The use of marijuana on college campuses is one of the most
             contentious issues facing the academic world today. Marijuana is widely
             used within American society, despite widespread anti-drug lobbies and
             prevention campaigns. The effects of marijuana have been said to include
             effects on memory, negative social effects, and health effects like cancer,
             immune damage and respiratory problems. Additionally, anti-marijuana
             groups often point to marijuana as a "gateway" drug, and note that
             marijuana use can potentially be dangerous while driving. In contrast,
             many scientists contend that marijuana is largely misunderstood, and may
             have many positive medical uses. Given this debate, it becomes difficult
             to determine how marijuana use should be regulated or prevented, especially
             given the stunning inability of current approaches to stop the growth of
             marijuana use among young people. Decriminalization of the drug is one
             likely candidate, coupled with stiff penalties for driving under the
             influence of marijuana, or selling marijuana to children. The complexities
             of both the political, social, and scientific aspects of this debate ensure
             that the problem of marijuana use on college campuses will not be easily
             Marijuana is America's most popular illegal drug. It is derived from
             the marijuana plant, which is easily grown and cultivated throughout the
             United States. Most use of marijuana occurs by smoking the unpollinated
             flower buds of the plant, which are high in THC, the plant's active
             psychotropic ingredient. Marijuana is often smoked in the form of
             cigarettes, in pipes, or through the use of modified large pipes called
             bongs. Alternatively, marijuana can be ingested as food, thus giving rise
             to the famous marijuana brownie recipe.
             Marijuana has many negative effects on human health. Marijuana can
             be detected in the urine for several days after it is taken. In some...