the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. Marijuana is the dried leaves‚ seeds‚ stems‚ and flowers of the hemp plant referred to as Cannabis sativa. The plant contains an addictive‚ mind-altering chemical known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (Drug Facts: Marijuana‚ 2015). According to Drug Facts: Marijuana‚ 2015‚ the amount of THC in marijuana has been steadily increasing‚ which creates more harmful effects for users. This paper will address possible causes of marijuana
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Marijuana is a street drug that is a dry‚ green mix of stems‚ seeds‚ and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. It is generally smoked as cigarettes or in a pipe. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol‚ also known as THC. Smoking marijuana creates a euphoric feeling that is known as a high. After it is absorbed into the user’s bloodstream through the lungs‚ certain protein receptors in the brain attach to THC to create this feeling. There are many beneficial aspects
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alcohol is the destruction". Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried‚ shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa that is typically smoked but can mixed and cooked in food. It contains the mind altering chemical THC or tetrahydrocannabinol. Marijuana looks like a mixture of dried leaves‚ sticks and flowers. It can range in color from green to brown. There are over two hundred names for the drug; weed‚ Mary Jane‚ and pot are some of the most popular ones. Long-term marijuana abuse
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Legalizing Marijuana in New Mexico Introduction Marijuana is a preparation of Cannabis plant‚ which is mainly used as a psychoactive plant and medicine. The main components of the drug are tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabinoids among others. The psychoactive and physiological effected presented by the
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BY: Lillian Richard Hemp to Save Our Trees Worldwide we are seeing a devastation of our forests due to paper production. Consumption of wood products has risen 64% since 1961. Globally‚ pulp for paper‚ has risen from 40% in 1998‚ to an expected 60% over the next 50 years. The industry expects that demand to double by 2050. The U.S. consumes 200‚000‚000 tons of wood products annually‚ increasing by 4% every year. U.S. paper producers consume 1 billion trees each year (735 pounds of paper for
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Annotated Bibliography on the Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal substance in United States and in many other countries; this is a statement that seems to be in each article that is written about the legalization of marijuana. This is a subject that has been up for debate for quite a few years now. There are many people who support the legalization of this drug and are strongly convinced that marijuana is not a drug in which one should be punished for‚ but rather
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cases a year in the UK could be linked to cannabis use”. Cannabis has over 400 types of different‚ active chemicals which have various effects to the user. A certain group of chemicals called cannabinoids are harmful and are found in cannabis. Tetrahydrocannabinol also known as THC is a very harmful chemical and is one of the oldest hallucinogenic drugs known. THC may cause the user to
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) LSD)‚ a potent hallucinogenic drug‚ also called a psychedelic‚ first synthesized from lysergic acid in Switzerland in l038. Lysergic acid is a white odorless drug‚ a component of the mold of ERGOT. Ergot is a product of the fungus Claviceps purpurea. Th e bio-active ingredients of ergot are all derivatives of lysergic acid. LSD is a semi-synthetic derivative of lysergic acid. Thus LSD is an "ergot" - like substance. The drug evokes dreamlike changes
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The controversy of whether marijuana should be legalized or stay illegal in the United States has been going on since the early establishments of British colonies in North America. “Marijuana was a common substance among Americans during colonial and early Union times‚ used by doctors for pain relief and appetite inducement‚ and by citizens as a recreational substance. However‚ in the years between the first and second World Wars‚ the United States Federal Government completed several studies which
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achieved from its legalization. In order to fully grasp the argument‚ you have to first understand and define what it is you are debating. Marijuana is a “crude drug composed of the leaves and flowers of plants in the genus Cannabis” (Abdullah). Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the active ingredient in marijuana that has valuable therapeutic
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