... have reduced capacity to avoid collisions if confronted with the sudden need for evasive action." Marijuana is the second leading cause of car accidents among youth, the first being alcohol. A concern with legalizing marijuana would be a possible increase in car accidents. If the drug was legalized and made more available, more people, specifically teenagers may be inclined to drive while under the ... ...

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... to lose if someone engages in criminal activity and is caught. One example of a sense of commitment is a classic car. If a person has invested a lot of time and money into restoring a classic "73 Nova, that individual has make a commitment to the car in terms of hours spent working on it. In my life several of my commitments involve the time spent these ... ...

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... , & Shinar, 2010, p.10). This mirrors Ward & Dye's findings in 1999, when they found that people who smoke cannabis demonstrated knowledge of behavioral consequences by applying decreased speeds, increased distance following a car, better lane control, as well as sign detection, sudden lane change task, and the detection of hazards, but when alcohol was involved none of these where detected (Ronen, Gershon, Drobiner ... ...

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... , & Shinar, 2010, p.10). This mirrors Ward & Dye's findings in 1999, when they found that people who smoke cannabis demonstrated knowledge of behavioral consequences by applying decreased speeds, increased distance following a car, better lane control, as well as sign detection, sudden lane change task, and the detection of hazards, but when alcohol was involved none of these where detected (Ronen, Gershon, Drobiner ... ...

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... usually cancers such as lung and throat cancer. Alcohol claims a surprising 110,640 lives (CDC) with drastic health effects as liver disease. These deaths are not including those involved in car accidents. In fact in 1997 there where 41,967 fatalities due to automobile accident. Thirty nine percent of the fatalities where alcohol related (Alcohol Epidemic Data System). Moreover nicotine presents ... ...

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... used by certain patient groups. It is safer and far more useful than any tobacco product, and can even be debated as to being less harmful to society than driving a car to work every morning. Reluctantly mentioned, it also is used medically by thousands of people each day who are harassed and criticized for their necessity for a green dream when prescribed ... ...

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... they are still living. For people with out any sickness, it has some side effects, but they are no more severe then breathing in the pollution we make from our car every day. Marijuana should be legalized for use to all American citizens who choose to use it and our over the age of 21. ...

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... usually cancers such as lung and throat cancer. Alcohol claims a surprising 110,640 lives (CDC) with drastic health effects as liver disease. These deaths are not including those involved in car accidents. In fact in 1997 there where 41,967 fatalities due to automobile accident. Thirty nine percent of the fatalities where alcohol related (Alcohol Epidemic Data System). Moreover nicotine presents ... ...

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... of under aged kid's buy cigarette and people smoke in public places all the time. And marijuana is only gonna make the stats go up and not only is it car accidents and purchasing but date rapes, fighting and other horrible crimes. Just because users wanna get high for 10 minutes their willing to risk their and your lives. In conclusion ... ...

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... went unchallenged, marijuana had no chance of survival. Marijuana is known only for its supposedly harmful effects and the crowd associated with it. Yes, marijuana can cause a person to wreck a car, or make misjudgments, but so can alcohol. The effects of marijuana can be categorized into three types; the physiological effects, psychological effects, and the subjective effects. Some of the physiological ... ...

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... . A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: "He spends the whole day laughing and watching movies...He can"t even drive a car because he's so out of it." (3/25/97) In addition to that, Marinol only comes in pill form, which makes it useless for patients taking it for nausea. Marijuana has ... ...

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