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    Negative Effects Of Stimulants on wiseGEEK: • Another common source of stimulants is nicotine‚ which is found in tobacco. Paradoxically‚ the effects of stimulants can be both an increase in anxiety as well as a decrease in anxiety. • Negative effects of caffeine can be broken down into moderate and serious side effects: Moderate negative effects of caffeine include: Headaches Irritability Increase in breast tenderness Restlessness Mild insomnia Increased heart rate Increased blood sugar

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    There are so many meaning for Cannabis. If we ask around what is their definition of Cannabis everyone will have their own meanings. There are many reasons Cannabis can be used such as it uses in the medical field. There is a big debate in the US on whether or not to legalize Marijuana. Legalization the least potent form of Cannabis can help in treating diseases. There are some good and bad in the use of cannabis products. Cannabis comes from a plant called cannabis sativa that can be grown in many

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    s Risks of Cannabis Dependency What are the effects that Cannabis/Marijuana Dependency has on your life? Tommy Barnes Prof. K. Bekker AB PSY-101 3/14/12 Risks of Cannabis Dependency Sharma‚ M. (2009‚ April). Determinants of Marijuana Use‚ Abuse and Dependence. Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education. Pp. 3-6. The main idea of this article is the study of the relation of Marijuana use‚ abuse‚ and dependency. The idea is to look at how might a person first start

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    Active ingredients: • Cannabis- Cannabis contains Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It is taken from the cannabis plant which is gown in the tropics. Cannabis can be made in literally any climate and is usually produced indoors with the aid of heated technology. Cannabis contains Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)‚ which the part of the plant that gets you high • Cocaine- The main ingredient in cocaine is actually leaves off a coca plant. It is grown in the south of America in countries like Chile‚ Bolivia and

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    Marijuana‚ clinically known as Cannabis‚ is a leafy plant found in many areas around the world. Cannabis has two main subtypes: Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa (Gerich‚ 2015).The medical benefits of marijuana include analgesic‚ anti-emetic‚ sedative‚ anti-inflammatory ‚ anti-convulsive and laxative effects (Audu‚ 2014). The phytochemical composition for Cannabis involves over 500 chemical compounds of which the cannabinoids are the most clinically relevant. They can be derived from three sources:

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    Stimulant‚ any of a group of drugs that excite the central nervous system‚ increase alertness‚ and alleviate fatigue. Caffeine is perhaps the most socially acceptable and commonly used stimulant. Other stimulants include cocaine and amphetamines‚ which create intense feelings of euphoria (well-being). Amphetamines‚ commonly known as pep pills or diet pills‚ also decrease appetite. Stimulants work by mimicking the fight-or-flight response‚ in which the hormone epinephrine (also known as adrenaline)

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    Chemical stimulants like alcohol‚nicotine and coffee are all ’psychostimulants’ that induce temporary improvements in mental and physical functions. These psychoactive drugs are addictive and they have mood-elevating effects and these may have made some‚ if not all of them potent drugs of abuse. These with other complex characteristics of these stimulants are major causes of the titanic consumption of these drugs in the 16th and 18th century. The stimulants gained strong believes for medical purposes

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    I think it’s unbelievable how someone can be sent to jail because they have cannabis. It makes no sense to me how one state will give you nothing but a slap on the wrist if you have cannabis. And another state won’t hesitate to throw you in the slammer for a couple years. I do not think it’s right for people who were caught with cannabis to be labeled the same as people who were caught robbing a bank‚ or worse. Cannabis has been proven for centuries to be natural healing and help with almost all

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    Cannabis Legalization Despite over seventy years of criminal prohibition‚ cannabis‚ also known as marijuana‚ has become very popular among Americans. Studies show that over 102 million Americans (41 percent of the U.S.) have used the substance in their lifetime (Drehle). Cannabis contains anti-inflammatory‚ anti-oxidant‚ and anti-cancer compounds. These are all compounds that fight off disease within the body (7). It has been proven that marijuana has many positive affects on human health. If

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    The facts cited herein are generally verifiable in the Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ which was printed primarily on paper produced with cannabis hemp for over 150 years. However‚ any encyclopedia (no matter how old) or good dictionary will do for general verification purposes. From more than 1‚000 years before the time of Christ until 1883 A.D.‚ cannabis hemp‚ indeed‚ marijuana was our planetís largest agricultural crop and most important industry‚ involving thousands of products and enterprises;

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