The use of marijuana among teenagers, although viewed as harmless, is actually very detrimental to their lives in many ways. ... Although these problems do not always evolve in all teenagers that smoke, the chances are that, given time, marijuana will damage the lives of either the smoker or those around them. ... "Marijuana is often the first drug young people experiment with, and once its high begins to wear off, they often go to try to even more dangerous drugs. ... The research given proves that the use of marijuana among teenagers is very harmful to their lives. Mari...

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Why give money to the scum of the earth when it can go to the government to aid in the betterment of the country .yeah? ... Teenagers this day in age have had the most difficult time dealing with emotional trials than have any other generation throughout the history of mankind. ... Television, the Internet, game consoles, and other leisure time activities utterly devour either the teenager's and/or the parent's time completely, thus muting any sort of family communication. ... Teenagers consider themselves to be helpless victims undergoing the tragedies of society, and that they must...

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This is a scene similar to what thousands of teenagers will experience until marijuana is legally accepted into the mainstream. Teenagers like to experiment, especially with anything considered to be rebellious or outside the norm of society. ... Family farms are being closed at an alarming rate with over 300,000 such farms going out of business in the past 10 years. ...

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Therefore if marijuana becomes legal this can lead to less access to teenagers or individuals who consume excessively. ... On the other hand the government allows people to consume alcohol, smoke cigars and join the army wherein is possible to go to war and relatively is permitted to kill, without mention that you can join the military from the young age of 18. ...

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Locals were paranoid about going into the out-of-doors. ... While most marijuana users do not go on to use more dangerous drugs, most heavy drug users started with marijuana. ... Marijuana in Hawaii is the second most significant drug threat to the state and is frequently abused in Hawaii, especially by teenagers. ... According to one study, marijuana use by teenagers who have prior serious antisocial problems can quickly lead to dependence on the drug...

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I also think some drug crimes and innocent killings would go down an enormous amount. ... 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. ... One of the biggest cons of legalizing "Mary Jane" would be that a large amount of Americans would be smoking pot all the time, and they would end up going to work stoned, and not think straight while on the job. ...

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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. ... Contrary to popular belief most teenagers have not used marijuana and never will. ...

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Say "NO!" To Pot "Pot", "dope", "dank", "doja", and "weed" are a few street terms used for marijuana. Marijuana is a plant that can be ingested or smoked for pleasurable and hallucinogenic effects. This drug is widely used among teenagers and college students. Brent Staples was a college smoker. ...

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Then there are the people that are going to school. ... Justin Worland from Time said, "The number of teenagers who smoke marijuana is on the upswing, and those who do smoke pot may face a decline in brain functioning"" (Worland 2). ... Using drugs is going to put a damper on that. ... In many cases, there is no one pushing you to get up and go to class. ... This just goes to show that marijuana users really are not "all there " in the head. ...

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Another bad habit is alcohol, which in my opinion is the worst of all. 8,000 American teenagers are killed each year and 40,000 maimed from driving under the influence. ... The pain doesn't go away completely, but at least she can function. ...

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Four million Canadians have used marijuana, including 1.4 million teenagers.2 The large number of users can probably be explained by the drugs relatively low cost and light criminal consequences for dealing it; when compared with other drugs. ... If the government would legalize marijuana they could go after the more serious drugs like heroin and crack. ... Since it is taken one puff at a time users can feel the effects as they go and regulate their intake according to their need. ...

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