... than cause side effects of newly created genetically modified and potentially harmful product" (Cooper). Lastly, Mr. Cooper was asked what illnesses or diseases are being targeted most frequently with marijuana. "Pain is a big one, with seizure and spasticity disorders, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and un-relievable nausea are all very common" (Cooper). In a documentary called Weeds 2, Dr. Sanjay ... syndrome, she suffers hundreds of seizures a day, day after day, while her both mental and physical condition continually degrade (Weeds 2). At the age of five Charlotte's parents obtained ...

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... the recreational use of drugs in this country, on the contrary it is causing great harm. It's time to try something new. When most people imagine the legalization of marijuana, they fear a marijuana free-for-all with everybody constantly getting high. Legalization would be a burdensome task for the U.S. Government. In fact, the legal process would include a law passed by Congress ... allowing the government to control the content, quality, and distribution of marijuana. The laws would be similar to the current laws regulating alcohol, including laws governing age, limits for driving, an...

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... accelerates heart rate, some heart problems could arise for people with already present cardiovascular problems. However for people with sound health, there is no cardiovascular risk. Hormonal changes due to marijuana are completely unfounded. Reproductive system damage was recorded by only one scientist, a Dr. Gabriel Nahas. He was criticized to the point where he renounced his results. While the ... alcohol and cigarettes have. When you consider that one-hundred and eighteen million Americans drink alcohol and sixty million smoke cigarettes, compared to the eighteen million Americans ...

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... include seedlings, infested, or sick plants, must serve a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. This sentence is longer than the average auto theft or manslaughter sentence. If convicted of a marijuana offense within 1000 feet of any school, university, or playground an individual is subjected to a one year minimum prison sentence. This applies to an adult selling an ounce to another ... adult, or any adult even growing one plant in his basement (NORML). These laws are a large factor in the estimated $12 billion spent annually on the war on marijuana (Marijuana Prohibition Facts). Variou...

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... alcohol habit to be $15 billion a year (www.ndsn.com); it has steadily increased since then. When comparing tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana, there is strong evidence that marijuana has the least addictive power (www.peretto.com). However, this does not hide the fact that all three can have a strong impact ... of all inmates are in prison for drug offenses-the result of a 1,100% increase in drug arrests between 1980 and 1992, even though marijuana use dropped from 35% to 13% during the same period. The increase in violent offenders incarcerated during that time was only 50%. Of felons .....

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... of citizens in tax-funded federal prisons for a drug that, if legalized, would create an abundance of positive impacts within the United States. Marijuana should be legalized because it would benefit the economy, help people with physical and emotional pain, and allow law enforcement to focus more heavily ... on violent crime. If regulated like alcohol and tobacco, marijuana would create a tremendous amount of new wealth. Dispensaries and small businesses based on the distribution of the drug would open up, along with ... market would take shape in the United States, and that would expan...

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... ;The nausea's gone'. It was miraculous. Within seconds,the nausea just disappeared (TESTIMONY OF DR. GEORGE WAGONER)."Patients with cancer, seizures, and PTSD in were fighting to legalize medical marijuana in Texas as recently as last month at Capitol Hill, pleading with Congress see their side. Barbara Humphries was among those pushing for legalization, admitting she buys it illegally to ... last year, $1 billion by 2016.)." More dispensaries also means more job opportunities for the unemployed. In its first official year of legalization, Colorado retailers sold $386 million from medici...

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... systems, including getting high, creating a feeling of euphoria, or having stomach ache effects. It seems that weeding out can release them from stress and reduce social pressure. If a person uses marijuana in a proper way, it may decrease his anxiety and improve mood. Meanwhile, it can also enhance the brain excitability and increase creative ability, so people can make quick responses and ... his short-term memory and forget what happened the last night after getting high. As time goes by, he will find it difficult to learn or remember new information. Second, marijuana overdose will ...

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... use of cannabis, the United States government has commissioned several studies regarding the properties of cannabis and its effects, and also has considered bills permitting the medicinal use of marijuana. Cannabis was prevalent in America for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. Many apothecaries and doctors proscribed medications containing cannabis. Until 1941, cannabis was part of the ... into the criminal justice system through the prohibition of this drug." The most controversial, and at this point in time plausible, argument for the partial decriminalization of marijuana is the ...

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... health risk. These arguments usually take place with someone who does not know the facts firsthand and there for exaggerate a little. It has been said that one marijuana cigarette (Joint) which is 0.4 grams -half the weight of a cigarette, which is equal from 16 cigarettes a to a pack of cigarettes (20 cigarettes ... to this country, not to mention legalization would create about 60,000 retailers and about 100,000 jobs. Another major argument is about the effect marijuana has on the user's brain, according to many people "pot kills brain cells" but according to government experts it does ...

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... increase the use of substance and further increase problems in society, legalization could in fact be more beneficial than harmful. Actually, there are several benefits with the legalization of marijuana and some of which include: making our streets and homes safer, increasing the economy's revenue, putting an end to prison overcrowding, saving our tax money, crippling organized crime ... , promoting health and safety, reducing official corruption, and using marijuana for medicinal purposes. Legalizing marijuana would first greatly increase our economy's revenue and promote consumer healt...

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... Health Organization states that "it is doubtful the cannabis use produces amotivational syndrome." To sum up the article holistically I"ll leave it to the Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence, "marijuana's dangers had previously been greatly exaggerated." I've always believed in the free will approach on the consumption of drugs, but I understand the reasons why the government has put restrictions ... on certain drugs. After investigating marijuana I don't believe the government has any solid reasons on why this specific drug should be illegal. This summer I participated in legalization...

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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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... not a patient or caregiver meets the sixty day supply limitation. If a patient underestimates his/her limitation, then his/her caregiver may be forced to make up the difference by purchasing marijuana off of the streets. It is not in the interest of law enforcement to drive patients to the illegal market. It is also not in the interest of the patient ... meet all of these requirements must also have proof of their identity and show it to any law enforcement officer who questions the patient regarding his/her use of medical marijuana. Valid documentation can be a statement signed by the ...

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... categorized into three different types: the physiological effects, psychological effects, and the subjective effects. The physiological effects include reddened eyed, increased pulse rate, and cotton-mouth. Psychological effects of marijuana range from increased creativity to provoked mystical experiences, to even heightened capacity to feel, sense, and share. These effects are subjective and can differ from person to person. Anxiety ... may lead a person to more harmful drugs such as cocaine or heroin. A drud addict's life is centered on drug-scoring it, dealing it, and finding ways to ...

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... methods do relieve most symptoms for which cannabis is recommended. Money is something that we all understand and is something else that could play a major role in favor of legalizing marijuana. For example in order to fight emaciation in AID's victims they must take human growth supplements. These supplement cost AID's patients an average of thirty-six thousand dollars a ... only about five hundred dollars a year. There are also many reasons why cannabis should not be used in medicine. For one it causes damage to the Respiratory system. "Marijuana smoke contains higher concentrations of...

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... , Pot, Reefer, grass, and Mary-Jane. A new survey shows that 53% are all for legalizing marijuana, while 44% are opposed (Pew Research Center). Does Marijuana pose as a medical value? Is Marijuana harmful enough to remain illegal and how does it compare to other forms of illegal drugs that are not ... policymakers. I think drug use should be treated as a crime or, and a health issue. The most addictive drug, even above heroin, is nicotine Unlike Marijuana which is used to treat a variety of disorders that cause pain because of diseases like Cancer, HIV, Muscle Spasm, and arthritis; it is...

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... that the consumption of hard liquor was off 50 percent during Prohibition." However, as time progressed, the statistics would change. Now that medical marijuana is legal in 21 States and DC how will prohibition of this substance affect the United States? Is it going to help lessen crime, ... , they stand against recreational drugs and harm caused by illegal drug trades to increase their reputation. I believe one of the many benefits of legalizing marijuana (that's currently illegal except in 21 states) is that the price will fall, leading it to a crumple in the illegal drug market. This...

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... to the residents. With this research there could be designs or plans accommodating and elevating some of the symptoms. Currently there is only preliminary qualitative data for the relationship between marijuana dispensaries and safety due to crime. It has been hypothesized that 'medical' dispensaries would be associated with higher crime rates due to Routine activity theory. According to this ... current feelings and attitudes towards dispensaries as well as an analytical qualitative data collection to provide a basis for any future concerns. For a better qualitative analysis of th...

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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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... and what is not, really centers around social taboos and not the facts alone. For example, marijuana use has become the hot seat of much debates, concerning whether it should be legal. Marijuana on prescription basis has become legalized in nine states, but the changes in our laws are long ... year alone; one has to wonder, what kind of change would legalization bring? Where would crime play a role when Marijuana does finally become legalized? The fact is once marijuana is legalized the market for growers and sellers would be lost to the more organized states that could grow it in large...

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... seems to be a great tool for those who suffer form muscular diseases such as multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy (Chevallier 180). Andrew Chevallier states " marijuana can reduce neurological activity and muscle spasm." According to Gruenwald pressure in the eye can be reduced which explains why it is used for glaucoma. A person with glaucoma has too ... pressure in the eye. Greunwald says, "Reduced intraoccular pressure was discovered accidentally during trial on the affect of inhaling high doses. During tests intraoccular pressure dropped 45%." It seems that marijuana is the "jack ...

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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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... revolted against prohibition. Yes I will agree that if any of these substances are abused, various negative effects can affect the user, but with marijuana (with the proper funding from the government) can be used for medical benefits, money used toward the "War on Drugs" can ... his bipolar disorders instead of the prescription drugs because he says the drugs are harder on him and make him feel no emotions. Medical marijuana is a very flexible drug, cheap, and has fewer critically damaging side effects than prescription drugs. It can help cancer patients with many ... such as heroin)...

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... of the most common problems of teenagers today so I decided to find out some of the problems and reasons why teenagers are using marijuana. Marijuana has been used since the early 1900's to make clothing and rope and later used widely throughout Asia for medicinal and recreational purposes. ... against the world and there is not a lot of things that people can do. Ways that people can help though, is to educate teenagers more about marijuana, the bad and the good things about it. If it is going to be used how to use it correctly and responsibly. Parents/up-bringing, lifestyles ... come t...

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