... fluid searches". Many more people use marijuana than other illicit drugs and is a drug that can be detected after days and weeks after the initial ingestion (134). Even with drug tests and harsh punishments marijuana is still in the high amounts and the drug of choice. One government surveys about eighty-five percent of high school seniors say it is "very ... it was risky and unreliable (57). The other myths have been said to be true because of scientific test. However these tests were not performed on humans and test performed on humans has been to show different results then tests per...

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... smokers in a government cage, seize their property and in many other ways ruin the lives of those doing something that has been a normal and natural part of human life throughout history.   Several people that are pro-legalization say legalize it, tax it and use that money for social security or one of the many other social programs whose funding is being ... caused by the use of tobacco or alcohol, such as major addiction, cancer, heart problems, birth defects, and liver damage.   Death from a marijuana overdose is impossible, in all of world history, there has never been a single de...

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... Cancer, Glaucoma, Alcoholism, Epilepsy, AIDS, and Multiple Sclerosis. Medicinal use of marijuana dates back to the ancient Chinese Emperor Chen Nung, over 5000 years ago (Grinspoon 3). Until recently in history have civilizations considered marijuana use unacceptable and an act of intolerable proportions. The benefits of marijuana in the pharmaceutical aspect is tremendous, one affordable herb could easily replace numerous overpriced ... chemical component is THC or tetrahydrocannabinol. There are also a little over 400 other natural chemicals that make up cannabis sativa (Mechoulam 7). ...

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... adopted statutes that decriminalized use of marijuana, although most all of them re-criminalized marijuana use in the 1980s and 1990s."(Joy,17) Now that we have gone over a brief history of marijuana in the US we can get to the matter at hand. The most widely accepted argument for the legalization of marijuana is the medical use argument. Pain is ... here: The drug war mandates marijuana treatment, then its advocates point to the fact of that treatment to justify the drug war. Also, people who test positive in employment urine tests often have to get treatment to keep their jobs, and pa...

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... that were misinformed about marijuana began running stories accusing marijuana as being an "Assassin of Youth." Marijuana was also associated with horrible car crashes in which teens had perished. As history has taught us, the 1930's were not a racially tolerant time. Sadly, marijuana was also cited as "causing white women to associate with black men." There were many such accusations during ... actually does show is that "a large number of heroin or cocaine users have used marijuana, not the reverse". Dr. Coleman then proceeded to try and remind me that there were tests to show all of ...

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... , industrial, and restricted recreational use. When marijuana was banned in 1937, one of the main arguing points for its illegality was "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind. Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations ... . Marijuana is a significant cause of emergency room admissions o The government counts an emergency room admission as marijuana-related if marijuana is found anywhere on the patient ...

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