... , and it would boost the economy. I also think some drug crimes and innocent killings would go down an enormous amount. There are many cons to the use of this drug. Marijuana produces immediate, temporary changes in thoughts, perceptions, and information processing, even though there is no convincing scientific evidence that pot causes psychological damage or mental illness in either teenagers or ... adults. Many Americans believe that marijuana plays a role in violent acts while on this drug. Almost all human and animal studies show that pot decreases rather than increases aggression. T...

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... available on the effects of long-term use" (Hochman 44). According to a recent study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ten chronic marijuana users were evaluated as test subjects to see if marijuana had any effect on the cognitive functioning of the human body. The results concluded that none of the ten subjects suffered any impairment of their mental ... has increased from the 1960's to the present day. If you look at this issue a little more closely, you will see that there isn't any hard evidence to support that marijuana will lead to harder drugs. According...

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... for many, many years and has been proven to be safe for medical uses. Despite its useful medical effects for relieving pain and nausea, marijuana is a psychedelic drug that will be looked down upon because of false claims about it. The value of helping the medical world would far ... out weight its potential to be abused. Even though marijuana was illegal, its use continued in the United States. Ernest L. Abel, author of the book Marihuana states, "In 1972, the National Commission ... be the plant that could save the world but we would never know it because the first thing people think ...

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... sexual pleasure and Psychological dependence requiring more of the drug to get the same effect. (4) Sandra Lacar, executive director of the Coalition for a Drug Free Hawaii says, "The legalization of marijuana as a medicine and the abandonment of our science-based FDA testing and approval process are irresponsible as long as proven, positive alternative treatments are in place." (5) We are supposed to ... find new support for medical research, not use drugs such as marijuana. Secondly, marijuana is a gateway drug. Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States and t...

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... , and it would boost the economy. I also think some drug crimes and innocent killings would go down an enormous amount. There are many cons to the use of this drug. Marijuana produces immediate, temporary changes in thoughts, perceptions, and information processing, even though there is no convincing scientific evidence that pot causes psychological damage or mental illness in either teenagers or ... adults. Many Americans believe that marijuana plays a role in violent acts while on this drug. Almost all human and animal studies show that pot decreases rather than increases aggression. T...

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... this drug was harmless, but it has been proven that it can be used for medical uses. There are many slang terms used for marijuana, some of the most popular are pot, weed, cannabis, Mary Jane, hash, dope, bud, green, smoke, just to name a few. There are many ... . I also think some drug crimes and innocent killings would go down an enormous amount. Almost every American in today's society has used marijuana at some point in his/her life. Marijuana use is one of America's largest drug problems today. Our nation has been fighting the war on drugs since the 1960's; however, people ... mai...

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... undoubtedly every city and town in the United States. But why do people smoke, and is there a difference between smoking tobacco and illegally smoking marijuana? Yes there is, but similarities also run between the two. Before you smoke it is important to realize the dangers involved while puffing away ... at your preferred substance. Even though they are legal, cigarettes are more dangerous to one's health compared to marijuana. Over 390,000 people die each year from the effects of smoking tobacco, and smoking also doubles the risk of a heart attack. Evidently ... rate. After it is smoke...

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... of the safest and oldest therapeutically active substances known to man. However, in today's society it's categorized as an illicit, illegal substance. When people hear the phrase, "legalization of marijuana," they only think of the ones smoking it for recreational purposes, rather than for medical value. Although, some states in the U.S. have made the criminal distinction between people who smoke ... marijuana as a doctor's recommended remedy and recreational users, who just smoke to enjoy the effects. However, the federal government and its drug enforcement agencies claim there is no ...

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... lots of money. Each year in the United States we currently spend billions of dollars to chase peaceful people who happen to like to get high. When marijuana user and dealer get locked up the taxpayer is left to cover the bill. We the taxpayer has to pay for housing, health care, attorney fees, courts ... costs, and other expenses just to try to keep marijuana off the street, and that is impossible to do. Instead of wasting money trying to lock up the one that are do no harm to no one, ... the government could make billions of dollars and profit from marijuana because they can collect t...

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... . This puts it in the same category as heroin and cocaine. It is defined by the DEA as being an addictive substance with no medical value. People who support medical marijuana want to change just that. They feel that marijuana has medical potential and should be reclassified as a Schedule 2 drug, allowing people with terminal diseases to acquire it with a doctors prescription. Moreover ... social maturity as some users lose interest in school, job, and social activities. About 100,000 people each year resort to drug abuse treatment programs to end their marijuana addiction. Some people a...

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... to chemotherapy, elevated eye pressure due to glaucoma, and loss of appetite and nausea in AIDS patients. Grinspoon makes the point that treatment with marijuana is very beneficial, but because it is illegal, patients must either go without treatment or commit a crime to obtain their medication. The clear ... benefits are extremely difficult to prove, and are at best anecdotal. Perhaps the most compelling argument that Grinspoon makes is that criminalization of marijuana use promotes disrespect for the law and is eroding our fundamental civil liberties. Grinspoon states that (in the yea...

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... , or alcohol poisoning. Tobacco can lead to lung cancer, or heart disease, which both like alcohol can lead to death. Marijuana, on the other hand, can lead to short term memory loss and there is no known report of anybody dying from "smoking weed". Thus when ... be more reliable than the current legal drugs. In addition to its medical benefits, ending its prohibition on marijuana would stop trafficking of the herb and would lower the rate of violent crimes. When marijuana becomes readily available on the market it will eliminate the needs for a drug dealer. With no sales ... fight or get...

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... if any. Whether habitual or occasional, the habit Madigan 5 is formed, not by addiction but rather by preference for the altered state. Even though marijuana is technically not as bad for the user as tobacco, there are some long and short term effects. The long term effects include loss of short ... term memory, loss of some long term memory, depleated lung capacity, short-windedness, and lung and heart disease. Some short term effects of marijuana include loss of short term memory, increased appetite, slow reaction time, loss of hand eye coordination, and impaired vision due to dryness....

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... it really doesn't exist. Hallucination can be used concerning medical issues. But usually people just use it for sensual pleasure. Is Marijuana good for your health? The answer is no. Marijuana has a long history of medical use, but if you take marijuana just for hallucinations, as many people in our society do, you will start to lose your brain cells, and also it ... alcohol and tobacco. If you use this for sensual pleasure, it will destroy your body and even your spirit. Furthermore, Marijuana leads to harder drugs. Marijuana has for a long time been called the "gateway drug." This me...

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... . An age requirement of twenty-one would be put on those who wish to purchase marijuana. There would be a limit on how much marijuana a single person could have concealed on him/her at one time. If marijuana were legalized the government could then heavily tax the sale of marijuana and use the extra money to improve drug rehabilitation programs for people who have uncontrollable ... their own choices. It would be like signing a peace treaty in the war against drugs. People who are against the legalization of marijuana believe the war on drugs is a never-ending campaign. They seem to thin...

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... States. It has a variety of street names such as "grass", "Mary Jane", "pot", "smoke", "reefer", "herb", and "weed". However, marijuana is used in one of three ways. The most common method of use is to roll the leaves in paper and smoke it like a cigarette. They ... The second common method use is to smoke it through a pipe. The third method of use is by ingesting the marijuana by combing it with food. The effects of marijuana are labeled in three types: Physiological effects, psychological effects, and subjective effects. The physiological effects are reddened eyes, increased ... phy...

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... minors. While most pot laws across America are becoming more lenient to their policies than they were decades ago, citizens being arrested for marijuana account for half of drug arrests adding to the millions of people incarcerated in prisons and the seven billion dollars the government dumps for prohibition ... underground meth lab- the drug itself is capable of offering harsher physical effects to the body than pot. With the majority putting emphasis on marijuana, less addicting than caffeine according to multiple studies, one could only imagine how many busts for cocaine could be done...

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... if consumption could somehow be controlled, it would drastically reduce crime in our cities. In order to clarify, I will provide you truth a few marijuana misconceptions. Marijuana causes no known brain damage short or long term. THC is not addictive unlike any other illegal substance. THC only temporarily causes memory loss of ... government is spending way too much money trying to control a drug which is incredibly hard to control and not worth the time. If Marijuana could be treated more along the lines of alcohol with age limitations and help groups it would make the world generally...

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... available than it is already, the theory is that usage of the drug will increase. If usage increases, the likelihood that those who have used marijuana will begin using other illegal substances, like heroine, will increase as well. This, in turn, becomes a problem for law enforcement and the courts ... , as crime associated with the drug trade blossoms. At a very basic economic level, the cost of legalizing marijuana would be fed to everyone, through the advent of new taxes to fund the rehabilitation of an ever burgeoning drug addicted population. The negative socioeconomic effects ... o...

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... the sixties this has been an ongoing effort for millions of Americans. There has never been a documented case of overdosing due to excessive use of marijuana. There are millions of Americans who use this drug illegally every day to calm their nerves, and just to relax. On the west coast this ... is a much more acceptable idea. In Alaska there are laws against marijuana however, law enforcement refuses to punish individuals who grow up to two plants. In California when you are caught with a misdemeanor amount of weed (under a ... in most of them will pull a joint out of their golf bag and...

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... serious problems in society: accidents, lost productivity on the job, and wrecked families." Some say that legalizing marijuana will make things worse, and others say these things are only happening because marijuana is illegal. Marijuana actually is less impairing on you perception than alcohol. A study by the British Transport researchers says that ... cannabis combine to affect driving behavior suggests that someone who has taken both may drive less recklessly than a person who is simply drunk." If marijuana were legal we would be cutting back on crime. We would do this because by maki...

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... drugs remain high on the politicians and many organizations list of issues. Stories are constantly on the news about the drug trade, medicinal marijuana, and ecstasy. Drugs affects not only users but non-users as well. It is obvious that drugs are quite present in our ... partake in the uses of drugs and, if so, which drugs should be federally mandated? The two substantial drugs at issue right now are marijuana and ecstasy. Marijuana is a derivative from the top leaves and flowers of the female hemp plant, which can be readily grown on the fields across the nation ... will benefit America...

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... available than it is already, the theory is that usage of the drug will increase. If usage increases, the likelihood that those who have used marijuana will begin using other illegal substances, like heroine, will increase as well. This, in turn, becomes a problem for law enforcement and the courts ... , as crime associated with the drug trade blossoms. At a very basic economic level, the cost of legalizing marijuana would be fed to everyone, through the advent of new taxes to fund the rehabilitation of an ever burgeoning drug addicted population. The negative socioeconomic effects ... o...

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... remember her telling me that if the cancer didn't kill her, the treatments would. All this changed when we started providing her with some marijuana after her chemo treatments. Her appetite improved, she was not nauseous and her pain was reduced so much that the overall quality of life improved ... company just a few months longer. Meanwhile, the black market would disappear overnight. Some arrangement would be made to license the production of marijuana cigarettes. Thousands of dealers would be put out of business, and a secret part of the economy would come into the open. It ... inc...

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... 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-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is present in large amounts in ... marijuana. Researchers believe that THC is the cannabinoid that is responsible for the psychoactive effects of marijuana. Marijuana is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the...

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