... alcohol and tobacco (the legal drugs) provide insights into the possible consequences of legalizing marijuana. Voth suggests that the violence and hardships during Prohibition were actually the result of the Great Depression and not related to Prohibition. He also asserts that drug lobbies will prevent taxes from being levied on marijuana and that lower prices due to legalization will not be sufficient ... ". More importantly, in several of his arguments Voth leaves himself vulnerable to question his veracity. He states that while Prohibition was a violent time, the violence is attributa...

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... the brain from functioning at the highest level possible. Each time marijuana is used, it obliterates a portion of brain cells that can never grow back again. Cancer is also a great hazard of using marijuana. Clearly the harms of marijuana outweigh its so called "benefits." It is also argued by those who favor the legalization of marijuana that the short-term ... which will result in many harmful psychological consequences. Marijuana causes a decreased attention span and feelings of isolation which often times lead to family problems. Marijuana users frequently experience inner turmoil, ...

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... , which helps define this turbulent era as the logical extension and culmination of an earlier time that came after the Great Depression, World War II, and before Watergate and women's liberation. This book starts talking about the beginning of the 1960s and how everyone seemed to ... into President John F. Kennedy and how wonderful people thought he was. It is always weird how a lot of these books talk about how popular and great he was, when apparently he was not that well liked until his assassination on November 22, 1963. Sure, Kennedy looked like a movie star and ... he seemed to ha...

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... marijuana is a very flexible drug, cheap, and has fewer critically damaging side effects than prescription drugs. It can help cancer patients with many different things like nausea, loss of appetite, depression, and it could even help restore healthy cells and kill off the cancer cells and many other toxins in the body. In 1998, two states (Alaska & Washington) enacted laws to ... contain any other concerns that could deem hazard to the person and people of the US. If controlled and regulated the drug can create a great revenue for our economy might even get us out of debt. It has great...

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... natural form (Grinspoon, 13). Marijuana is often used to aid in the relief of glaucoma, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, quadriplegia, AIDS, chronic pain, migraines, purities, menstrual cramps and labor pains, depression and other disorders. For people with cancer, marijuana can even be life saving. This is because through chemotherapy, many patience experience loss of appetite and extreme vomiting to the point ... stronger than similar wood products, and can replace almost every item used in building a house (Croft, 52). These are examples of why the legalization of this plant...

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... 1960's up to today's time period, marijuana usage has been an entertainment bandstand throughout the years, and has taken peoples minds to unseen worlds. With all the talk about how great this fantasy drug is, the majority of people do not realize the history that it has, with the ways it affects us, and the medical uses that it provides for ... , and constipation. Later on, these Chinese solutions spread to Middle East, Central Asia, Greece, and Rome. In 1621, cannabis was recommended by an English clergyman, named Robert Burton, to treat depression. Coming upon the turn of the 19th cen...

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... disagree when it comes to marijuana, its safe and its harmless with positive results and highly recognized in medicine to relieve pain from most permanent symptoms it also helps with depression, so I think it's a great Idea to legalize medical marijuana especially if it's an alternative to reducing pain....

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... of patients use medical marijuana as a last resort for pain relief associated with spastic disorder, glaucoma, and chemotherapy (cancer and AIDS). Patients with these diseases using marijuana seem to get great therapeutic benefits. Chemotherapy patients get help from marijuana by the fact that it reduces vomiting and nausea, but it also is an appetite stimulus to AIDS patients who are wasting ... sad consequences when smoking marijuana that include premature cancer, addiction, coordination and perception impairment. These are only some physical consequences to smoking marijuana but ther...

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... 8). The company that is working with Sanofi on this experimental drug believes "that if smoking pot makes people hungry, a compound that blocks the hunger inducing effects of marijuana could make a great diet drug" (Hovey D2). An active compound in marijuana effects a part of the brain, which are called canabinoid receptors. The receptors control craving and dependence, such as appetite. The creator ... with multiple sclerosis. A survey was taken on people with the disease, and seventy percent and more said that smoking marijuana reduced spasticity, chronic pain of the extremities, pare...

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... . The government can tax the sale of marijuana as they do for cigarettes. The revenue brought in can be used for improving our communities. Making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement efforts to apprehend and prosecute users and sellers of marijuana. This way the law can focus more on violent crimes and more serious offenses ... brain, which relate to thinking habits and patterns, self-esteem, and relationship traits. People become less productive, and according to researchers in Australia, "Heavy marijuana use may be linked to depression and anxiety." ...

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... be used to reduce the nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite caused by AIDS. Many patients report that marijuana is useful for treating arthritis, migraine, menstrual cramps, alcohol addiction, and depression and other debilitating mood disorders. Marijuana can also limit the muscle pain and spasms caused by multiple sclerosis. Marijuana can help with lots of ailments, but it is still not ... . Even though a federal judge ruled that marijuana could be prescribed, the DEA still won't allow it. Right now the greatest danger in using marijuana medically is the illegality that imposes great d...

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... to function proper. If a friend was trying to quit and the nicotine is not supplied to the body they may go into withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms include anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, nausea, and other conditions such as the shakes. Marijuana on the other hand is not physically addictive. My friends have had to stop smoking marijuana to take drug tests, no ... withdrawal symptoms. They also had no cravings. Another thing it is impossible to die of an over of marijuana. Quitting tobacco would be a great decision of my friends. The facts about marijuana are overwhelmingly better...

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... cigarettes and alcohol, marijuana is not a threat to people. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase amount of use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on law enforcement and will also be useful in treating certain medical conditions. The marijuana plant is also a valuable natural resource. This change in the law ... can be used for the therapeutic treatment of asthma, glaucoma, tumors, nausea, epilepsy, back pain, muscle spasms, arthritis, cystic fibrosis, rheumatism, cancer, sleep and relaxation, migraines, in...

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... a chance, but really should be given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of drug use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on enforcement, and will therefore increase our countries revenue, lessen crime, and will also be useful in treating certain medical conditions. Marijuana, also known as pot ... and ease the debilitating pain caused by countless of disorders and injuries. Many patients have also reported that cannabis is useful for treating arthritis, migraines, menstrual cramps, itching, ...

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... just a sampling of the medicinal properties this plant has to offer. Many patients also report that marijuana is useful for treating arthritis, migraine, menstrual cramps, alcohol and opiate addiction, and depression and other debilitating mood disorders. Hemp also produces an oil seed that contains between 25 - 35 % oil by weight. High in essential fatty acids, hemp seed offers exceptional nutritional value ... ; as a result, hemp paper recycles many more times. The wood- like core fiber or "Hurd" can be used for animal bedding, garden mulch, fuel and an assortment of building materials...

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