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Marijuana Prohibition Marijuana Smokers
1,156 words
... e of the nation's leading ocular pathologists"
(Brazaitis unknown). Later in Randall's life he
discovered by accident that smoking marijuana not
only lessened the strain on his eyes, but
eliminated the tricolored halos that marred his
vision. Randall didn't believe that smoking an
illegal drug could stop the deterioration of his
precious eyesight. Then after six months of trial
and error, he became a believer. Randall began to
grow his own marijuana, due to the fact that he
could not afford ...
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Marijuana Is Legalized Legalization Of Marijuana
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Has the time come to legalize marijuana? Marijuana
has been known to man for quite some time now and
has been used for centuries. The Marijuana
prohibition has been in effect since 1937 and
continues today. The real question is, is it time
that we as Americans reconsider this prohibition
and look closer at the possible positive effects
that marijuana can offer? If the main goal of
marijuana prohibition is to stop Americans from
using it, then it has failed just like the alcohol
prohibition did i...
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Dangerous Side Effects Effects Of Marijuana
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For many years, the United States government has
prohibited drugs such as marijuana from sale in
the marketplace. Yet, with prohibition, marijuana
use has decreased only minimally. Because of
prohibition, the media has publicized only the bad
aspects of marijuana use. What many people do not
realize are the many positive aspects of marijuana
legalization, including new medical cures, cleaner
and more efficient industry, and reduced marijuana
usage. Marijuana, as most people commonly know it,
is ...
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Weight Of Marijuana And Criminal Tax Law
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Conclusive research has shown that wet (uncured)
marijuana is not psychoactive. Before drying,
decarboxylation of inactive THCA acid into THC has
not yet occurred. During the curing (drying)
process, the COOH bonded to the THC is released.
The result is the psychoactive compound delta 9
THC. The State of North Carolinas laws do not
distinguish between the uncured weight of
marijuana from the cured (dry) weight, necessary
for marijuana to be consumed or sold. No one
purchases wet marijuana at a p...
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Long Term Effects Marijuana As A Medicine
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People have been using Marijuana as a medicine for
thousands of years, beginning in China, India, and
the Middle East. The plant's therapeutic potential
became known in Western countries during the
nineteenth century. From 1840 to 1900, more than a
hundred articles on cannabis appeared in European
and American medical journals, recommending it as
an appetite stimulant, muscle relaxant,
painkiller, sedative, and anti-convulsions. The
use of Marijuana should be legalized in Canada for
the benefits...
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Marijuana Tax Act Marijuana Smokers
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Why? Marijuana is illegal. Illegal to possess,
purchase, distribute or grow. To start off the
basic non-creative, non-read between the lines
question; Why? Why was marijuana made illegal that
fateful day 68 years ago. Is there a justifiable
reason to the original criminalization and
continuation of that law to present day? So, again
I ask; Why? Yet, besides the reason why marijuana
is illegal many are against the prohibition laws.
However, possibly just as many are for keeping
marijuana in the s...
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War On Drugs Marijuana Is Legalized
1,285 words
Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of
concerns of Americans and are considered one of
the major problems facing our country today. We
see stories on the news about people being killed
on the street every day over drugs. To many people
drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in
reality they affect all of us - users and
non-users. I believe that the negative affects we
associate with drugs would be greatly reduced if
the United States adopted a policy towards the
total decriminalization o...
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Marijuana Is Smoked Marijuana For Medical
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It may Marijuana Marijuana It may be one of the
most discussed controversies of the decade. There
have been many different contradictions between
the two sides, pro-marijuana and anti-marijuana.
Also, many statements have a derogatory basis
towards marijuana use. But on the other hand,
marijuana has many positive aspects. In this
report, all the different areas and stipulations
will be examined. I feel that the best place to
begin with is the basics. So as basic as it can
get: What is marijuana?...
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Effects Of Cannabis Smoked Marijuana
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Marijuana can cause many harmful effects. There
has never been a major test though. The ones they?
ve used have shown very different things. I have
been very surprised by what I have been reading. I
cannot believe the difference in what different
scientists think. One says, ? Its hard to know for
sure whether regular marijuana use causes cancer.
But it is known that marijuana contains some of
the same and sometimes even more, of the
cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke.
Studies show t...
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Smoke Marijuana Marijuana Smokers
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Drinking has become an increasing problem in our
society. Many people now see drinking as a norm.
Lisa McIntyre, author of The Practical Skeptic
states that, For one thing, we know that norms
vary across societies (152). So we also know that
what is considered to be deviant varies across
societies. How could members of our society see
drinking as anything but a norm when everywhere
one turns alcohol is being advertised? Whether it
be on billboards, busses, in magazine ads, or
television commerci...
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John Stuart Mill Legalization Of Marijuana
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Is Prohibition an Appropriate Standard? Richard
Dennis, the author of Chemical Dependence:
Opposing Viewpoints, says that The appropriate
standard in deciding if a drug should be mad; e
legal for adults ought to be whether it is more
likely than alcohol to cause harm to an innocent
party. If not, banning it cannot be justified
while alcohol remains legal. By applying Denniss
standard to the prohibition of marijuana in the
United States, the logical decision would be that
it is unjustified to ban...
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First Amendment Rights England Journal Of Medicine
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Nora Parker January 19, 2000 English 10, per 2
Marijuana Prohibition is a Violation of First
Amendment Rights Let me ask you something? if you
had a choice, what would it be: Marijuana or
Martinis? This question appeared in the New York
Times on Tuesday, May 12 th, 1998. Due to the
Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 the only legal choice
that you and the 18 million other adults who used
marijuana last year can make is the martini
(Against Drug Prohibition ix). The legal
acceptance of alcohol, however, do...
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Marijuana Is Legalized Influence Of Marijuana
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Should marijuana in Canada be legalized? The
answer is no, marijuana is not a medicine, it is a
health deterrent that has harmful effects.
Explaining what marijuana is and how it is used is
beneficial in understanding the effects. Marijuana
is made up of many chemicals that as a result
prove marijuana is not safe and could kill.
Marijuana should and must stay illegal or our
country of Canada will feel the terrible effects
nationally such as sickness, injury, and death.
Marijuana, used by an esti...
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Thousands Of Dealers Legalizing Marijuana
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Case for Legalizing Marijuana What is Marijuana?
Marijuana, a drug obtained from dried and crumpled
parts of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Smoked by
rolling in tobacco paper or placing in a pipe. It
is also consumed worldwide by an estimated 200,
000, 000 persons for pleasure, an escape from
reality, or relaxation. Marijuana is known by a
variety of names that in the United States,
marijuana is called pot, grass, weed, Mary Jane,
bones, etc. The main active principle of cannabis
is THC. The po...
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Long Term Effects Legalization Of Marijuana
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Description: Marijuana Legalization Body of Essay:
Everybody Must Get Stoned? Pot. Weed. Dope.
Marijuana has many names and slang terms
associated with it, and many perceive it to be the
most widely used illicit drug in this country.
Music stars are thrown in jail for possession of
it. Movie stars are arrested for planting it.
Non-violent drug offenders are in jail next to
murderers. Some states allow people to smoke
marijuana for medicinal purposes to make them feel
better, while others are put...
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Marijuana For Medical Purposes Act Of 1996
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James Mahoney was diagnosed with testicular cancer
in 1993. In an effort to put his disease into
remission, the medical team decided chemotherapy
would be the best treatment. After one cycle of
chemotherapy, James was treated weekly. As soon as
he came up to some minimum baseline standards
shown by the blood test, he was admitted for
another cycle. For the most part, though, he knew
before the doctors did when he was ready for
another cycle. When he woke up in the morning and
actually didn t fee...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized Nausea And Vomiting
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Marijuana: The Legalization? Marijuana is the
focus of more debate today than any other drug.
The on-going debate has intensified greatly since
the propositions passed in Arizona and California
that allow the legal use of marijuana for medical
purposes. Lots of people admit that they ve tried
marijuana and they have found that it gives them a
high without excessive detrimental side effects.
Therefore, due to its medical uses and limited
serious side effects, marijuana should be
legalized for med...
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Nausea And Vomiting Side Effects
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Medical Uses of Marijuana-Good or Bad? There are
two sides of marijuana being used for medical
purposes. Many people think it is great and say it
will help the pain go away. Other people believe
it is a bad idea and become additive over time.
Many propositions and court cases have contributed
to marijuana use. A popular one is Proposition
215. This is a medical marijuana initiative. The
biggest argument is that there is no real evidence
that smoked marijuana is more effective than any
other avai...
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Terminally Ill Patients Quality Of Life
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Legalizing marijuana for medical purposes has been
a debate for many years. Many institutions have
opened up to help terminally ill patients receive
their dosage of marijuana. One of them being
Cannabis Healing Center in California, which was
shut down by the government in 1998 because
selling or using marijuana for any reason is
illegal no matter what. Its a violation of federal
law to cultivate or distribute marijuana. Federal
law supersedes state law (Marmion 2). Even though
marijuana has no ...
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Central Nervous System Marijuana As A Medicine
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The Legalization of Marijuana as a Medicine
Imagine if one of your loved ones was suffering
from a very painful, lethal disease such as
cancer. There is a substance that can relieve
their pain, but due to a law instituted several
decades ago declaring that substance illegal they
will be forced to suffer. If marijuana was
legalized, strictly for medical purposes, then
much of the pain and suffering experienced by
cancer patients and those suffering from various
other afflictions could be lessened...
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