am talking about is marijuana‚ and surprisingly it is all around us. Marijuana is even referred to in today’s media Mainstream media sources that people enjoy‚ like music‚ movies‚ and TV shows‚ do not even bother to leave the drug out of their system. Now being a young adult and having my own personal experience with the drug and knowing its effects on others‚ I wonder why it’s not legal. Why is it that this drug has become illegal all over the world? The debate to legalize marijuana in the United
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The Abyss Like a fish out of water by Jody Lyle from Jump Cut‚ no. 38‚ June 1993‚ pp. 9-13 copyright Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media‚ 1993‚ 2006 Everywhere water. Peaceful water. Then suddenly‚ out of the limitless blue‚ comes a long‚ gray U.S. submarine. Quick cut to inside the vessel to find an exclusively male group of seamen trying to identify an object approaching at an unheard of speed. "I’ll tell you what it’s not‚ it’s not one of ours‚" an officer shouts‚ doing his best to identify
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Multiple Sclerosis and Medical Marijuana How would you feel if you had a degenerative disease and the one medicine that helped you the most was not allowed to be prescribed to you and was also illegal for you to obtain? That is the case for many Multiple Sclerosis(MS)patients today. MS affects patients in many different ways‚ but medical marijuana (Cannibis) can help releive the symptoms of MS in these patients‚ if only it was legal to prescribe. MS is a chronic unpredictable nuerological disease
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Rachel Neverdal Professor Otoo English 091 26 January 2015 Marijuana: The Gateway to A Better Life There has been much debate on whether or not marijuana should be legalized in the United States. Marijuana has been used for centuries in numerous cultures for various reasons. The Romans and Greeks used it for its medicinal properties and the Scythians and Indians used in their spiritual ceremonies. Even the Persian founder of Sufism‚ who struggled with depression until discovering the plant
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and separate folder for this class to keep all of your papers‚ notes‚ and other information in one location. 2. Turn in all homework and projects during class on the day they are due. No late work will be accepted‚ unless an excused absence occurs on the day the assignment is due. 3. Check your Ball State email at least once per day. 4. Come to class on time every day. Be prepared for class. That means having your textbook‚ your homework‚ paper‚ a writing utensil‚ etc. ready to use. 5. Turn off
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Marijuana The pros and cons of using marijuana as medicine The pros and cons of using marijuana as medicine can be established from a quote from page 63 of the book Marijuana‚ Noah Berlatsky‚ book editor‚ which has an excerpt from Bill McCarberg’s book “Marijuana and Pain Management” saying “Numerous studies have now established that cannabinoids help lessen pain and affect a wide range of symptoms and bodily functions.” Bill McCarberg‚ founder of the Chronic Pain Management Program for Kaiser
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supercritical fluid extraction system (Model 7100‚ Thar Technologies Inc.‚ USA) consisting a stainless steel extraction vessel of 1lt. capacity. For each experiment‚ the extraction vessel was loaded with 250 g of lyophilized powder wrapped with filter paper to prevent spillage during extraction and contamination of the extracted material with any solid particles. Ethanol (5% w/w) was used as a co-solvent for enhancing the extraction efficiency. Experimental parameters during the study were controlled
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doing corporate social responsibility (CSR) really pays off especially in the firms as well as in the firm’s stakeholders and society. However‚ what is a CSR in the first place? According to researches‚ CSR‚ also known as corporate initiative‚ is all about evaluating and taking up the liability of the company’s impact on the environment as well as in the welfare of the society. Moreover‚ this term probably gives emphasis on the efforts of a firm that go beyond what is being needed by the regulators or
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The trade of marijuana represents a loss of income of billions of dollars in taxes for both the states and the federal government. Thus‚ some people are advocating for the legalization of the use of marijuana especially in this period of crisis. This legalization would go against established morals and cultural beliefs that are ingrained in the American society. Besides‚ this subject also brings back a recurrent debate on whether it is the federal government or the state that has the right under
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President Benigno Aquino the Third (aka‚ Noynoy) of the Republic of The Philippines made his State Of the Nation Address today. I will legitimately link to the whole thing at the end of this post‚ but for the moment‚ here are my impressions of his words and how things look like from my perspective on the country. Do I agree with what he’s been saying? Yes. And no. There are no overt lies and spinning in the President’s SONA‚ for even a malfunctioning democracy as ours does not need propaganda
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