... Our findings were 12 strongly agreed, 20 agreed, 2 were not sure, 6 disagreed, and 0 strongly disagreed. The next three questions were about the person's childhood. The second question stated, " Marijuana was readily available and widely used by students in the high school you graduated from." In response to this question 16 strongly agreed, 10 agreed, 4 were not sure, 8 disagreed, and ... 4 strongly disagreed. The third question was about parental influence in relation to drug use. It stated " Your parents have always strongly discouraged you from experimenting from all illegal drugs i...

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... 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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... for many, many years and has been proven to be safe for medical uses. Despite its useful medical effects for relieving pain and nausea, marijuana is a psychedelic drug that will be looked down upon because of false claims about it. The value of helping the medical world would far ... out weight its potential to be abused. Even though marijuana was illegal, its use continued in the United States. Ernest L. Abel, author of the book Marihuana states, "In 1972, the National Commission ... be the plant that could save the world but we would never know it because the first thing people think ...

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... bizarre disease include disruption of the immune system, brittle bones, and it effects liver, kidney and other major organs. McMahon has been using marijuana illegally for twenty years before he had the legal right to do so. Many times his doctors were convinced the cannabis helps him with ... appetite and a terrible depression caused by the inevitable fate awaiting her. But Tony used to come and visit her everyday, and everyday he brought marijuana. Thanks to it Karina lived a while longer, lived happier, laughed stronger. Somehow our government doesn't see millions of examples similar...

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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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... commonly known as cannabis, weed, pot, bud, chronic, ganja, herb, grass, reefer, and Mary Jane among 200 other slang terms (Goodwin 16). Marijuana is a psychotropic drug which means it affects the mind and your behavior when used. When consumed it moves towards the mind instead of other parts ... one class. I don't do that bad in class. I don't get in trouble" (Interview). When I asked him what kind of grades he received before he started using marijuana he responded, "Mostly B's, some A's. I was a good kid" (Interview). It is interesting how he says he was a good kid. He is not necessar...

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... people disagree with them, their whole motive is to keep the country moving forward instead of stepping back. In his article "We Need to Legalize Marijuana Now,"" Ken MacQueen wrote, "Persons using this narcotic smoke the dried leaves of the plant, which has the effect of driving them completely insane"" ... are just trying to get the things they want and need to survive that they probably would otherwise have if they did not begin using marijuana. Edmund Hartnett, deputy chief and executive officer of the narcotics division in the New York Police Department stated, "Opponents to legali...

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... focus mainly on my qualitative responses because the answer to those questions give a more in depth view as to whether or not people believe marijuana should be legalized for recreational and medical uses in all states and whether or not they would use the drug if made legal. The ... she believes that the legalization of the drug would cause an obesity problem in our nation. Lastly a 26 year old Caucasian male stated that marijuana is dangerous because it causes people to be lazy and lose ambition. As I reviewed the survey after they handed them back I began to ... a new marketplace i...

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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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... caffeine in almost every soft drink made and the nicotine found in cigarettes, to really hard-core drugs such as cocaine, heroin, LSD, and marijuana. What about sugar, or chocolate, or even salt? Most people would say these are just foods or flavors, but every one of them alters ... form of coca wine, was the most widely prescribed drug to treat illnesses. Cocaine was then accepted as a miracle and cure-all drug. Tincture of marijuana was also a very popular drug. Another factor that plays a role in persuading people to use drugs is simply peer pressure. Teenagers who would not ... joint,...

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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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... 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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... , 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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... 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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... , breaking away from the restraints of the normal society and a way to rebel against the government. This was the start of the social beginnings of marijuana. Also a new form of religion was beginning; Rastafarianism used pot as a religious sacrament. Smoking the holy herb was "to help one understand God's ... the upper airways (sinuses and larynx) than tobacco." (TIME.) Yet compared to alcohol and tobacco there has never been a recording of an overdose in marijuana users. Alcohol and tobacco kill thousands of people a year but it is still legal to purchase and consume. I feel that more t...

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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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... 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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... , logically and conceptually, in arguing his position that "discrimination of pot possession makes the most sense. Taube's first argument about how marijuana should be legalized, decriminalized or continue to be criminalized in Canada can be mapped as follows: P1 There is no reason a person carrying ... for Canada to 'Wake up' and hand out stiffer penalties for grow-op operators. Taube then concludes his premises with the statement; Casual marijuana users are not the problem; the real culprits are the growers. This argument commits the fallacy of appeal to authorities, a fallacy of p...

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... high profile schools (including my own) have canceled the program after showing an increase in drug usage from D.A.R.E.'s graduating students. Now, after having experienced the effects of smoking and ingesting marijuana in a legal setting in Amsterdam, I continue to loose faith in our Government's credibility. Especially considering that the government's drug prohibition is the cause for all the black market drug ... century. Why should I trust anything the Government tells me when I have been so blatantly, and frequently lied to? It is simplest to compare the intoxicating and addictiv...

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... 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, and di...

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... the disease. Once again, not a very appealing side effect. This is where the treatments for comfort come into play. Medical marijuana falls into this category. Marijuana has five recognized therapeutic effects. The first is its analgesic properties. Cannabinoids have been shown to "block pain signals at their ... by chemotherapy. Since the synthetic THC is in capsule form, it is hard to administer to patients that are nauseated. (Glick 1998) Marijuana also has antispasmodic properties. If administered to epilepsy patients, it has the ability to reduce the severity and frequency of the sei...

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... rather have the product than the money, and that the seller would rather have the money than the product. Prohibition was meant to be the end of voluntary exchanges involving marijuana. But, historical evidence shows that, "a prohibition of drugs, alcohol, gambling, prostitution, and other commodities demonstrates that a sizeable fraction of the population continues to supply and demand commodities that are ... Prohibition can even increases demand simply through the "forbidden fruit effect", in which something being illegal makes it more enticing. Even after the almost one million arres...

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