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  • Marijuana Use And Violence
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    Marijuana: Why Criminal? In a country where freedom is the basis of all social life one has to feel that all the laws are made up to protect them, but that is not necessarily true. When one looks at the laws prohibiting the use of marijuana it is hard to see why it is needed. There are a few basic reasons why marijuana should be legal, and although there are nay sayers, no one can deny facts. People who try to protest the use of marijuana usually have not done their research on the subject. In t...
  • Marijuana In Combination With Other Medicines
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    There should have been a NO vote on Proposition 215! Marijuana is NOT a medicine! There currently exists controversy concerning smoking marijuana as a medicine. Many leaders and members of the public have been misled, by the well financed and organized pro-drug legalization lobby, into believing there is merit to their argument that smoking marijuana is a safe and effective medicine. A review of the scientific research, expert medical testimony and government agency findings shows this to be fal...
  • Drug Including Marijuana
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    Marijuana Conflict In investigating the matter of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition 200, I found out of many important issues that need to be discussed before making the decision of legalizing marijuana completely. In the run-up to November's elections, opponents of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition, both of which allow doctors to recommend or prescribe currently illegal drugs drove home one basic point; These ballot initiatives were, in the words of Cli...
  • Ban On Medical Marijuana
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    Marijuana: A Horticultural Revolution, A Medical and Legal Battle For years there has been a wonder drug which has befriended countless sick patients in a number of countries. A relatively inexpensive drug that is not covered by health care plans which has aided the ill both mentally and physically -- marijuana. Significant scientific and medical studies have demonstrated that marijuana is safe for use under medical supervision and that the cannabis plant, in its natural form, has important ther...
  • Marijuana Drugs
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    Marijuana Drugs are a major debate it the world we live in today. Drugs a regaining more and more attention. More and more people are using drugs then ever before and there is no decrease in the amount of drug users. One of the most commonly used drugs is marijuana. In today's world marijuana is growing and is looking to be legalized in California for medical uses only but that will lead to many other problems in the near future. Marijuana is the most used drug in the U.S. besides tobacco. Marij...
  • Claims About Medical Use Of Marijuana
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    Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes In 1936 when Marijuana was made illegal it was considered a medicine in good standing with the American Medical Association. At the time Marijuana could be found in twenty eight different medical products and countless other consumer products. On November 5th, 1996 California and Arizona passed propositions allowing the return of medicinal Marijuana use. The campaign in 1936 to make Marijuana an illegal substance was championed by two large companies, Dupont Chem...
  • History And Effects Of Marijuana
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    History and Effects of Marijuana Marijuana is the common name for the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Hemp grows in tropical and in warm temperate climates. Dried up grounded leaves and stems have been known for a long period of time to be used as a drug. Through out many different regions in the world and for centuries has been used. Other uses as in medical to relieve symptoms of illness. Throughout its long history, parts of the plant have been smoked, chewed, eaten, and even brewed for it effect...
  • Their Marijuana From Drug Dealers
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    Marijuana has been illegal for almost sixty years and at no time have we successfully rid the country of this drug. Right know marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug, the first two being cigarettes and alcohol (Working 1). This proves that prohibition doesn t work and people know the difference between drugs that are really bad for them and drugs that aren t that bad if used in moderation Our government is spending millions a year on a fight that will never be won, maybe it is tim...
  • Marijuana Smokers A Subculture
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    A subculture is a group of people who share a distinctive set of cultural beliefs and behaviors that differ in some significant way from that of larger society. Marijuana smokers can be considered a subculture for many reasons. Marijuana is used by millions of people around the world, either for recreational, spiritual, or therapeutic reasons. Some call themselves the cannabis connoisseurs; people who respect cannabis and use it responsibly. Few drugs have been so politicized recently as marijua...
  • Medical Use Of Marijuana
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    Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Pot! There is a war going on; it keeps thousands in pain every night, a war that if were to end, could save thousands of people's lives. This is the war on marijuana. You could say that marijuana has a bad reputation in the eyes of many people, but in reality it is a drug which has the ability of saving lives and curing diseases in which have plagued us for too long. People need to be informed on the good that marijuana can bring not just to this...
  • 21 Mar 2005 Web Papers Marijuana Community
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    ... , prosperous individuals who, despite their love for marijuana, contribute to their communities (Illicit Drug Use 1). Too Strict? According to former President Jimmy Carter, "Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private for personal use' (Carter). Although being scientifically proven to be relatively harmless, 734,000 individuals are arrested ...
  • Legalization Of Marijuana
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    The Decriminalization of Cannabis Cannabis Sativa, the illegal strain of hemp known as marijuana, provides numerous benefits that greatly outweigh the harmful effects of the drug. The perceivable physical and social problems of excessive use of marijuana are severe, yet unproven. These problems are easily related to those posed by excessive alcohol consumption on a regular basis. There are a variety of advantages of the legalization of marijuana that can be categorized as medical, social, and ec...
  • Legalization Of Marijuana
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    Title: SHOULD MARIJUANA BE LEGAL AND IS IT HARMFUL General Purpose: Speech to Persuade Specific Purpose: To get my audience to be pro on legalizing marijuana Thesis Statement: Marijuana isn't harmful and should be legalized Organizational Pattern: Cause and Effect To the AIDS or cancer patient, marijuana is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional value and is a source of cooking oil and vitamins. To the paper or c...
  • Drugs Like Marijuana
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    Dear Congressman, I am honored to be writing to you on such a significant topic of national concern. Average citizens are annoyed and just plain fatigued with the drugs and crime problems in America. These upright citizens, that contribute to the growth of American society, are being told that legalization is a reasonable alternative to dealing with these problems in their communities. Legalization of any drug is not a positive way to fight crime. In fact, there is no legitimate reason to legali...
  • Marijuana Use By Cancer Patients
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    The topic of marijuana legalization has been a topic of debate for many years. There are different sides to almost any issue. It is very confusing to determine who is telling the truth in today's society. One source is saying that marijuana is not any worse than alcohol (Herer 11), but at the same time others say that it can be detrimental to one's state of physical wellness. Personal discretion is a major factor that must be considered when dealing with this issue. I mean, one has to consider w...
  • Marijuana Causes Loss Of Short Term Memory
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    How do we define a drug Who makes a drug illegal and why do they make it illegal Marijuana is considered a drug; but why is it considered a drug In this essay I hope to persuade you that marijuana doesn't deserve the label it has been given. I will use several different examples that will prove to you that marijuana isn't as harmful as people portray it to be. This is a discussion that we have had in the past, when or culture was trying to prove that alcohol wasn't as bad as our government was t...
  • 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...
  • Marijuana Tax Act
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    In this attempt to define Marijuana this paper will discuss it in all aspects possible, including street / slang terms, how it is used, what it is used for, and how it affects the body. Mainly due to its variety of uses, Cannabis has been taken across the Globe. We cannot know for certain which use of the plant came first, but remains of hemp fibers have been found in the earliest archeological sites in Asia. "There is evidence of fiber in China dating from 4000 B.C., and hemp rope and thread fr...
  • Marijuana User To Other Drugs Being
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    Legalization Of Weed The concept of marijuana legalization has gone in and out of vogue over the past 20 years, as several states, either de jure or de facto, have decriminalized its possession and use. Some describe the cause of decriminalization in the 1970's as a wave of permissive liberalism. This is hardly the case, however. In the early 1970's, a presidential commission chaired by the former Republican governor of Pennsylvania, Raymond P. Schafer, called for federal decriminalization and e...
  • Use Of Marijuana
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    There currently exists controversy concerning smoking marijuana as a medicine. Many well-intentioned leaders and members of the public have been misled, by the well financed and organized pro-drug legalization lobby, into believing there is merit to their argument that smoking marijuana is a safe and effective medicine. A review of the scientific research, expert medical testimony and government agency findings shows this to be erroneous. There is no justification for using marijuana as medicine...

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