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. “Schedule I drugs are classified as having a high potential for abuse‚ no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States
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Marijuana as a Gateway Drug: The Causal Fallacy The marijuana plant‚ perhaps the most widely-used illicit drug in the world‚ was once demonized by authorities and the media. In the 1936 film Marijuana: Weed with Roots in Hell‚ director Dwain Esper portrayed teens smoking marijuana and then engaging in perceived evils such as nude bathing and unchaperoned partying‚ with one girl becoming pregnant. The film went on to further depict the characters becoming addicted to marijuana and committing serious
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Is marijuana a “gateway” drug? What do we mean by the “gateway” drug? According to the text‚ a number of politicians and officials consider marijuana to be a dangerous drug that should be regulated and controlled since it leads to harsher drugs such as heroin cocaine (Spohn & Belenko‚ 2015‚ p. 22). Whether or not marijuana is a gateway drug depends on the person and how strong they are. Some people know that they will only smoke marijuana and do not have the urge to try any other drugs. Others may
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The Gateway to Marijuana Legalization As the subject of many debates‚ the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. has sparked many controversial conversations ranging from the effect on learning to the medicinal uses of the plant. To finally put an end to this argument‚ Cannabis Sativa should absolutely be legalized‚ taxed‚ and definitely used for medicinal purposes. The laws today are immoral and are a waste of time‚ money and resources. Thinking within a utilitarian mindset‚ the ideals behind
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Smolen‚ and John K. Hewitt released their study Relationship Between Adolescent Marijuana Use and Young Adult Illicit Drug Use examining a number of components of the gateway theory as it applies to marijuana use and its effect on progression toward use of other illicit drugs. In order for researchers to relate marijuana use to the gateway theory‚ they examined (1) whether adolescent marijuana use predicts young adult drug use‚ (2) whether this association persists when controlling for similar family
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a Conclusion on the three gateway drugs. Name all Three 1)Please include what type of Drug all three are? 2)Analyze and inform major components of the three drugs. 3)Please make sure you add or talk about any key vocab words that we discussed in class. 4) Lastly‚ report the short or long term effects of the three gateway drugs on the body. The three gateway drugs in order are tobacco‚ alcohol‚ and marijuana. They are in order of how most people are exposed to the drug. They all have negative effects
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The War on Drugs and The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world. The word “marijuana”‚ referred to as “herbal cannabis” by the rest of the world‚ is the American term for dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis sativa plant (Caulkins 2012). The drug can be dated back to as far as 6000 B.C. when the plant’s seeds were used in China as food. It was used as a pain reliever and sedative in Napoleonic France (Spaulding and Fernandez). The flowers on
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Marijuana‚ the Deceptive Drug Beliefs about marijuana are confused The state of Maine legalized marijuana for medical purposes last month. A bill on Beacon Hill would do the same for Massachusetts. But the debate is already "contaminated." We shouldn’t worry because marijuana is harmless‚ say many of those who would legalize the drug. But the libertarians argue an entirely different perspective. They say it doesn’t matter whether it’s harmless because we should legalize all drugs
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