... friend look like a good reporter (Brief 2). This would give him a good public perception early in his career as well. On April 14, 1937 marijuana became a schedule one narcotic substance, meaning it was a drug with no medical value and it was so dangerous that it "must be suppressed" ( ... competitive. They will use violence if necessary to avoid getting caught or to avoid loosing money. Also, everyone who tries to buy or use marijuana is also committing a crime. Unfortunately the users are normally the people who get arrested. Non-violent drug users make up about half the ... alcohol pro...

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... Neurons are cells that process information in the brain. Neurotransmitters fill the gaps between two neurons and bind to protein receptors, which enable various functions. THC found in marijuana can mimic or block actions of neurotransmitters and interfere with normal functions. Cannabinoid receptors have an effect on several mental and physical activities such as short-term memory, ... to dilation of conjunctive blood vessels. In higher doses there can be hallucinations, delusions, feelings of prosecution, increases of anxiety and panic, and thinking becomes confused and disorganized. M...

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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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... States with legalization laws for medical use are California, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Missouri. California is the most popular for its medical marijuana laws and the most controversial. The laws of each state differ in amount you can carry and the amount, if permitted to grow. The law ... week to every month, and the amount sent is a projected amount that should last till the next shipment (LaFave 2). When people talk about marijuana or hemp people instantly think about smoking it. What people do not know is hemp is one of the most widely used materials. Before 1883 ....

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... the Science Base," was conducted by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute if medicine, which in August 1997 assembled an eleven-person panel to conduct an eighteen-month investigation of marijuana's benefits and risks through a series of public hearings and exhaustive study of current research. Cancer chemotherapy can often prolong the patient's life by several years. In some instances ... . [Infotrac]. Available http://web5.searchban k.com/itw/session/822/131/28856999w3/3!xrn_6_0_A19482646. Was not a very informative article. Hager, Mary, Adam Rogers, Claudia Kalb, and Patricia Kin...

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... blunts over joints because with a blunt they can smoke more. Next came the idea of using a pipe to smoke marijuana. A pipe is used to smoke tobacco just like it is used to smoke marijuana. There are many kinds of pipes from basic pipes to pipes that have al kind of weird designs. The ideal ... the same material a screen door is made out of. The screen is used so when a person inhales the smoke they don't inhale the marijuana. If a pipe has no screen someone could suck a little tiny fireball write into his or her throat. Nowadays pipes are what people use the most to smoke ... marijuana....

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... the most widespread and diversified of plants. It grows as weed and cultivated plant all over the world in a variety of climates and soils" (1). Marijuana was first cultivated in China around 4000 B.C. It was mainly used as a sedative and analgesic, but today it is commonly used for the "high ... the Drug Wars in the late 1980s the Department of Health and Human Services began receiving dozens of applications from AIDS patients, for whom marijuana's hunger inducing effects was the only thing that separated them from life and death. As they lost weight and strength, they found it ... . Th...

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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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... be legalized is a highly controversial issue in the United States, and will likely continue to be so for many years to come. Scientifically known as Cannabis Sativa, marijuana is a hemp plant (Marijuana). There have been more than 5,000 years of recorded history of use but the earliest known use was in China and Central Asia around 3000 B.C. In North America, Native Americans ... have been documented, and it is unlikely that any will be" (Gottfried). Many drug war institutions have hidden the true knowledge about the plant, including the benefits of using marijuana. With teens knowing m...

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... "political world" we use "liberty" more often than those who try to exercise our liberalism. I am at liberty (freedom) to voice decriminalization of marijuana, as well as my fellow pot smoking Americans. We would like full use of our liberalism without conditions. Therefore I step ahead of the rest and ... . The executive branch would contribute towards the legalization not only because of pay raise, but because they get to put all the regulations on marijuana use, marijuana plantations; such as how it's grown, how much is grown, and who gets to be licensed to plant, grow, and process it...

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... put into pipes or formed into cigarettes for smoking"(Encyclopedia Britannica). The intoxicating chemical in pot is THC or Tetrahydrocannabinal. The use of marijuana has been practiced for thousands of years. Numerous different cultures have had their own different uses for the drug. Snyder explains, "Marihuana ... in smoke to your body it is causing your lungs to deteriorate. In the article "Facts Parents Need to Know About Marijuana" the author explains, "Marijuana users may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers have, such as chronic bronchitis and inflamed ...

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... , the medical use of the cannabis plant goes back at least 5,000 years to ancient China. It was used by most of the world's cultures for its healing properties (Medical Marijuana Cases 1). Today such conditions as Migraine headaches, Glaucoma, Cancer, Epilepsy, Asthma AIDS/HIV, Spinal injury, Muscle spasms, Insomnia etc., could be treated for symptomatic relief with cannabis or cannabis ... ever being caught. According to a report from the Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Californians" much heralded "three strikes you"re out", twice as many people have been imprisoned for marijua...

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... is an ancient drug that dates back to hundreds of years to Asia. Many cultures have used it during meditation, religious worship, and for intoxication. Marijuana itself comes from the Indian Hemp plant. It is the third most widely used drug in the United States, according to a survey taken in 1988, ... , Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Rudderalis. These three plants vary in size and mood altering effect. The hemp plant has many uses and has been farmed for centuries. Marijuana can be taken in three ways, by eating, made into a tea, or smoking (the most popular). Smoking it can be done three...

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... up in suburban northeast Columbia, South Carolina, I was raised blind to the stinky, sticky, furry, leafy, potent, dry, green or purple plant of marijuana. The side of town I lived on was very refined and exclusive. Many parents like mine, moved to the northeast side of the capital city to ... alcohol as well as the violent lifestyles of those who lived in the rural cities and ghettos that surround our downtown area. I never heard of marijuana or "weed" until I entered High school in 2010. Neither of my parents smoked or drank regularly, so I had no intentions of ... of the brains funct...

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... past couple of years. The majority of the people can't decide whether it would be good or bad for the United States if we were to legalize marijuana. To some, it is a way of coping with a disease or excruciating pain, and to others it is the gateway to everything bad in this world ... and painful contracting and stiffening of the muscles. This option is better than any legal treatment that we have right now for multiple sclerosis. Although marijuana causes short-term memory loss, researchers are now using this to understand the memory-blocking mechanism. Hopefully this will increase our ...

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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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... the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use. There has been a lot of controversy lately deciding whether or not we should make marijuana legal again in the United States. The opposing side declares that it should stay illegal because it alters the mind and is just as bad as ... market including the medication used to help cure or decrease the pain people go through which have these certain diseases. If we legalized marijuana, the crime rate in the United States would decrease at a relatively fast pace. One of the reasons why it would decrease would be ... with dr...

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... Since the 1970's when smoking pot was one of the favorite activities of every hippy the U.S. government has strongly forbidden the use of marijuana. If caught with marijuana in your possession you normally will face some kind of legal action, whether it is jail time, probation, or a fine. Till ... sleepiness, paranoia, and ending with such things as panic attacks, impaired learning, and altered motivation. (www.effectsofmarijuana.com) With both males and females marijuana effects the part of the brain that controls the hormones. This can cause in both males and females larger breasts, low...

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... have hemp growing in their fields, they were fined because of its many uses and invaluableness of hemp. It produced paper, clothing, rope, and was used marijuana was used to treat almost every ailment. The first president of the United States, George Washington, was an early hemp farmer. He kept notes in a ... or disease. How do you think the people with massive migraines or depression felt when they got denied over and over again of their treatment? Marijuana has been a wide spread drug across our country since mainly the late 60's and lately even more people are using it. According to ...

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... its' fullest. Sure, the government is also supposed to protect us from ourselves, but if tobacco and alcohol are legal, why isn't marijuana? Many of the most harmful ingredients of marijuana could be eliminated if refer was legalized. Since "marijuana is not regulated, there are no safeguards against contamination by pesticides, herbicides, and other toxic chemicals. In this sense, it is actually the ... illegal that causes the health danger."(http://lightning.prohosting.com/~mlo/htm) If an individual wants to smoke cigarettes they can. Is, or rather, should marijuana be any different? ...

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... itself and wake up. I am simply stating a fact that has been observed by many philosophers of Psychology, Sociology, and especially Phrenology have seen. Marijuana has some psycho-active chemical, which once it hits the patients brain, opens doors of perception which, in most Americans, remain shut throughout most ... of their days and even lives. The effects of marijuana being legalized would be considerably well worth while from the secular humanistic standpoint. The majority of Americans live by this as an ethical code ... with people thinking on the whole much more about things that...

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... medicinally for nausea and glaucoma patients but the government can not tax it so it is illegal. There have been a large number of marijuana-law-reform advocates preaching for decades that pot is relatively harmless and has no negative impact on public safety. Studies done by the Canadian ... Senate's Special Committee on Illegal Drugs show marijuana is not a gateway to the use of hard drugs. "Data from population surveys shows that out of 100 cannabis users in adolescents, about ... 10 will become regular users and five will move to using other drugs". (p.3). The studies also show tha...

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... leaflets attached to the center, also know as the "bud". It contains more than 400 chemicals, the most common being THC. Every time a user smokes a marijuana cigarette, THC and other chemicals enter their body. The THC is considered to be the most powerful chemical, because it's what gives the user their "high". The ... their experience to be a numb, mellow tingly feeling all over their body. They also claim they always get the "munchies". Marijuana actually does increase the enjoyment of eating. Marijuana is available anywhere and everywhere in the United States. It can be grown in home...

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... is illegal in the United States of America and in other countries as well. Some of the ways that u can tell that someone is high on Marijuana is that they will smell like it, have red eyes, or they will have their eye squinted. Another way is that the person would act slow ... or stupid. This is because Marijuana affects the brain causing chemical changes, which may cause difficulty in concentration, attention to detail and learning new, complex information. Also impairs time perception as ... as well, increases the work of the heart. The changes in the heart rate and blood pressure ar...

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... United States, although sold by many people and used by many, they will keep continue to use drugs. Drugs like marijuana have many effects on people, possibly causing them their lives. So today, let's look at some of the effects of marijuana. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green or brown mix of ... a cigarette, in a pipe, or a bong. It also is smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana. It is mixed in combination with another drug. The main active chemical in marijuana is ...

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