Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds; the Legalization of LSD Imagine being at the heart of your own thoughts and feelings. A place where time is nonexistent and all your life’s difficulties will soon cease to exist. LSD‚ the drug of the 60’s‚ can take you on a completely different reality and perceive things that are unique and beyond belief‚ and it could also help hundreds of thousands of people with mental disorders. LSD ’s psychological effects (colloquially called a "trip") was always misunderstood
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insignificant harm one such drug is cannabis (marijuana).Cannabis is a psychotic drug. The main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)‚ but there are more than sixty related chemicals in marijuana‚ which are called "cannabinoids." Cannabis also contains other unrelated compounds that have similar psychoactive effects. The psychoactive effects vary but may include fight or flight‚ sensory distortion‚ confusion or hallucinatory. Marijuana is also a depressant‚ when the THC
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Cannabis Introduction The topic I will be discussing today is cannabis‚ marijuana‚ weed‚ pot‚ or ganja‚ whatever you prefer to call it. I did this topic because I believe that the majority of people do not know much about cannabis‚ and I want them to be properly informed so that they are not drawn in by false information. In this speech you will hear me use the terms hemp and marijuana. Hemp and marijuana are both products of the plant cannabis‚ but the important difference in the two is the amount
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Master Nico Jan Wiersman Legalization Marijuana 07/04/13 Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” ― Bill Hicks The objective of this essay is to produce new points of view about legalizing marijuana in countries like the USA and Mexico. Because all the benefit that this could bring to our society. Most people try not to think about marijuana. They wish to avoid the overwhelming
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Legalize Marijuana Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 December 17‚ 2012 Legalize Marijuana There are many opponents to the idea of legalizing marijuana though states such as California‚ Arizona and many other states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes (Barnes‚ 2000). So if marijuana has medicinal attributes then how does it also fit the unsafe category? So it is a drug that is medicinal but also harmful‚ is this not the case with almost every approved pharmaceutical
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English Comp 121-007 June 24th‚ 2013 Medical Marijuana Cannabis‚ better know as Marijuana‚ has been around since 2900 B.C. A Chinese Emperor Fu His‚ referenced the plant as being‚ “a popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang.”(ProCon.org) In America‚ the use of Marijuana and the concept of it has been kicked around and jumbled for hundreds of years. It has been generalized and put in a box. Beginning with George Washington‚ he grew Marijuana on his private plantation for thirty years. In
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Legalization‚ Our Only Salvation “No hay mal que dure cien años‚ ni enfermo que lo aguante.” There is no sickness that lasts more than a hundred years‚ or an ill person that will survive it. For the past decade the U.S has faced one of the biggest issues in the country‚ the war against drugs. Many controversial ideas have risen to help win the war on drugs‚ but the most controversial one is the legalization of drugs. Not all of the drugs should be legalized‚ just marihuana. By legalizing this drug
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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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ability. Long Term Effects of Marijuana:1 • lung cancer • chronic bronchitis • energy loss • slow confused thinking • apathy • and blood vessel blockage. • Use by adolescents can disrupt emotional development‚ delay puberty‚ and can delay the monthly cycle in females. • Marijuana may produce a mild physical dependence that causes minor withdrawal symptoms when discontinued‚ including nausea‚ insomnia‚ irritability‚ and anxiety. Physical effects of marijuana • diarrhea • cramps • weight
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The legalization of cannabis can open new job and business opportunities‚ as well as raise the standard of living for Canada‚ economically and medically. It can do this by revealing a new monopoly to communities leading to profit income for the country. Some of these businesses would consist of marijuana dispensaries‚ growing operations‚ and glass blowing businesses. These businesses have potential to make a large amount of profit as well as create more job opportunities.This would raise the standard
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