Why Not Pot? Marijuana is one of the most widely used illegal drugs in the country today. The amount of people that smoke pot is on the rise and not showing any signs of slowing down. The government is spending billions of dollars trying to stop society from smoking marijuana yet is having no ...

Marijuana - Good v Bad"Marijuana prohibition applies to everyone, including the sick and dying" (NORML). Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since 1937. In 1937 the United States of America passed the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, this made it illegal for anyone to possess, sell, or manuf...

Marijuana is an "iffy" drug. It has its many bad side affects but at the same time it has its good affects to which the government is picking up on. Millions of people use the drug even though it is illegal. It has some long-term effects but they are not yet distinguishable from the effect...

Doctors nowadays are allowed to prescribe cocaine and morphine as medicine, however not marijuana. Studies have shown that cocaine and morphine are more harmful then marijuana. The usage of herbal medicine can benefit many patients that have critical diseases. Many patients and their doctors find...

Marijuana, also called mary-jane, pot, grass, weed, doobey and reefer, is the most commonly used illegal street drug in North America. It causes numerous amounts of health risks, it's a gayway drug, and it can mess up your life by getting you in trouble with the law. Marijuana in it's self could ca...

Should marijuana be legalized? There are many advantages and disadvantages of using marijuana with all the issues that have risen up about marijuana. Marijuana should not be legalized; the reasons are for safety for the human society, of the side-effects on human, the cost of rehabilitation programs...

Legalizing MarijuanaThe argument of legalizing marijuana is an age-old argument. There are so many pros and cons that can be argued about this subject. Both sides have equally convincing arguments as to why it should or should not be done. The most common arguments for people that a...

In my opinion marijuana should not be legalized. I have four basic reasons as to why this should not happen. My first reason for not having pot legalized is that the natural way of man is for us to want what we cannot have. If pot becomes legal people who now smoke pot will no longer want to sm...

Cannibis: A Controversy Pot, dope, bud, Mary Jane, hemp, herb or whatever you call it, all these words are nicknames that relate to the ever so popular drug plant, marijuana or cannabis. In the 1960s, if you knew whether or not someone had ever smoked marijuana, you could make a pretty intelli...

Marijuana: Is It Bad? Legalizing drugs in America is one of the talked about topics in today's day and age. With the increase in drug addiction in the United States some say it would be better to just legalize the majority of drugs and tell people of the good and bad side effects so that it ...

America' number one problem seem to be their issue on drugs. Nobody can honestly say that they have never seen or heard of someone using an illegal drug. According to national statistics drug use is on the rise. In the juxtaposition of 1995 through 2000, the drug use rate has sky...

Teenagers today are faced with many obstacles and decisions as they make their way into adulthood. It is a heavy burden to bear, to know that every decision you make, could effect the rest of your life. For teenagers one bad choice could have a negative effect years down the road. One m...

Although it is clear that society is unhappy with current efforts to stop illegal drug smuggling, illegal drug use and distribution, no one seems to know what should be done. With drug use and drug related crime on the rise, some Americans argue that current drug law is too easy on drug offenders. S...

Eliot Marshall once said "The discovery and invention of substances that change the way we feel and behave are among man's special accomplishments". Man has been given the ability to alter a person's behavior, mood, health, thoughts, and perception. However, due to government ...

Escape from Reality The request for legalizing drugs has entered the mainstream of public debates in recent years, mostly focusing on marijuana. Some countries around the world have allowed laws, not so much to abolish, as to bend the use of drugs. Countries such as the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, P...

The Drug Enforcement Agency has tried to limit the drug trafficking problem coming from countries south of the U.S. The southern hemisphere has given the U.S. a really hard time with the international drug trade. Where do drugs come from? Most of the marijuana Smuggling routes that come into the Un...

In the early 1900's Americans realized that alcohol and other types of drugs popular at the time were being abused and thought it may be a good idea to criminalize their use to stop the problems that their use and abuses caused. Legislation was introduced and made into laws, outlawing alcoholic bev...

History Definition  Drugs have a long and notorious history for altering minds. Drugs are used as a way of escaping reality and disappearing into another world.  In this speech, I will assist you in understanding the history and definitions of various drugs. My proposed f...

Time Magazine reports that 240,00 to 360,000 of the current college student body will eventually die of alcohol-related causes because of the binge drinking habits that they picked up in their college years. That amount of students would be like the entire student body of one of the top ten ivy lea...

Teenagers and children shouldn\'t smoke because it represents a risk to their health. Young people who smoke tobacco have high heartbeats, they have a low tolerance for exercise and an increased risk of damaging arteries from fatty buildups associated with heart disease. Young smokers suffer the sam...

The economy in the 1920's can be similarly compared to the economy of the 1990's, this is such, because they both were flustering with good business and success. In addition to the economy's similarities, they both were a time of new inventions. These inventions in each time period changed life...

The United States is one of the most, if not the most powerful country in the world, and yet it still has it's imperfections. These flaws include racial and ethnic profiling which are defined as police practicing the stopping and searching of African-American and Hispanic drivers at rates whi...

Tougher Drug Penalties There should be tougher penalties for offenders of drug laws. There are very evident reasons for need in change of laws. The first and for most is that drugs kill. If not kill then drugs present many physical and mental damages. It wrecks relationships with everyone ...

For a long time, Native Americans have had problems with substance abuse. They are among the highest of all ethnic groups in drug abuse with an estimated 7.8% prevalence of a need for drug treatment. Some of these substances include alcohol, marijuana, crank, cocaine, LSD, and inhalants. ...

Want that high-profile new job as a Fortune 200 company? Here\'s your cup, there\'s the bathroom. Give us a urine sample, then well talk stock options. Or do you want to stay employed in that construction job? Better watch what you ingest over the weekend because you maybe randomly selected to gi...