... , it is largely for its recreational purposes. And while there is a continuous use of marijuana and other illegal substances, there is a continuous War on Drugs, in effect by the government. In California alone, "it is estimated that pot is the largest cash crop in California, with annual revenues approaching ... the potential rise of violence that would occur if marijuana were legalized. Contrary to the belief of many, the high rate of crime related to drugs is due to the buying and selling of the plant itself. The drug itself does not make people violent or cause them to go out ... u...

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... American Medical Association and the pharmaceutical industry, the cultivation and consumption of the plant was finally banned in 1937 by the Marijuana Tax Act. However, this is not the only reason marijuana was banned. What few people fail to realize is that this and other drugs were banned by the fault of racial intolerance. Opium laws, for instance, were only passed in the ... "giving a pill to someone with extreme nausea is like giving a suppository to someone with diarrhea," says Lester Grinspoon, Harvard psychiatrist. Another thing that Grinspoon points out is that these synthetic ...

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... Drug Act of 1906, which required accurate labeling of patent medicines containing opium and certain other drugs. In 1914 the Harrison Narcotic Act forbade sale of substantial doses of opiates or cocaine except by licensed doctors and pharmacies. Later, heroin was totally banned. Subsequent Supreme Court decisions made it illegal for doctors to prescribe any narcotic to addicts; many ... availability. Abstinence after a cocaine binge leads to crashing (anxiety, depression, suspiciousness, sleep craving) and withdrawal (absence of pleasure in all things, lack of motivation, and boredom). M...

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... Therefore, in the 1930's, discussion about marijuana was forbidden in all public schools, and from 1934 to 1956, the Motion Picture Association of America banned all films showing the use of narcotics (www.legalize.com). The strategy did not work as well as hoped, so anti-marijuana groups adopted ... need it, but legalizing marijuana for medical purposes only would allow patients to have another alternative when currently legal drugs are not working. Marijuana is unlike most other illegal drugs as it has the ability to heal. Marijuana cannot cure any diseases, but it can bring relief from...

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... the constitution does not state that a federal government to regulate or ban substances that we choose to consume. Most states in the country have banned marijuana usage and possession in their counties but could in the future be legalized just as what happened in the Prohibition Era. Legalizing Marijuana would ... are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"(Kieffer, Par3). With that being said federal governments cannot regulate laws drugs but only the states legislatives can. Just like in California where citizens exercise the use of legalized marijuana for medical purp...

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... . A cheap and widespread medicine is available right now in an increasing number of places to combat muscle spasticity, nausea and vomiting, analgesic pain, sleeping difficulty, and depressed appetites. (WorkShop) This banned medicine also has many other valuable resources to offer the country. It can "...provide all the basic necessities of life: food, shelter, clothing and medicine." (HIA). What is this amazing ... by prescription today. Dronabinol, also known as Marinol, has been available since approval in 1985 by prescription nausea reducer for chemo therapy patients and their react...

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... effectively treat their illness and relieve their pain. The basis upon which marijuana is prohibited has been proven by the very government which has banned the drug to be false. Since 1914, our nation has outwardly protested against the use of any "drug," contrary to our past ... by the medical community in the treatment of migraine headaches, insomnia and rheumatism and cocaine to treat sinusitis, hay fever, and chronic fatigue. These drugs were not only medicinal, however, and they became popular for recreation, and cocaine, specifically became an ingredient in wines and soft drinks, ...

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Marijuana is, by definition, a drug. A drug that was first banned in 1913 by the state of California, acting out against the preparation of hemp, has since then gained a higher status in society today with, "[m]ore than 30 percent of the U.S. population liv[ing] under some form of marijuana decriminalization " (Norml par. 5). Marijuana, like other drugs, has been known to impair a person's judgment and ... of marijuana would theoretically generate thousands of legitimate jobs and opportunities for Americans today. We see in sociology that class determines the access people have to resources a...

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... the state passes the law more people ask for marijuana and the doctor prescribes Marinol first. This standard doctor's practice is to issue all conventional medications before resorting to experimental drugs (i.e. marijuana). ". . .[O]nly about one in ten patients prefers Marinol to smoking pot"(44). This shows that synthetic THC is not as effective as natural THC. Also note that the Institute ... of Medicine said "Marijuana has been proven to be less toxic and less expensive than conventional medication and in many cases more effective than commercially available drugs." (Russell 32) B...

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... being used today as an alternative to painful medical treatments such as chemotherapy, for terminal illness patients who seek quality of life over painful days and nights. Marijuana was officially banned by the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, due to outrageous lies created by the media. Marijuana should be re-legalized for the purposes of medical, industrial, and restricted recreational use ... . When marijuana was banned in 1937, one of the main arguing points for its illegality was "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind. Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hi...

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