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Legalization Of Marijuana Medicinal Purposes
1,578 wordsWhen Olympic officials decided to give snowboarder Ross Rebagliati his gold medal back, the cheers drowned out the boos. It was a minor scandal involving a minor sport, but it spoke volumes about the world's shifting relationship with its favorite illicit drug. Marijuana. A decade ago, Rebagliati would have been ostracized regardless of whether cannabis was on the list of his sport's banned substances. What's changed today is that our attitudes towards illegal drugs are becoming more sophisticat...
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Effects Of Cannabis Sperm Count
428 wordsMarijuana has been used as a drug since the beginning of time, yet there are still many mysteries about its health effects on humans. Marijuana, or cannabis sativa, is a preparation of the crushed flower or buds of the female hemp plant. The existence of the plant has been reported as early as 1500 - 2000 BC in China, and cannabis has been described as an analgesic as early as 200 AD. Since then, an overwhelming number of studies have attempted to explain the physical and psychological effects o...
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2,304 words... approved proposition 215, an initiative that could, in effect, make marijuana legally available as a medicine in the United States for the first time in many years. Under this new law, patients or their primary caregivers that possess or cultivate marijuana for medical treatment recommended by a physician are exempted from criminal prosecution. The treatment may be for cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana pr...
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Dangerous Side Effects Effects Of Marijuana
2,569 wordsFor 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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Long Lasting Effects Snyder 1985 P
1,920 wordsIn this report I will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should be legal, for medical and / or recreational purposes. Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot Mary Jane, Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name a few. Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B. C. , it was used a...
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Nausea And Vomiting Thousands Of Years
1,501 wordsFor many years the use of marijuana for medical purposes has been an issue of controversial discussion. Many claim that marijuana is a drug that has proven itself to be of no medical value in the treatment of terminal illnesses. Those who feel this way, usually ignore the long history of marijuana's medical uses; a history that goes back thousands of years ago. The drug has aided many people with the coping of terminal diseases. The use of marijuana as a medicinal herb has allowed many with no h...
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Marijuana Users Action Network
948 wordsWhen you think of someone who drinks alcohol once in a while, do you think of a criminal? Probably not. What about someone who smokes marijuana? Its probably more likely, even though most marijuana users only crime is solely the use of marijuana. This is because current U. S. laws make possession of marijuana illegal and I believe these laws are in great need of reform. Let me start off with a brief history of the cannabis plant from which marijuana is derived. Marijuana (then known only as hemp...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Influence Of Marijuana
2,723 wordsWhat Is Marijuana? Marijuana, a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the ubiquitous hemp plant Cannabis sativa (or Cannabis indica). Smoked by rolling in tobacco paper or placing in a pipe. It is also otherwise 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 such as kif (Morocco), data (South Africa), and bhang (India). Common in the United States, marijuana is called pot, grass, weed...
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Snyder 1985 P Century B C
1,309 wordsFacts About Marijuana- Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B. C. , it was used as an incense by the Assyrians Herbal, a Chinese book of medicine from the second Century B. C. , was first to describe it in print. It was used as an anesthetic 5, 000 years ago in ancient china. Many ( ) an...
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Cannabis Sativa Biomass Fuels
1,171 wordsThe Forbidden Plant? With so many benefits, both industrial and medicinal, how could such a plant be illegal in the United States? Since 1937, the legalization of hemp has been the cause of much debate. However opponents of marijuana legalization have failed to acknowledge the benefits of hemp. These benefits consist of hemp being used to make cloth, fuel, and medicine. Hemp is commonly called cannabis sativa. There are other plants that are called hemp, but cannabis hemp is the most useful of t...
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827 wordsHistory and Uses of Marijuana Whether you call it Hemp, Mary Jane, Pot, Weed; it doesnt matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short. And it is still illegal. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United States became a problem of public concern in the 1930 s. Regulatory laws were passed in 1937, and criminal penalties were instituted for possession and sale of the drug. Marijuana refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the non-narcotic c...
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Hemp Seed Oil Dangerous Side Effects
5,104 wordsFor many years, the United States government has outlawed drugs such as marijuana from sale in the marketplace. Yet, with prohibition, marijuana use has decreased only minimally. It appears as though 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 Marijuana, as most people commonly know it, is really a plant called hemp, or ...
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Controlled Substances Act Heroin Addicts
6,041 wordsIn 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miamis demand for help. In 1981, Miami was the financial and import central for cocaine and marijuana, and the residents were fed up. Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27 %, and drug se...
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Controlled Substances Act Marijuana Tax Act
2,755 wordsThe marijuana plant should not be an illegal drug; it should be a prescription drug. Marijuana is a controlled substance that should be legalized for medical use. In this argumentative essay I will discuss the history of marijuana, the effects of marijuana, the ways that marijuana could be utilized in the medical field, and will offer a refutation of how marijuana is a dangerous drug. The term marijuana is a word with indistinct origins. Some believe that it is derived from the Mexican words for...
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Controlled Substances Act Marijuana Tax Act
3,566 wordsMarijuana as Medicine Introduction Marijuana is a drug made from the dried leaves of the Hemp plant. Marijuana is also known as cannabis, which comes from the scientific name of the Hemp plant or Cannabis sativa. These dried leaves are usually smoked in rolled cigarettes or pipes to achieve a psychological feeling of euphoria or well-being. The marijuana plant contains more than 460 known compounds, of which more than 60 have been identified as cannabinoids. The most studied cannabinoid, 9 -tetr...
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Long Lasting Effects Snyder 1985 P
1,909 wordsIn this report I will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should be legal, for medical and / or recreational purposes. Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot Mary Jane, Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name a few. Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B. C. , it was used a...
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Smoke Marijuana Drunk Drivers
2,226 wordsOver 3000, 000 people a year are arrested because of it in our country. Its recreational usage boomed in the 1960 s and by the 1980 s one half of all college students had tried it. Once a simple plant, cannabis strip, or marijuana, has become one of the most controversial topics of the 20 th century. Although illegal for some time now in the United States, we know of its widespread availability and usage. Once a huge threat to society, it is now being overlooked as we turn to the seemingly more ...
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Smoke Marijuana Harder Drugs
1,265 wordsWhether you call it hemp, mary jane, pot, or weed it doesnt matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short and it is still illegal. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United States became a problem of public concern sometime during the 1930 s. Laws were passed in 1937 instituting criminal penalties for possession and sale of the drug. The word marijuana refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the non-narcotic chemical delta- 9 -tetrahydr...
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Long Lasting Effects Snyder 1985 P
1,936 wordsMarijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B. C. , it was used as an incense by the Assyrians Herbal, a Chinese book of medicine from the second Century B. C. , was first to describe it in print. It was used as an anesthetic 5, 000 years ago in ancient china. Many ( ) ancient cultures such as ...
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Medicinal Marijuana Consumer Reports
1,429 wordsMedical Marijuana Marijuana (cannabis) is a mixture of leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis sativa. [ 4 ] Marijuana is thought by many to be harmful, but it has been proven in fact to be helpful for some people with certain illnesses. [ 4 ] When I first started looking into medical marijuana as my research subject, I was curious to see what people my age actually thought about marijuana. I asked twenty of my peers, ranging in age from seventeen to twenty-two, What ...
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