If cannabis is regulated for adult recreational use and regulated like alcohol without any federal obstruction, every medical patient may have immediate and safe access to their medicine without the fear of getting punished by the government and being discouraged to medicate themselves with cannabis' medicinal properties. ... Many other Americans were prescribed useless medications that caused more harmful effects than aiding properties; however, with the consumption of cannabis, many of their illnesses were easily cured. ... The legalization of cannabis in California has to pass in order...

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Bake in preheated 180 degree oven until brown and the muffins pass the toothpick test (about 15 minutes). ... The use of opium and its derivatives dates back to the third century B.C. where reference was made to "poppy juice" with its analgesic and euphoric properties. Over the centuries, opium has passed through periods of popularity for both its medicinal and intoxicating effects. ...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States history as well as posterity was created, approved and just two years later instituted as the foundation for a fledging yet promising nation destined for greatness. It was a great concept envisioned by extraordinary men, a system in which the people of the land reign, governing through democratically ...

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It's properties that caused euphoria were discovered in the early 1860's, and it became widely available. The method for purifying the coca leaves into the actual drug was created shortly after the discovery of it's properties, and the procedure for doing so was constantly changed and improved throughout the years. ... It would be really dirty inside, maybe other people smoking or just passed out. ...

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Just following the turn of the century, a new climate of temperance swept the nation and in 1914 Congress passed the Harrison Act, banning opiates and cocaine, and the prohibition of alcohol soon followed in 1918, making the U.S. officially a "dry" nation. ... The lawsuit was filed January 14, weeks after several advisors of the Clinton Administration made a public response to Proposition 215 (which would, were it to pass, make it legal for doctors to discuss and recommend marijuana to their patients) at a December 30 press conference. ... (ACLU) Between 1978 and 1996, legislature in 34 sta...

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"Since most of the propagandists against drug abuse seek to justify certain repressive policies because of the alleged dangerousness of various drugs, they often falsify the facts about the true pharmalogical properties of the drugs they seek to prohibit." ... Insurance companies would pass on those accident expenses to consumers. ... The city's 7,000 addicts are blamed for eighty percent of all property crime and Amsterdam's rate of burglary is now twice that of Newark, New Jersey. ...

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Why do we use drugs? There are many different opinions as to why people use drugs. Some of the most widely used drugs today are heroine, cocaine, nicotine, alcohol, and marijuana. These drugs each have there own history, and they all have addictive qualities. Heroine comes from the opium poppy...

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K.C.B.A also says, "As of now, Portugal's property crime rate including, larceny, burglary, auto theft and shoplifting have all been reduced to nearly half of what they were before decriminalization. ... " Before this law was passed, Portugal had some of the highest levels of "Hard-Drug" users in europe. ...

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Possession of marijuana was made a crime within the United States in 1937 when Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act. ... The prohibition of marijuana increases the incidence of crime, has huge economic cost, and prevents medical patients from benefiting from the drug's therapeutic properties. ...

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In 1925, the League of Nations passed strict regulations on the international export of heroin and six years later stipulated that manufacturers could produce just enough for legitimate medical and scientific needs. ... However, as the heroin makes its way to US, it passes through many hands. ...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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It is becoming heavily abused as each minute passes by. ... However in 1937 due to some of its medical and chemical properties, U.S. president Franklin D. ... Its is quite a useful plant, able to be manufactured into food, clothing, and more, however marijuana also has medical properties as well as a mind altering chemical called THC. ...

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