The cause for this controversy is a more liberal and modern society and the fact that marijuana has become the middle class drug. ... When marijuana was first made illegal, it was viewed as debauchery committed by the lowest of social classes. These social classes were identified in propaganda as immigrant Mexican farm workers and the unclean Negro jazz communities. ... By mere numbers, one can speculate that marijuana has truly become the "middle class drug." ... Some medical authority argue that any possible benefits that could be derived from the medicinal use of marijuana could also be der...

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Since marijuana has a high potential for abuse and lack of accepted medical use, the manufacture, acquisition, distribution, and possession of marijuana, or cannabis sativa, is subject to regulation under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the most restrictive of the five federal classes of controlled substances. ... A class of drugs derived from marijuana called the cannabinoids has also been shown to have some anti-nausea effects, but this activity is no greater than that of third-choice drugs. ...

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The name is derived from "a hero" for it's supposed effect of saving morphine addicts. ... During Victorian times, taking opium in the form a laudanum (opium dissolved in alcohol) and in pill form became very popular among all the classes. ... Heroin is derived from raw opium gum, which is produced only by the opium poppy plant, although other varieties of poppy exist. ...

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As Duke states, illegal-drug use has been reduced dramatically in the past few years among white middle and upper classes-but hardly or not at all among ethnic minorities, who largely inhabit out inner cities. ...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands ...

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As Duke states, illegal-drug use has been reduced dramatically in the past few years among white middle and upper classes-but hardly or not at all among ethnic minorities, who largely inhabit out inner cities. ...

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In our economy that supply did not equal the demand; middle-class Americans could no longer afford their luxuries and materialistic wants in as much the wealthy were satisfied by spending a meager portion of their income. ...

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