1960’s marijuana became very popular among the young college crowd. This was looked at as a challenge to authority and the government. The effects of marijuana are minimal. The high has a feeling of euphoria‚ peacefulness and well-being. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the active chemical in marijuana. It’s estimated that a person would have to ingest a dose 20‚000 to 40‚000 times the average dose before death would occur. In the early 1990’s sophisticated research on marijuana began. The scientists
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Jannys Ramos Lambert Professor Joe McDade English Composition 2 11 November 2014 Marijuana is a drug that people love and may hate. Weed produces a pleasurable feeling too many people and to others it produces relief. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) the ingredient in marijuana that produces the high‚ remains in the body for 2 to 4 weeks (Cary‚ 2006) Marijuana impairs attention and coordination and slows reaction time‚ and these effects make operating complex machinery such as an automobile dangerous
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THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA It is generally assumed that Marijuana is an evil drug that creates menaces of society and ruins the lives of poor innocent children. Some believe it to cause cancer‚ breathing problems‚ and make people do crazy and unnatural things while under the influence of the drug. Evidently there is a high degree of confusion and ignorance surrounding the drug and the true facts about it. This sort of sheep-like behavior where people base their beliefs on the beliefs of others
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hallucinogens like LSD and mescaline (heightened sensitivity to colors‚ shapes‚ music‚ and other stimuli and distortion of the sense of time)‚ marijuana differs chemically and pharmacologically. The primary active component of marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)‚ although other cannabinol derivatives are also thought to be intoxicating. In 1988 scientists discovered
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Some researchers insist medical marijuana is beneficial; however‚ some argue that its hazardous. Marijuana has harmful short term and long term effects on the body and brain. Short term side effects include poor judgment and short term memory loss. The long term effects are similar to smoking cigarettes. Over time marijuana damages the brain and permanently impairs it. Marijuana isn’t all bad though a lot of research has been done to show how it improves people’s quality of life. It helps chemo patients
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hopes that they will soon become an important medical therapy for pain. When taken orally‚ cannabinoids are not very well absorbed and often have unpredictable effects. Patients often become sedated or have intoxication-like symptoms when tetrahydrocannabinol (THC-the primary psychoactive cannabinoid in cannabis) is metabolized by the liver. A small number of studies with Marinol (synthetic THC analogue) have shown some effectiveness in pain relief‚ but optimal doses that relieve pain often cannot
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to seeing it as a harmful substance. Medical marijuana‚ or cannabis‚ is a plant that some physicians may recommend to be use as a herbal remedie or a liquid medicine as part of a medical treatment. Cannabis has an ingredient called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol which is often abbreviated as THC. This ingredient alters the mind and it is usually about one to seven percent of this in the marijuana. Some states have went above and beyond to legalize marijuana for medical purposes and have been successful
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Not only is marijuana considered by many as a natural plant‚ meaning it is ‘unpurified’ and can contain chemicals or pesticides‚ it contains the mind- altering chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)‚ which can have both short and long- term physical adverse side effects on the brain and body. When smoked‚ marijuana over activates parts of the brain that contain the highest number of receptors which causes the "high" that people
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Medical Marijuana Legalization The debate over whether marijuana should be legalized has long troubled many American citizens. There are many political aspects that have to be taken into account when making a big federal decision such as this. However‚ long before America was even an idea‚ many cultures had harnessed the plant‚ and used it for many primitive medical procedures. Within certain states it is legal to use marijuana for medical treatments‚ but this is a relatively new idea
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Hash oil or resin. Marijuana comes in the form of a mixture of dried leaves‚ stems and seeds which come from the plant and can be a greenish‚ brownish or a greyish colour. It contains a harmful mind-altering chemical called THC also known as Tetrahydrocannabinol which can have many adverse effects on the user’s organs but it also contains more than four hundred other chemicals. The amount of THC in the drug determines how strong the effects will be whilst other factors such as the plant itself‚ the
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