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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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Legalization Of Marijuana Influence Of Marijuana
2,728 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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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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Effects Of Cannabis Smoked Marijuana
2,466 wordsMarijuana 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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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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National Institute On Drug Abuse War On Drugs
2,524 wordsLegalization of Mariana: For Its time we put to rest the myth that smoking marijuana is a fringe or deviant activity, engaged in only by those on the margins of American society. In reality, marijuana smoking is extremely common, and marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of mainstream, middle class Americans. According to the most recent NIDA data 1, between 65 and 71 million Americans have smoked marijuana at some time in their lives, and 10 million are current smokers (have...
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Threat To Society Legalization Of Marijuana
1,930 wordsThe legalization of marijuana would be a great benefit to almost everyone. Basically its our right of privacy to be able to smoke in our own homes. Its pretty much a failure of prohibition, and there are numerous benefits that would come into effect. An argument against legalizing it is that its a threat to society. In recent years, Americans have referred to privacy as one of the basic human rights, something to be claimed by anyone, anywhere. United States citizens feel strongly about this and...
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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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Smoked Marijuana Cannabinoid Receptors
9,824 wordsOver the Marijuana EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the past 18 months there has been wide-ranging public discussion on the potential medical uses of marijuana, particularly smoked marijuana. To contribute to the resolution of the debate, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a 2 -day scientific meeting on February 19 - 20, 1997, to review the scientific data concerning the potential therapeutic uses for marijuana and the need for and feasibility of additional research. Central to the current debat...
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Controlled Substances Act Schedule Ii Drug
4,391 wordsMarijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana is therefore classified more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as Schedule II drugs are also banne...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Influence Of Marijuana
2,538 wordsMy thought on Marijuana What Is 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. An estimated 200, 000, 000 persons for pleasure, an escape from reality, or relaxation, also otherwise consume it worldwide. Marijuana is known by a variety of names such as kif in Morocco, data in South Africa, and bhang in India. Common in the United States, marijuana is called pot, g...
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Marijuana Smoking Tobacco Smoke
906 wordsMarijuana Legal or Illegal Cannabis, sold as marijuana, hashish and hash oil, is the most frequently used illicit drug in Canada. Roughly one in four Canadian adults report having used cannabis at some time in their lives. Cannabis use has been on the rise among young people. ? For example, a 1997 Addiction Research Foundation survey found that 25 per cent of Ontario junior high school students used cannabis in the previous year, up from 13 per cent in 1993. ? (cannabis) Knowing this, should the...
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Controlled Substances Act Schedule Ii Drug
4,569 wordsMarijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana is therefore classified more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as Schedule II drugs are also banne...
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