... disclose their political affiliation. 7 democrats and 3 republicans took the survey the rest are unknown. Each of the participants completed a survey of 10 questions; 4 qualitative questions and 6 quantitative. Each participant was asked to write their age, gender and political affiliation at the top of each survey, no names were included ... a law firm, a grocery store and a gym in order to make sure i got a well rounded study group. My research findings will focus mainly on my qualitative responses because the answer to those questions give a more in depth view as to whether or not peop...

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... to the neurons in the brain that transmit serotonin, an important biochemical involved in a variety of critical functions including learning, sleep, and integration of emotion. The results of the study indicate that recreational MDMA users may be at risk of developing permanent brain damage that may manifest itself in depression, anxiety, memory loss, and other neuropsychotic disorders. Clandestine laboratories ... the Nation. NIDA's epidemiological studies indicate that MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) use has escalated in recent years among college students and young adults who...

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... average age for the females was 26. The method used in this study I believe is the self-report method. Some procedures in the study included a 5-10 minute paid interview, which covered questions of substance abuse and demographic factors. This study was conducted in a wave span from (1-6). The couples who agreed to ... feel like it would be difficult to apply it to groups that don't fit the certain criteria. The author thoroughly describes how he did the study and everything made sense to me. In the results discrepant heavy drinkers, were at a higher risk of divorce if either the man or ...

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... multistage random sampling procedure. Geographic areas were selected, then schools within those geographic areas were selected, and then students within those schools were chosen. The students chosen for the study had reported life time use of alcohol or marijuana. Then they were asked to indicate whether they experienced various adverse psychological outcomes resulting from use of each substance. Race ... and ethnicity was taken into consideration. This study had a diverse group consisting of males, females, Caucasians, African Americans, and Hispanics. The participants were given a que...

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... experiment. The results found that amongst teens drug use has gone down and for eighth graders its been the lowest since 1993 and for sophomores since 1995. 2 The which this study tested were ecstasy , lsd, nicotine, alcohol and marijuana. The only negative findings were that heroin, cocaine remained the same while and crack and sedatives went up in numbers. In this ... teen who has a bad drug problem or one community which ends up with certain results. One question which may question its validity is the quality of the questions asked on the survey. If the questions were perhaps asked v...

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... these physiological indicators can affect the way a person presents himself or herself. The effects that marijuana has on a persons social presentation are much less significant than those caused by alcohol. A study done at the University of Sydney resulted in the finding that marijuana use does cause drowsiness and a slight impairment of physical co-ordination. The ... study also found that people under the influence of marijuana take a lot of time to solve problems using a more careful approach. They found that the use of alcohol causes people to ... make "speed-accuracy trade-offs"....

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... reason enough to ban both. However, hemp is grown quite differently from marijuana. Moreover, it is harvested at a different time than marijuana. Hemp grown for fiber is planted in narrow row spacing about 4 inches apart. Branching is discouraged, and plants are not allowed to flower. The stems are kept small by the high density and foliage develops only on the top ... ...

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... willing to risk jail time to obtain or grow marijuana. Marijuana must be studied and tested more to prove effectiveness but because it is not legal, doctors don't want to study a drug that they could never use. Another reason it is not studied a lot is because the potency of the plant varies so much that it is too hard to standardize ... be cut. They also claim that drug-dealing criminals would virtually vanish causing crime and violence rates to plummet. The points mentioned above are debatable Legalizing marijuana raises a lot of questions for instance, who would sell the drugs? Priva...

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... to grow along with me. I wanted to know "Why is this drug so bad?" and "What exactly are its effects on the human body?" My questions began to expand over time. "If this drug is so bad, how come almost half of America is on it, well at least that's what it ... seems like in my neighborhood." With all these unanswered questions roaming around in my head there was no question that this was the topic I was going to write my I-search paper on. I began investigating the issue ... one of the web pages that contained an abundant amount of useful facts. I found it very easy to use because of i...

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... by listing it as the least dangerous of all potentially addictive drugs. It also concludes that alcohol is among the most dangerous. The study, commissioned by French health minister Bernard Kouchner, was carried out by a panel of 10 French and foreign scientists headed by Bernard-Pierre ... and 4 to 16 percent of fatally injured drivers had tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, in their bloodstream, Dr. Heishman said. One study showed that 32 percent of drivers in a shock trauma unit in Baltimore had marijuana in their bloodstream, he noted. However, in ...

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... , amount of vomiting, muscle biofeedback, blood samples, and patient observation" (SDHS). The results were compared to see which treatment patients preferred. Marijuana was the prevalent choice over a THC pill. "The study found that [m]ore than [90] percent of the patients who received marijuana . . . reported significant or total relief from nausea and vomiting the data accumulated over all five years of the ... program's operation do show that marijuana smoked resulted in a higher percentage of success than does THC ingested" (SDHS). In California, the study was strictly designed and d...

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... three drugs are 77 times and adults are 104 times more likely to use cocaine. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., (CASA's) president said, "This study reveals a consistent and powerful connection between the use of cigarettes and alcohol and the subsequent use of marijuana, and between the use of cigarettes, alcohol ... and marijuana and the subsequent use of cocaine and other illicit drugs." The CASA study established a clear development that begins with gateway drugs and leads to cocaine use: nearly 90% of people who have ever tried cocaine used ... state and is frequently abused in Hawaii, esp...

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... he uses this because it is the type of language his target audience most relates to, therefore gaining their attention and keeping it throughout the article. He also uses rhetorical questions, such as "Is any of this remotely surprising?" and "Are parents on top of this?" and "Are the police on top of this?" He uses these because they agree with ... seem so focused on things they like, so they don't take notice of what they really are watching. He uses rhetorical questions, which are quite effective as well, because it makes me and readers think about what is really happening. Questions...

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... . Why is everyone out to seek for drug-dealers? The amount of money that our nation is spent on trying to get a zero-tolerance for illegal drugs is absurd. Study after study, has shown us that regular usage among people is increasing; and even the federal government admits that approximately 26 million Americans use marijuana daily'(Leshner 2)A victim of the drug Joe ... going to continue using it. If it's against the law they will just keep their distance from the police and be more sneaky and clandestinely about it. "There was a new study compiled by the Netherlands government health m...

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... , electricity "require a college degree." One risk for drug use can be personality factors. The authors of the article "Five-Factor Model Personality Profiles of Drug Users " wrote about a study that was performed: "Participants were part of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) program in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. The sample was drawn from a community with a wide range of ... insight into the analysis of drug use. They also wanted to find the significance of putting public health interventions into effect. The study came to the conclusion, "In addition to confirming...

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... Psychologist would look into the topic we first must understand what each one studies. Anthropologists study the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. Sociologists study human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society. Psychologists study mental processes and behavior. Anthropologists would look into the cultural background of marijuana and find ... ...

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... not it should be legalized and whether or not it should be considered a controlled substance. Memory and reaction are already known to be both chemical and electrical processes, and the study of cannabis" effects on these functions is crucial to the further evaluation of this drug. Review: The overall purpose of this experiment is to measure the different cognitive dysfunctions associated ... use and loss of cognitive functions are positively correlated, and that noticeable differences in these processes does not occur until about 10-15 years of daily cannabis use. Conclusion: This stud...

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... is impossible to overdose when using marijuana. One would have to consume 40,000 times, what would could be considered physically possible. Marijuana is said to be a gateway drug; however, a study done Holland show that when marijuana was made legal, cocaine and heroin use declined substantially. In 1977, the American Medical Association came out in favor of legalizing Marijuana. Marijuana has ... out of marijuana, these are just some of the illnesses that people smoke or eat marijuana for today. In the 1970's, a study was done on the rhesus monkey to prove that marijuana caused brain d...

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... medical use of marijuana has not been properly studied. I have read a lot of facts that were strong enough to encourage me to write about this issue; but there are still questions that I have that have not yet been answered. Who coined the idea to make weed illegal? Why haven't anyone looked at hemp as being a number one source in making paper ... for being used as a medicine it also has other properties to it that can be used to better the world. I will further do more research to find the answers these questions. I may not be the only person with the thoughts as to why marijuana seems...

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... facts supporting my statement. Some of these facts are that over time marijuana has stayed the same or even done the opposite when hard drugs have increased or decreased, a 1988 study shows marijuana users showed an increase in awareness of white blood cells which directly fight germs and are the main source of your immune system, researchers have found no difference ... brain damage among rodents and monkeys, they had to be given two-hundred times the amount of marijuana that a heavy user of marijuana uses to cause brain damage, in 1993 a study shows that among Americans twelve years o...

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... of knowledge upon this issue which can lead to an uneducated vote against the legalization of marijuana. To test my theory, I created a survey that consisted of four questions, the last one being optional. I questions I asked will help me understand how people feel about marijuana laws. It will also help me determine whether or not people are aware of the advantages and disadvantages ... ...

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... were able to rehabilitate numerous alcoholics by substituting smoked marijuana for alcohol in 1942. Out of seventy cases of alcoholics, fifty-nine reported clinical alleviation of their symptoms. Although this study was amazingly successful, using marijuana to help neurotic depressives was not so impressive. Only four cases out of twenty improved and zero out of 6 cases of psychotic depression improved. They ... . J. Kabelikovi. He conducted studies on rats by using an extract of cannabis. The cannabis extract was effective against many gram-positive microorganisms. After his studies, he...

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... between. But is marijuana really hazardous to body? Or do people have a misconception about its effects? Despite the many arguments that suggests marijuana is a dangerous substance, there hasn't been a thorough study yet on this extraordinary plant. There are many people, including scientists and researchers, who are skeptical on what marijuana does to the body. Several studies argue that long-term use ... the physiological and psychological effects of marijuana [I]n fact, to the present, essentially no scientifically valid data are available on the effects of long-term use" (Hochman 44...

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... . Beta-blocker eye drops, a more conventional treatment for glaucoma, can cause sluggishness and sometimes activates asthma attacks.23 There are still too many skeptics who doubt marijuana's ability as a medicine. A study was devised in 1996 to change the minds of such skeptics. It was devised by the San Francisco General Hospital and it would have tested the benefits of smoking marijuana ... and would eventually lead to the legalization of marijuana. The study was endorsed by the FDA (The Food and Drug Administration), but the federal government wouldn't provide the marijuana for the st...

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... contrast to other substances in common use, most notably alcohol and barbiturate sleeping pills. The World Health Organization reached the same conclusion in 1995. The World Health Organization released a study in March 1998 stating: "there are good reasons for saying that [the risks from cannabis] would be unlikely to seriously [compare to] the public health risks of alcohol and ... other long-acting opiate antagonist treatment programs should be reduced, and coverage for these programs should be a required benefit in public and private insurance programs." The National Treatment Improv...

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