... use its limited resources to challenge state laws legalizing recreational marijuana, as long as the states implemented strong regulatory schemes to prevent crime (Russo 2014). In the landmark case of Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (U.S. 2005), the United States Supreme Court held that the federal government has the constitutional authority to prohibit marijuana for all purposes. In ... Gonzales, respondents were California residents who used marijuana to treat serious medical conditions. They used marijuana pursuant to the terms of the Compassionate Use Act, Cal. Health & Safety Code § ...

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... studies have shown that marijuana is more effective in treating some cancer patients because they cannot tolerate the cancer drugs available, while they are able to tolerate marijuana. One doctor notes, It's true that other drugs are available for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, but he and other advocates contend that some patients can't take those drugs -- or any drug, including Marinol ... legalized, but several studies have shown that marijuana users are more aware of their surroundings and actions than alcohol drinkers, and so, they are safer on the roads. One study notes, "...

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... (table 21). On September 30, 1998, the date of the latest available data, Federal prisons held 63,011 sentenced drug offenders, compared to 30,470 at yearend 1990."" Table 21 notes there were 56,989 Federal prisoners in 1990, compared to 108,925 in 1998. : Over 80% of the increase in the federal prison population from 1985 to 1995 were due ... ...

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... in those early days of America that Virginia introduced legislation in 1762 that exacted penalties on farms that didn't produce it. George Washington was an early hemp farmer and made notes in his diary about the quality of the hemp . There is nothing to indicate that George Washington smoked marijuana but the myth is prevalent among marijuana advocates. In 1793 the ... ...

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... to quit smoking pot showed that the longer a person smoked pot, the affects of memory and attention span worsened. The certainty of the tests is unknown as Dr. Harrison Pope notes, "These long-term users may have been worse off in the first place, before they ever smoked marijuana- (Cloud 64). The possibility of long term damage to a marijuana user's brain ... ...

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... could completely control vomiting with marijuana; other drugs work better for emesis. Still, the A.M.A. recommended more studies on marijuana for those who don't respond to the other drugs, and it notes that for those feeling sick, inhaling a substance may be more palatable than swallowing a pill. With Glaucoma Marijuana does reduce pressure on the eyeball, about 25%, but the drug isn't always ... ...

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... Zimmer, Lynn. Marijuana Myths, Marijuana 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 ... ...

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... (table 21). On September 30, 1998, the date of the latest available data, Federal prisons held 63,011 sentenced drug offenders, compared to 30,470 at yearend 1990." Table 21 notes there were 56,989 Federal prisoners in 1990, compared to 108,925 in 1998. : Over 80% of the increase in the federal prison population from 1985 to 1995 were due ... ...

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... paper, clothing, rope, and was used marijuana was used to treat almost every ailment. The first president of the United States, George Washington, was an early hemp farmer. He kept notes in a journal about the quality of it and he wrote that he tried to make sure the female plants would become saturated with resin, which is a sign that he smoked ... ...

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... (table 21). On September 30, 1998, the date of the latest available data, Federal prisons held 63,011 sentenced drug offenders, compared to 30,470 at yearend 1990." Table 21 notes there were 56,989 Federal prisoners in 1990, compared to 108,925 in 1998. : Over 80% of the increase in the federal prison population from 1985 to 1995 were due ... ...

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... to quit smoking pot showed that the longer a person smoked pot, the affects of memory and attention span worsened. The certainty of the tests is unknown as Dr. Harrison Pope notes, "These long-term users may have been worse off in the first place, before they ever smoked marijuana- (Cloud 64). The possibility of long term damage to a marijuana user's brain ... ...

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