Jon Stewart once said “Here’s the point - you’re looking at affirmative action‚ and you’re looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana‚ no need for quotas‚ because really‚ who’s gonna wanna work?” Although Stewart’s intent is to shed some laughter on this controversial subject‚ he brings up a valid point; if marijuana is legalized‚ how will the behavior of the population be altered? The mental health and social risks we take in regards to legalizing marijuana are much too large for our country to
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known as weed‚ pot‚ herb‚ bud‚ Mary Jane‚ grass‚ MJ‚ chronic‚ ganja and more derives from the hemp plant Cannabis Sativa. Whether the plant is dried and smoked or mixed into an edible form the user attempts to attain the active chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in order to get high. Through research many questions about the effect of the popular drug on teens may be answered including‚ trends in teenage marijuana use‚ the effect of marijuana
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In all societies‚ there are substances that are deemed as both not acceptable and acceptable for consumption. The laws today are a result of ever changing societal norms. Before a particular drug is discovered‚ it is not illegal; it simply exists in nature. When that substance is introduced into a society‚ it must be determined if its effects are in line with the societies morals which may be in large part regulated by the dominate religion. If it is proven to be beneficial to the society and abides
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Trent Bentz Pam McBroom Writing 54 30 October 2013 Marijuana History When it comes to using the drug for medical purposes‚ though‚ no one did it like the ancients. Around 2000 B.C.‚ the Egyptians used cannabis to treat sore eyes (Webley). A millennium later‚ doctors in India could be found mixing the weed with milk to use as an anesthetic (Webley). In 200 B.C.‚ the Greeks used marijuana to remedy earaches (Webley). Pot even enjoyed its freedom in America ’s early days stated in the article
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such as pot‚ herb‚ weed‚ grass‚ boom‚ Mary Jane‚ gangster‚ or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. In other words‚ they change how the brain works. They all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ the main active chemical in marijuana. They also contain more than 400 other chemicals. Marijuana’s effects on the user depend on the strength or potency of the THC it contains. The potency of marijuana has increased since the 1970s but has
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Coast University Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis‚ can be found hundreds of century ago. Cannabis is mixture of dry green and brown flowers‚ stems and seeds that contains the chemical ingredient delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol‚ or THC for short (Marijuana 2012). Marijuana is one of the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse and other government agencies‚ almost 100 million Americans have tried the
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Alex Jones Jones 1 Professor Sosnoski ENG 102 30 January 2013 Legalization of Marijuana Recently‚ the controversial debate over legalizing marijuana has become more relevant than ever before. In the states of Washington and Colorado marijuana is currently legal for recreational use. In Michigan the cities of Detroit‚ Flint and Grand Rapids have decriminalized the drug. Also‚ in the cities of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti the penalties for marijuana are closely related to receiving a speeding
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LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN THE PHILIPPINES A Research Paper Presented to: Mr. Emmanuel Raposa Infant Jesus Montessori Center In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements For English IV By: Abel‚ Kristine Joy Ferrer‚ Fillmore Martinez‚ Janine Aira Vinoya‚ Helena Mae March‚ 2015 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to express our special appreciation to our adviser‚ Mr. Emmanuel Raposa‚ for he had been a tremendous teacher for us‚ who also have shown the attitude of a professional teacher;
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A) It has been successfully utilized to make a thousands of diverse‚ environmentally friendly products like textiles‚ paper‚ oil‚ rope and canvas. 2) The female plant is enriched with a psychoactive chemical called THC or tetrahydrocannabinol. A) When inhaled‚ THC induces a euphoric and sedate effect. B) THC is beneficial for patients with AIDS wasting syndrome‚ arthritis‚ brain injury related with strokes‚ multiple sclerosis‚ nausea associated with cancer
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Introduction Drugs kill more than “100‚000” people a year. What kind of drugs? Prescription drugs. The seemingly harmless‚ easily accessible medicine in which doctors prescribe to patients every day account for “100‚000” times as many deaths than the heavily criminalized‚ all natural drug we know as marijuana. Because of its non-toxic and non-addictive characteristics not one death has resulted from the use of marijuana. Some skeptics argue that marijuana‚ also known as ‘cannabis’‚ can become a
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