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...

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 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 ...

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...

Marijuana is a drug that has been in the media for years. There is a constant debate about if it should be used medically. The world is afraid of what they do not know about marijuana; for years we've been told, "say nope to dope." While marijuana can help for medical purposes it can also be of g...

Marijuana: Its Effects on the Mind & Body Have you ever puffed the "magic dragon"? Many Americans have had encounters with a drug with street names like weed, herb, pot, maryjane, and other numerous names. This drug is marijuana, and there are some effects to your life when you "t...

People have been using marijuana (also known as cannabis) as a medicine for thousands of years, beginning in China, India, and the Middle East. Marijuana has beneficial effects when used in medicinal scenarios for the treatment of pain; thus it should be an administered drug for patients who can ben...

When looking at some of the major issues happening in our country we feel one stands out legalization of medicinal marijuana. The Federal government refuses to legalize marijuana for medicinal use, even though several states already have it legalized. For example California proposed proposition 215 ...

The debate over the legalization of marijuana and the use of medical marijuana has been strongly argued throughout the history of the United States and is still a very controversial issue. There are many strong arguments for the legalization of marijuana and the use of marijuana for medical purposes...

There is much controversy surrounding the issue of a medication that has been used around the world as early as 3000 BC. This drug used was derived from a plant called marijuana ( Cannabis sativa ). It was used in these early times in India, Central Asia, and China for various illnesses. This, of co...

While there may not be cures for certain human diseases, there is definitely a drug that can be used to ease the pain of many of them, such as arthritis, asthma, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom (AIDS), depression, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, cancer and many others. This drug is marijuana, also...

The Use of Marijuana for Medical PurposesMarijuana is illegal in fifty states because of it's classification as an illicit drug, but controversial issues have been established that this "illicit drug" has improved the course of treatment for suffering patients in such illnesses as Glaucoma, Anorexia...

The United States, with one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world it should come as no surprise that we also have one of the most diverse asorments of medical treatments in the world. In the U.S. you can find the most sophisticated western medicine and also some of the oldest alte...

Marijuana is the most common drug used in the world. Because it is the least dangerous drug, most curious people will start off with marijuana first before attempting to do other drugs. Marijuana is made with dried leaves and flowering tops of an Indian hemp plant cannabis sativa. People use mar...

Canadian Marijuana Prohibition The time has come to end the war on marijuana. As almost every Canadian knows, marijuana is illegal, and has been since 1920. But why did they outlaw this plant? It could not have been simply because it was "bad", actually Canadian marijuana prohibition o...

First off lets determine what exactly marijuana is, it is a crude drug made from the plant cannabis sativa. The main ingredient that gets you "high" is called THC or in real terms delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Some immediate effects of this drug, when smoked, are raised heartbeat and pulse...

"Hey man, light that up," is a common saying among many high school and college students wanting to smoke weed. There is millions of people everyday that smoke marijuana. Marijuana is the 2nd easiest drug to obtain. A roach to a 6th grader is a little bug that crawls; a roach to a 7th grader is t...

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...

Medical Marijuana Since marijuana was discovered, it was smoked to get high and to cope with suffering medical conditions. Scientists are now realizing that marijuana could help in some medical cases. "It's not particularly effective across the board, but it may be effective for some ...

Cannabis sativaNearly every part of the plant Cannabis sativa aka marijuana is used in different forms. This plant grows quickly up to about twenty feet and in many different environments. Its leaves consists of about five jagged edged leaflets, each attached from a slender stem to a thick, hallow...

Should Marijuana Be Legalized??? Marijuana should be legalized! Marijuana, cannabis, is a plant that is used for many reasons. Marijuana was utilized as far back as 2737 B.C. by Chinese emperor Shen Nung. Then a Chinese physician mixed cannabis and white wine to make an anesthetic. By the 1890s, s...

Weeding Through the Debate: Should Medicinal Marijuana be Legal?Legalize Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes The debate is hot. Each side has its argument and is ready to fire away with statistics andfacts. Should marijuana be legalized for medicinal purposes? Is marijuana actually safe for ...