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  • Illegal Drugs Speech Outline
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    Introduction: Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, PCP, speed, sh rooms, crystal meth, and angel dust are all types of illegal drugs. What is an illegal drug? An illegal drug is something and often a substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness. Body: I. Illegal Drugs The use of illegal drugs in the United States is considered by some to be the biggest problem in our society. Over 40% of high school seniors use some kind of illegal drug, and in a recent 1999 National ...
  • Marijuana Use
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    Those who oppose legalizing marijuana tell us that legalizing it would be seriously detrimental. Are they looking at the facts Or do they just believe the same myths that our parents created when they were trying to stop us from becoming drug addicts Let&rs quos take a closer look at the facts. Violence surrounding drug dealing would be lessened by legalizing marijuana because small time drug dealers would essentially be forced out of business. Larger companies who could produce high quality mar...
  • Argument Of Marijuana As A Gateway Drug
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    While the majority of American citizens believe that the drug policies in this country need to be changed, the politicians of America refuse to recognize the necessity for change. The war on drugs has clearly been lost and while Americans are for the most part ready to admit this defeat, their elected leaders are unfortunately unwilling to do so. This difference of opinions, more so than with any other political issue, marks politician's greatest inconsistency with the desires of the people. The...
  • Teenage Drug Abuse
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    Presidential Influence and Teenage Drug Abuse. 'Just don't do it', the slogan from Bob Dole's anti-drug campaign upon a cursory evaluation, may appear to have been an inefficient way of confronting the growing problem of national drug abuse. After all, it is hardly reasonable to believe that a potential drug user will specifically consider these words before deciding whether to get high or not. However, this slogan, and the man that stands behind it, represents a sorely needed, value-oriented st...
  • Use Marijuana As A Form Of Treatment
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    Use of Marijuana As Medicine If your every waking moment was consumed by pain and nausea, wouldn't you ask for medication? What if the only medication legally available would leave you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering, would you resort to the only treatment that allowed you to live normally even though it was illegal? Thousands of people across the country are forced to break the law to ease their pain. They have chosen marijuana over anything legally available bec...
  • Topic Of Marijuana Legalization
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    The topic of marijuana legalization has been a hot topic for many years. To both sides of the argument there are many pluses and minuses. I personally feel that legalization of marijuana would be a great benefit to this country. In the complex society we live in however it is very hard to distinguish the truth from the lies. Personal morals and stereotypes are also a major factor when trying to argue a subject of this nature. On one side there are some positive effects, which have been proven as...
  • Same Time The Recreational Use For Marijuana
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    Marijuana or cannabis is one of the most commonly abused drugs. Marijuana consists of the dried and crushed leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant. Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, also know as THC, is the primary psychoactive, mind-altering ingredient in marijuana that produces the feeling of being "high". In this paper I will discuss some of the uses of marijuana, the effects of marijuana, its history, and some of the treatment methods for marijuana. Cannabis is one of the...
  • Commission On Marijuana And Drug Abuse
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    Marijuana is a plant, cannabis sativa, that contains a protein tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. THC which is the most activating ingredient of the four hundred chemicals in marijuana causing the intoxicating effect. Marijuana is a drug that is usually smoked as a cigarette, which is commonly called a joint or nail, and can also be smoked in a pipe or bong. More recently the drug is smoked in cigars called blunts. Marijuana has over two hundred street names, most commonly called pot, herb, bud, week...
  • Idea Of Marijuana Legalization
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    We all know how new ideas can change the world and these new depend on newly obtained information that can be based whether on researches or simply acquired during everyday life. New ideas always had lead to the progress, regardless whether they were useful for people. Sometimes new ideas inspired people to do new researches, which allowed discovering new knowledge that was beneficial. Today in our society, any new information can make drastic changes, because it spreads out around the world wit...
  • Use Of Marijuana
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    Cannabis, hemp, or commonly known as marijuana, the third most widely used drug in the United States, is a drug made from its dried leaves and flowers smoked in cigarettes to produce a narcotic effect (Barnhart 1272). Marijuana is not only smoked, but also used in cookies, brownies or tea (Hermes 49). Marijuana, an illegal drug, has harmful side effects, but in the United States it is being prescribed as medication for relief from some diseases. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-t...
  • Effects Of The Marijuana
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    Marijuana Marijuana is the name given to any drug made from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Different forms of this drug are known by different names all around the world. Some of these names are kif in Morocco, d agga in South Africa, and ganja in India. In the last decade marijuana has gotten many street names like grass, pot, tea, reefer, weed, and Mary Jane. Marijuana has been smoked, eaten in cakes, and drunk in beverages. Most often marijuana is made as a tobacco like mixture that is smok...
  • Long Term Use Of Marijuana
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    Marijuana Marijuana is an illegal narcotic drug and is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. It is also known by its many slang names like pot, weed, Mary Jane, dope and chronic. The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). The THC causes a series of cellular reactions with protein in certain nerve cells that lead to the high the user experiences. Most of the marijuana used in the United States is brough...
  • Medical Use Of Marijuana
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    We Need to Change the Laws Regarding Medical Marijuana Since 1937 marijuana has been illegal in our country for all purposes. From that time many Americans have thought of it as a dangerous drug, and its medicinal value has been disregarded simply because it has been labeled as an illegal substance. Recent studies show that marijuana is indeed safe and has many modern medicinal applications. It is proven to be beneficial in the alleviation of symptoms of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer, and epilepsy only...
  • Use Of Marijuana
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    With the rise in controversy over marijuana, and its use both medically and recreation ally, a need for resolve of marijuana legislation has become evermore important. Modern day society carries a wide spectrum of views on this age-old drug and its use. Some compare its prohibition in the 1920's. Others argue marijuana is less harmful to society than alcohol. Fifteen percent of the United States population falling under regular users and our prisons over crowded with people who have commited a v...
  • Legalization Of Marijuana
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    My friend, John, has an uncle who had cancer eight years ago. For five months, he had to get shots of chemotherapy every week. To him, the cancer wasnt the enemy but the cure was. He knew that chemotherapy had killed his healthy cells along with his mutated ones. His bones were weak, his hairs were coming off, and his spirit was fading. One day, John sneaked into the hospital with an ounce of marijuana. His uncle was hesitant at first but the torturous power of the chemotherapy was too strong. W...
  • Marijuana Among Other Psychoactive Drugs
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    Denis Kravchenko Ralph Norris April 28, 1999 MARIJUANA, BIAS-FREE RESEARCH Marijuana or marihuana (either spelling is correct) has been cultivated since antiquity and until lately it has grown less for mind-altering use than for industrial, medicinal, and other purposes. Possessing scores of varieties, it is produced and used in a widely varying climes and cultures throughout the world. "Marijuana is not a simple drug but a mixture of at least 426 compounds including at least 62 cannabinoids" (J...
  • Use Of Marijuana By Patients
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    For years, there has been a controversy over the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is a drug made from the top of hemp plants. In the United States, it is classified as a narcotic drug that has been illegal since 1937. Unlike most narcotics though, it does not cause a physical dependency or addiction. Intoxication May cause and of the following: giddiness, sedation, pleasant tranquility, mood changes, and altered sense of time space, and body dimensions. Such effects are desired my many and c...
  • Club's Customers Use Marijuana
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    Current laws enforcing marijuana prohibition further overcrowd jails and divert scarce public safety resources away from issues and problems that really need attention. Nicotine presents a high degree of toxicity and was first used as an insecticide in the 18th century. Whereas excessive alcohol consumption can be lethal, marijuana is medically nontoxic and not lethal to humans. As with any legal substance, be it tobacco or alcohol, adults are able to decide if and when they will use those subst...
  • Clinton Program Against Marijuana
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    The word euthanasia means "good death". Each day, thousands of people suffer from terminal illnesses. The pain becomes unbearable, and the patient becomes desperate for relief. Physician assisted suicide becomes an opinion. Doctor Kevorkian agrees with this idea of dying peacefully and is well known for his assisted suicides. He has had his medical license suspended, and had been unjustly punished for his crimes. Physician assisted suicide is less expensive, humane, and offers a person a night t...
  • National Commission On Marijuana And Drug Abuse
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    Is the American Government Really Winning their War on Drugs? Jennifer Steele In the United States, more than 70 million people have tried marijuana, and millions of adults still consume it on a regular basis. About 140 million people -nearly 2.5% of the world's population- smoke marijuana. Almost everyone has a friend, relative, neighbor, or co-worker who consumes marijuana. Because of the widespread economic and criminal justice ramifications of the illicit marijuana market and of Marijuana Pr...

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