... to take 15 to 20 of his strongest pain killers to relieve his soreness. Now Allen can leave his home and function like he used to (Donnelly 2). He is living proof of the effects of using marijuana as a medicine. Although some people will say that using marijuana, even for medicinal purposes, is harmful to anyone's health, research has shown that it ... do the clinical testing on the drug? "Randomized clinical trials cost money," said Dr. Kleiman, drug policy specialist at Harvard University. "Who's going to put it up?" (Kolata 12). Dr. David Smith, founder and medical director of the Ha...

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... . According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), of the estimated 1,538,813 State and local arrests for drug abuse violations in 2002, about 5.4% were for marijuana sale/manufacturing and 39.9% were for possession. There were more than 700,000 marijuana arrests in the United States in 1997. This was the largest number in U.S. history. Of these arrests, 87% were for ... ...

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... was willing to plead guilty but his offered was denied. In January of 1997, Foster was sentence to ninety-three years in prison and fined sixty-five thousands dollars (Lawler 39). Take a look at this situation and ask yourself whether or not this was justified? In the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, it states: "Excessive bail shall not be ... ...

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... misinterpretation of a study involves propaganda stating that prolonged marijuana usage makes men sterile. In fact, "marijuana use shows no conclusive evidence of reducing the sperm counts in males age 18-39, where sperm production is usually a constant between individuals." (3) Another misunderstanding of the 60's and 70s promoted by anti-drug literature is the idea that marijuana kills brain cells. This is ... ...

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... . Oddly enough, these hearings were bases solely on the propaganda of the media. When the American Medical Association (AMA) came forward to state, among other things, that there was no proof that marijuana was at all harmful and that prohibiting the drug would severely compromise physicians' abilities to utilize the therapeutic qualities of the plant, AMA Legislative Council Dr. William C. Woodward ... ...

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... Facts. Sarasota: Book, ed. 1999 U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1995. The analysis of cacaninoids in biological fluids. http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol11N2/Marijuanearoff.html Smith M.D., David E., edited The new social drug, copyright 1970. Prentice Hall inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/iha/drug/SMITH.HTM Snyder, Solomon. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs. Series ... ...

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... of African Americans have been about five times higher than arrest of whites, also, the rate of imprisonment among African Americans even more disproportionate than their relative arrest rates. Further proof of racial and economic bias can be seen in the differential in sentencing for powder and crack cocaine. About ninety percent of arrests for crack are African American, while seventy ... ...

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