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Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana, Weed, Pot, Hemp, Cannabis, Grass, all these words have the same meaning. There is an ongoing controversy on wither or not Marijuana should be legalized. Both sides have good issues that support them but the positive effects of legalizing marijuana are far g...
Marijuana Better Kept Illegal Marijuana Collier's Encyclopedia defines marijuana as a crude drug composed of the leaves, stems, and flowering buds of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. The flowering tops of the plant secrete a sticky resin that contains the psychoactive material fo...
Today's common tasks can be hard on a person. Anything can cause stress in our lives, and many have founded ways to cope with it. The solution to their stress is marijuana. There is no exact date when cannabis, the plant that marijuana came from, came to the United States. &quo...
Marijuana Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been thought to be an illegal and very harmful drug for many years. But as you read this report you will learn that marijuana has been around for many years (most years legal) and isn't as harmful as some people may think. Marijuana has been used for many th...
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...
One of the most popular and excessively used drugs in our day and age is the drug marijuana. Up until 1937, marijuana, also known as Cannabis sativa, was legal in the United States for all purposes. Now since then, marijuana hasn't been so accepting in our country. Cannabis sativa was banned with...
The Legalization of MarijuanaThe legalization of marijuana is a very controversial topic. This subject has been debatednumerous times over the past few years. The issues surrounding marijuana are both varied andcomplex. There are many people in the world who have their own personal views and be...
Over the past decade extensive medical research had been done in an effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. There have been a number of attempts in congress for a bill to be passed legalizing this drug. However congress has yet to pass the bills proposed. Will legalization of marijuana...
Over the past decade extensive medical research had been done in an effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. There have been a number of attempts in congress for a bill to be passed legalizing this drug. However congress has yet to pass the bills proposed. Will legalization of marijuana...
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 ...
Marijuana has many nicknames: sess, pot, dope, weed, green, boom, Mary Jane, herb, buds, grass, chronic, ganja, and trees. Marijuana comes from the flowers, buds, and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis. Smoking marijuana is almost as common as seeing someone smoking a cigarette. Some smoke marijuana ...
Marijuana, should it be legalized or remain a burning issue of controversy? \"Marijuana is a drug made from the dried leaves and flowering tops of the hemp plant\" (DuPont 189). Even though the cultivation, distribution, possession, and use of marijuana are illegal in many nations, including the Uni...
In America, we have a drug problem. Most do not like to admit it, but the problem is not getting better and it will most certainly not be solved with the current methods of drug enforcement. Those same people will also vehemently deny the fact that, those who use drugs are not the only ones causi...
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...
The U.S. and our economy are running out of ways to pull us out of the recession, and once again experience a period of economic growth. If marijuana was to be legalized with regulation, we would take the money out of the filthy hands of the \"underground market\" and produce a new circulation of pr...
Anthony Braganza Mary Jane 13/1/04 Cannabis sativa, commonly known as Marijuana or Cannibis, is able to grow in roughly 30% of Canada. Thriving in warm, wet climates such as that of British Columbia, the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the herb produces in its stems is used as...
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 1927, the use, selling, and growing of marijuana became illegal. With the passing of these restrictions, there were several direct violations of the United States Constitution. The Constitution was put in place to guarantee that all Americans would be protected under it. Not being able to use,...
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in America today. However it is the least understood. Not until about the 1960\'s did many people know about marijuana and the harm it causes. Marijuana is a green, brown and gray mixture of dry shredded leaves from the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa). Mar...
?Did you know tobacco use killed an estimated 443,000 people and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking tobacco products? Also, the abuse of alcohol kills an estimated 75,000 people each year? Alcohol and tobacco making the top 5 reasons people died in the U.S. Since the b...
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...
It has been called reefer, Mary Jane, dope, bud, weed, grass, but its correct name is cannabis. There are three distinct species of cannabis: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. Marijuana is one of the most debated and controversial drugs. Marijuana is the most commonly u...
The use of marijuana may often lead to problems in your life. It could lead to addiction, or maybe even death. There are those who say smoking marijuana isn\'t that bad for you, but they don\'t realize how severe it can get. The effects of the drug depend on the user\'s experience, how strong it was...