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Introduction The use of marijuana on college campuses is one of the mostcontentious issues facing the academic world today. Marijuana is widelyused within American society, despite widespread anti-drug lobbies andprevention campaigns. The effects of marijuana have been said to includeeffects o...
Marijuana In this report I will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should be legal, for medical and/or recreational purposes. Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot, Mary Jane, Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name a few Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). Ch...
One would assume that with more and more money being spent on the enforcement of drug abuse, with a huge amount of that money being spent on marijuana abuse the statistics for marijuana and drug abuse would be lower. Yet the opposite is true; the statistics are only continuing to get worse for the ...
Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana has been effectively prohibited in the U.S. since 1968, and has been a very controversial issue ever since. Marijuana is native to central Asia and was first cultivated some 10,000 years ago. "As early as 2737 B.C.E. in China, written accounts have extoll...
Legalization Of Medical Marijuana: For a Good Cause One of the biggest controversies that currently plague the United States is the debate over the legalization of marijuana. Many speculate that changes in the laws concerning of marijuana are long overdue and our society can no longer postpone thi...
Marijuana Marijuana is a preparation of dried, shredded leaves from the Indian hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which means "useful hemp". Preparations made from Cannabis include marijuana, the dried plant material; hashish, the dried resin from the flowers and associated leaves; and hash ...
In the late 1970's, Susan Nelson watched her husband, Don, in constant agony. He was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for testicular cancer, and his body was continually rejecting his supplemental drugs, causing him to vomit with. His body's natural reaction was only causing Don to incur further t...
Anti-legalization of Marijuana Dear Congressman, I am honored to be writing to you on such a significant topic of national concern. Average citizens are annoyed and just plain fatigued with the drugs and crime problems in America. These upright citizens, that contribute to the growth of American soc...
Medical marijuana was legalized in Michigan during the last election on November 4, 2008. Michigan\'s Medical Marijuana Law, Initiated Law 1 of 2008, received an unbelievable 63% of votes, receiving the majority support in 83 of Michigan\'s counties. This law went into effect on December 4, 2008, an...
Over the past decade, there has been much controversy over the legalization of marijuana. The government is uncertain of its effects on society in general, as well as on the individual. As of now, marijuana is illegal in Canada, and only thirteen people can smoke it legally (http://www.chuckii.c...
Currently, drugs remain high on the agenda\'s of politicians, and drugs are considered one of the major problems affecting our country. I believe that the negative effects associated with drugs would be reduced greatly if the United States adopted a policy towards the total legalization of marijuana...
One question that has troubled Americans for a long time is: \"Should the use of marijuana be legalized?\" Some say yes, while others say, no. According to the Merriam-Webster\'s dictionary, marijuana is defined as \"the dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that yield THC a...
In the United States today many people have seen great advances in terms of medicine and technology and how these advances have benefited people suffering from a multitude of diseases and the symptoms caused by diseases. One aspect of medicine that remains prehistoric is the use of medicinal marijua...
Your name ClassTeachers NamedateThe Use Of Marijuana TherapeuticallyThesis: Studies show that there is sufficient evidence for the legalization of marijuana medically prescribed for terminally ill patients and people with...
Specific issues, such as the controversy surrounding the use of marijuana have throughout recorded history increasingly been looked at from different points of view. Our beliefs concerning the non-medical use of drugs, more specifically marijuana, have largely been dependent on what type of informa...
I intend to discuss the issue of whether marijuana should be legalized or not. My audience will be college students. Because all issues related to marijuana are emotional as well as logical, I have to assume that individuals within my audience, a college class, will hold a wide variety of opinio...
The medical use of marijuana should be approved by the federal government of the United States of America. Politics and personal bias have no place in the medical arts. Science, not prejudice, is the yardstick by which the efficacy of medical treatment is to be measured. the practitioner must be abl...
Should Marijuana Be LegalThis is a topic that has become a bit of concern amongst people in the past few years. Marijuana has been illegal since the early 1900's, but lately scientists have figured out that there are some uses of marijuana that could benefit people in need, people who are sick of d...
There is no culture in the history of mankind that did not ever use some kind (kinds) of drugs. Despite the well-known consequences of drug addiction, millions of people constantly consume different legal and illegal drugs. Affecting people's mind and changing their behavior, drugs become one of the...
The use of illicit drugs is subject to much public concern and contention. Of the most popular and widely used is marijuana. Derived of the plant Cannabis sativa, the growing acceptance of marijuana's medicinal purposes as well as the continuing government campaign against drugs has created a...
DESCRIPTION:Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leavesof the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Marijuana is often called by street names such as pot,herb, weed, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, reefer, or chronic. There are more than 200 slangterms for marijuana. HISTORY...
Medical MarijuanaMarijuana prohibition applies to everyone, including the sick and dying. Of all the negative consequences of prohibition, none is as tragic as the denial of medical marijuana to the tens of thousands of seriously ill patients who could benefit from its therapeutic use.    It is c...
Foreword: There is no culture in the history of mankind that did not ever use some kind (kinds) of drugs. Despite the well-known consequences of drug addiction, millions of people constantly consume different legal and illegal drugs. Affecting people's mind and changing their behavior, ...
Marijuana can cause many harmful effects. There has never been a major test though. The ones they've used have shown very different things. I have been very surprised by what I have been reading. I cannot believe the difference in what different scientists think.One says, "It's hard to know for sur...
Just Do It: Legalize MarijuanaMarijuana is a substance that has become very much a part of American culture. Nearly 65 million Americans have either used it occasionally or regularly. The use of marijuana hit mainstream America during the 1960's and it has been accepted by a large segment of society...