... an extremely potent hallucinogen with only minuscule doses required to produce effects. These drugs distort the senses. Then there is (4) Cannabis, these include marijuana and hashish. Marijuana A.K.A ("grass"; "pot"; "Mary Jane"; "dweebidge"; "reefer"; "joint"; "hashish"; "cannabis"). An estimated 50 million Americans have used marijuana at least once. Next to tobacco, and alcohol in some areas, marijuana is the most popular substance ... management. According to Dean F. Miller (1998), The first employee alcoholism treatment programs were established in the early 1940's by E.I. Dupont ...

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... also said they would prescribe marijuana if it were legal and forty four percent of them said they already have recommended the drug to their patients (Berendt 21). Dr. Harmon Eyre spent twenty years treating cancer patients before he became the chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society and said that "doctors want what's best for the patients." He concluded ... ...

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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 ... ...

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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 ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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... and blunts may be laced with a number of adulterants including phencyclidine (PCP), substantially altering the effects and toxicity of these products. Street names for marijuana include pot, grass, weed, mary jane, acupulco gold, and reefer. Although marijuana grown in the United States was once considered inferior because of its low concentration of THC, advancements in plant selection and cultivation have resulted ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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... 1998) Marijuana is known by a variety of names such as kif (Morocco), dagga (South Africa), and bhang (India). Common in the United States, marijuana is called pot, grass, weed, Mary Jane, bud, etc. (Lorimer 214) The plant contains THC, which gives smokers the psychic effects they seek. The leaves of this plant are smoked but the most highly prized part of ... ...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miami's demand for help. In 1981, Miami was the financial and import central for cocaine and marijuana, and the residents were fed up. Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27%, and drug seizures went up by 50%. With that, the need for prosecutors and judges also rose. Despite these incre...

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... 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 ... ...

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INTRODUCTION Marijuana - often called pot, grass, reefer, weed, herb, mary jane, or mj - is the Nation's most commonly used illicit drug. More than 83 million Americans (37 percent) age 12 and older have tried marijuana at least once, according to the ... ...

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