we were able to legalize a drug that works more efficiently on some diseases than any legal drug on the market today? This drug can help to aid such notorious diseases as AIDS and glaucoma. The name of this drug is cannabis sativa‚ or its more well-known name‚ marijuana. Cannabis sativa should be legalized for its medicinal uses. This paper will state the different types of diseases that marijuana may be used for‚ the current steps towards the legalization of this drug for medicinal purposes
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Community Assignment: Greater Sandhills Area Narcotics Anonymous Student: Lashanda M. Thompson‚ BSW Class: SWRK 605-01‚ Social Work Practice with Groups Instructor: Dr. Carla Fagan‚ Ph.D‚ ACSW Institution: Fayetteville State University Date: March 21‚ 2015 People grow in interaction with many systems‚ such as school systems‚ neighborhood systems‚ and extended family systems. These systems offer a needed source of social support. Social support systems are continuing social aggregates
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE MISUSE OF DRUGS The classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE MISUSE OF DRUGS 1. Background 1.1 In October 2001 the Home Secretary asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (the ‘Council’) to review the classification of cannabis preparations in the light of current scientific evidence. The Council is established under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to keep under review the drug situation in the United Kingdom
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Chris Felcan Prof. Aleksandra Galus 26/11/14 Medical Cannabis Persuasive Essay Studies have proven medical marijuana has therapeutic effects concerning pain management‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ seizures‚ and appetite loss‚ for patients suffering from medical diseases. These diseases include cancer‚ HIV‚ epilepsy‚ and multiple sclerosis. Legalizing the use of marijuana as a medical remedy for treating symptoms and combatting side effects of the treatment would improve a patient ’s quality. Legalizing
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Medical Use Of Prescription Stimulants Correlation between Depressed Moods and Non-medical Use of Prescription Stimulants Among College Students Abstract The correlation between non-medical use of prescription stimulants and prolonged depressed moods among college students is an issue that has not seen much light in the psychological research world. This study seeks to determine if there is a positive correlation between the non-medical use of prescription stimulants and prolonged depressed
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Cannabis verses pharmaceutical drugs to treat seizure disorders Melissa M. Phillips COM/172 April 21‚ 2014 Scott Tobias Cannabis verses pharmaceutical drugs to treat seizure disorders. Chronic illnesses are prevalent this day and age due to various environmental factors‚ lifestyle choices‚ and the use of pharmaceutical drugs. There are various pharmaceutical drugs to treat patients who have chronic pain‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ Alzheimer ’s‚ cancer‚ and various seizure disorders. However‚ the
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Is Alcohol more dangerous than cannabis? this is a topic many people bring up over the years. over many years Alcohol has killed many people. cannabis hasn’t killed anyone since legal use. some of the Negative affects on drinking Alcohol well drinking Alcohol dehydrates your mouth and tung because you don’t have a lot of saliva in your mouth and starts to smell horrible. side affects of drinking to much alcohol is high blood pressure‚ liver cancer‚ and gum disease. drinking to much alcohol can
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Medical cannabis has been a topic for debate since the late 1990’s when California became the first state to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes (Sankin 2). Proponents of cannabis tout the plant’s healing properties‚ while detractors claim that the plant remains a highly dangerous drug. Likewise‚ public opinion is split as to whether dispensaries are a positive or a negative influence to their communities. Even though opponents claim that medical cannabis dispensaries cause crime‚ in reality
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Would You Like Prozac With That? With all those strategically developed commercials for antidepressants such as Abilify‚ Cymbalta‚ and my personal favorite‚ Zoloft‚ it’s easy to see why one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 turns to these happy pills when they’re down. Since the late ‘90s‚ antidepressants have become very popular. So popular‚ in fact‚ that their usage has increased by 400% in the last two decades. Not only that‚ but many users don’t even need the pills. In 2011‚ the National
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Lab Report 2 Introduction: The purpose of this laboratory exercise is to acquaint the investigator with common methods used to identify carbohydrates and proteins in the laboratory. Materials: 7 clean test tubes plus test tube rack dropper bottles of 1% starch‚ 1% protein‚ 1% glucose‚ and distilled water (DW)‚ slurries of honey‚ egg white‚ and saltine crackers dropper of IKI solution (starch test) dropper bottle of Benedict’s reagent (glucose test) dropper bottles of 10% NaOH and
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