... , Hemp could become very beneficial in the future. After more research, I realized that what I had thought is true. We are going to have to grow our bio mass in the future. Plants used for bio mass sources must be densely foliaged and fast growing, yet not tropical. It me not destroy topsoil or require expensive fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides. The leading contender ... in the race to find a alternative bio mass source is Hemp. Cannabis sativa produces 10 times more bio mass per acre then corn weighing in at 10 tons per acre after only 90-120 days of growing. Hemp is a potential s...

• Word Count: 1586
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... all something the oil companies do not want you to know! There are many environmentally friendly commercial uses for hemp. Hemp can be used for making plastics, ropes and creating a bio-diesel. Hemp oil can be used to create biodegradable plastics.The process by which hemp plastic is made is very similar to the process by which other plastics are made ... of us and our future generations; just as long as they are making their sweet money. This great plant has many great benefits from manufacturing environmentally friendly plastics, ropes, and bio-diesel to helping stimulate the economy....

• Word Count: 627
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... this drug was harmless. Today we know that pot is much more dangerous than previously believed. There are many slang terms used for marijuana, some are pot, weed, cannabis, Mary Jane, hash, dope, bud, green, smoke, to name a few. There are many pros and cons to the use of marijuana. Many people use this drug for medical use, and others use ... a gateway drug. Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous substance because it leads to the use of harder drugs. One of the biggest cons of legalizing "Mary Jane" would be that a large amount of Americans would be smoking pot...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

MARIJUANA Have you ever thought about what it would be like if Marijuana were legal? Marijuana, also known as, herb, Mary Jane, cannabis, hemp, green, etc, is a popular drug in the United States. Since its ban in 1938, the topic of legalizing marijuana has been a controversial issue. Opponents and supporters of the ... were taxes on domestic marijuana and tariffs on foreign imported marijuana like those on tobacco the government could gain a new source of revenue. When legalized new products such as "Mary Jane 100"S" "Chewing Marijuana" or "Dipping Marijuana" could arise, a whole new industr...

• Word Count: 683
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... this drug was harmless. Today we know that pot is much more dangerous than previously believed. There are many slang terms used for marijuana, some are pot, weed, cannabis, Mary Jane, hash, dope, bud, green, smoke, to name a few. There are many pros and cons to the use of marijuana. Many people use this drug for medical use, and others use ... a gateway drug. Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous substance because it leads to the use of harder drugs. One of the biggest cons of legalizing "Mary Jane" would be that a large amount of Americans would be smoking pot...

• Word Count: 1838
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... international drug cartels. The illegality makes foreign cultivation and smuggling highly profitable.   6. Legalization would simplify the development of hemp as a valuable crop in the United States, including the development as a bio-fuel to lower carbon emissions.   5. Prohibition is based on lies and misinformation. The dangers of marijuana have been highly exaggerated for decades, there has been no "reefer madness ". Adults have ... ...

• Word Count: 2020
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... . By the year 2005, the price of ethanol would be approximately sixty- seven cents; it's obviously less than other available power supplies. Elvy Musikka, a speaker at Western Michigan University said "Bio-fuels are biodegradable in the ground, so why do we keep on importing our fuel when we could be making it in the U.S.? It's believed that up to ninety percent ... ...

• Word Count: 2395
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... from cut and dried leaves from a plant called "cannabis sativa". Marijuana is also commonly referred to by most people as "grass", "pot", "Mary Jane", "herb", "weed", as well as many other nicknames. There are two main ingredients in marijuana: tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) (Cox). THC is the ingredient ... ...

• Word Count: 1664
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Commonly known as marijuana, Cannabis Sativa, a natural herb, is also known as ganja, Mary Jane and hemp and a wide variety of slang words. The herb can be grown and cultivated in two forms; hemp (industrial) and marijuana (psychoactive drug THC). Cannabis has endured a long controversial ... ...

• Word Count: 2966
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Commonly known as marijuana, Cannabis Sativa, a natural herb, is also known as ganja, Mary Jane and hemp and a wide variety of slang words. The herb can be grown and cultivated in two forms; hemp (industrial) and marijuana (psychoactive drug THC). Cannabis has endured a long controversial ... ...

• Word Count: 2966
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... in tobacco smoke. Smoking one marijuana cigarette deposits four times more tar into the lungs than a filtered tobacco cigarette. There are many different slang terms for marijuana such as Mary Jane, reefer, pot, weed, or grass. Marijuana is usually smoked in a cigarette, but you can also add it to certain foods, most add it to brownies. Marijuana is the most often ... ...

• Word Count: 2695
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography

The State of California Vs. Cheech & Chong Marijuana, (Cannabis sativa) weed, ganja, bud, reefer, pot, dope, gage, sess, smoke, skunk, Mary Jane, cannabis, grass, or sens No matter how it's said, it's a controversial issue in America; but why? Why is it that in our culture, no one has a problem with some one ... ...

• Word Count: 976
• Approx Pages: 4

... Strange Career of Marijuana [sic]. Westport Connecticut Greenwood Pres, 1983. Incardi and McBride. "Legalization: A high risk Alternative" American Behavioral Scientist 32 (1989): 233-243. Miner, Brad. "How Sweet is Mary Jane?" National Review 25 June 1996: 44. National Association for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws (NORML). "Marijuana: Facts and Figures." Information Pack. Washington, DCNORML, n.d. Rosenfield, Jim. ACLU Drug Policy, adopted Arpil ... ...

• Word Count: 2436
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... out of three American adults admits to smoking marijuana (Hightimes 73). Made from dried leaves and flowering hemp plant tops, marijuana's usage is widespread in the U.S. Grass, weed, pot, Mary Jane, hash, dope and reefer all refer to the drug marijuana. Pot creates a different type of high for every user. A person high from pot experiences a type of dreamy relaxed state, in ... ...

• Word Count: 3056
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... it has been proven that it can be used for medical uses. There are many slang terms used for marijuana, some of the most popular are pot, weed, cannabis, Mary Jane, hash, dope, bud, green, smoke, just to name a few. There are many beneficial reasons why marijuana use should be legalized. Many people use this drug for medicinal use, and others ... ...

• Word Count: 1043
• Approx Pages: 4

... streets, marijuana is commonly referred to as airplane, astro turf, aunt mary, black bart, boom, bud, charge, chiba chiba, chunky, dagga, dinkie dow, dope, endo, ganja, grass, haircut, hay, mary jane, matchbox, maui wauie, pot, trees, sezz, weed, yellow submarine, and zambi (science.howstuffworks.com/marijuana6.html). The drug affects people differently by how strong the drug is, where it is ... ...

• Word Count: 1722
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... can even help in relieving the pain in cancer, glaucoma, and AIDS patients. Now, imagine that same drug being banned from the United States. Yes, this drug is marijuana, Mary Jane, reefer, pot, green, and the 420 cure. Since the 1930's the government has made this drug illegal for US> citizens despite many attempts to legalize the drug. Many claim the ... ...

• Word Count: 3573
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... eaten in such foods as brownies, and in practically anything else edible. Marijuana has over 200 slang or street names. Just a few of those are: pot, grass, reefer, weed, mary-jane, herb, boom, gangster or gangsta, and chronic. Marijuana has been known to be around as early as 3000 BC, located mostly in Central Asia and China. It wasn't until about ... ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

Marijuana can cause many harmful effects. There has never been a major test though. The ones they've used have shown very different things. I have been very surprised by what I have been reading. I cannot believe the difference in what different scientists think. One says, "It's hard to know for sure whether regular marijuana use causes cancer. But it is known that marijuana contains some of the same and sometimes even more, of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Studies show that someone who smokes five joints per week may be taking in as many cancer-causing chemicals as some...

• Word Count: 2428
• Approx Pages: 10

... called blunts (Nation 5)." Marijuana is put into these forms because they look like ordinary cigarettes or cigars. It's like a disguise. The street names for marijuana are pot, grass, weed, Mary Jane, Acapulco gold and reefer. According to some interviews, many teens smoke marijuana to "Get away from it all (interviews)." For many teens, marijuana is a solution to there problems. It's a high ... ...

• Word Count: 1314
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Legalization of Marijuana Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, grass, Mary Jane, sensemila and ganja, has become a major political issue in North America today. Many governments including Canada's are talking of decriminalizing marijuana. Some have already made it legal for medical use ... ...

• Word Count: 1188
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... marijuana. Many people have strong and different opinions about this topic, about the laws surrounding it, and also about the misconceptions that we know. Weather you call it Hemp, Mary Jane, Pot, Weed; it doesn't matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short. And it is still illegal. With an entire section of the Criminal Code of Canada (Controlled ... ...

• Word Count: 610
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Hemp. Weed. Ganja. Pot. Bud. Mary Jane. Marijuana. Many names have been given to describe "a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant" (Dictionary), usually taken through the act of smoking or ... ...

• Word Count: 1122
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

POT: WHY NOT? Marijuana, often called pot, hemp, reefer, mary jane, or weed, has been prohibited in the USA since 1937, with 11 states decriminalizing it (the maximum punishment was a $100 fine) in the late 60's to early 80's (Eric Wikman, ... ...

• Word Count: 1123
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... rest are punished with probation, fines, civil sanctions, property seized, unemployment, and revoked driver's licenses (Zimmer 1-62). Marijuana's history is long and extensive; marijuana comes from a Mexican word meaning "Mary Jane". Marijuana has been grown for medical use for thousands of years. By 500 a.d. India was the only country using marijuana as an intoxicant; they used it to aid meditation. China ... ...

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School