... in school. It's a mind-altering substance, just like alcohol, that is widely used and accepted among students today. Since I kept in touch with many high school friends at other colleges, I realized that a very large amount of student use pot as a way to relax themselves from the constant stress that comes ... a recent survey of ten weed smokers in my complex that I conducted all ten of them said that they started experimenting with pot in high school or even before high school. Of all the people interviewed, 80 percent of them said they smoked pot at least once a month before coming t...

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... rate may increase from 80 beats to 150 beats a minute, the bronchial tubes enlarge and become relaxed allowing extra oxygen to enter the body, giving a "High" like feeling. There are no immediate physiological effects. The feeling usually lasts from one to three hours. Marijuana can also be ingested as a drink, ... well being or may become depressed. The user may lose his short-term memory, but after a week of not using it is usually regained. "High Times Magazine." Marijuana contains about 400 chemicals that break down into 2000 or more. One joint contains as much tar as fourteen cigare...

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... same, yet both are legal. A 21 year old can go to the bar and get drunk legally, why cant he go to a bar and get high legally? The second important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save the government a lot of money. In the united states, all levels of ... state and local authorities) participate in the "war on drugs". we currently spend billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful people who happen to like getting high. These people get locked up and taxpayers have to pay the bill. Taxpayers money goes towards paying for food, housing, healthcare, attorneys fee...

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... in depth investigation, very well written articles, and very nicely designed pages, which provided an exceptional look to the whole magazine. The second medium I chose to compare TIME to "High Times- magazine. "High Times- was created in 1976, when magazine founder Tom Forzade published a "Lines- column, expressing his views on the key players in mass media and their limited views. The following ... in the first place using "public service announcements-. It was this view of concentration of ownership that led Forzade to creating the liberal counter-culture magazine now known as "High T...

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... rate may increase from 80 beats to 150 beats a minute, the bronchial tubes enlarge and become relaxed allowing extra oxygen to enter the body, giving a "High" like feeling. There are no immediate physiological effects. The feeling usually lasts from one to three hours. Marijuana can also be ingested as a drink, ... well being or may become depressed. The user may lose his short-term memory, but after a week of not using it is usually regained. "High Times Magazine." Marijuana contains about 400 chemicals that break down into 2000 or more. One joint contains as much tar as fourteen cigare...

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... becoming out of control. Some of these students are using everyday, which is disgusting. Other teens are addicted so bad that they even get high before school. Because use rates are up so much, acedemics are starting to be affected. Smoking daily makes students not want to do homework ... hurt , attributes to one's lack of athletic motivation or ability. The abuse of marijuana is a problem in high schools everywhere. The consumption of alcohol is another big problem in high schools. High school students are partying every weekend and drinking alcohol in the process. Drinking to them is ...

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... percent. The kind of weed that is grown without seeds ranges in potency from six to eight percent. THC is the chemical in marijuana that makes you feel high. Certain parts of the plant have more THC than others. The buds of the plants have the most THC. When you smoke marijuana it goes into the blood ... and through your lungs quickly. Then it goes to your brain and that is when the high is felt. If you eat it, it takes longer for it to hit you because it goes into your blood slowly through your stomach and your intestines. Once ... an effect on your body because if you smoke all the ti...

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... up cancer. The only thing that we can point out that marijuana does is causing you to loose your memory, give you a slow reaction time and a high that last for a few hours. Marijuana has been found less dangerous to use. In fact, some doctors, judges, and politicians are saying that it is okay ... the government lots of money. Each year in the United States we currently spend billions of dollars to chase peaceful people who happen to like to get high. When marijuana user and dealer get locked up the taxpayer is left to cover the bill. We the taxpayer has to pay for housing, health ... ca...

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... smoking marijuana, the effect could be different. A first time marijuana smoker will probably feel no effect. A chronic or heavy user will get a high (intoxication). When a person is high, normal sights, sounds, tastes, or events can seem very funny or interesting. When intoxicated, time seems to pass a lot slower. To the ... often disables the users short-term memory and may cause trouble with challenging tasks. Even very simple tasks can become a struggle for someone who is high. A student that is under the influence of marijuana may find it hard to learn or concentrate. A persons tim...

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... leaves of the hemp plant. THC which is a mind altering chemical is the main active component in marijuana. Once marijuana has been smoked THC is what makes a person feel "high" or "relaxed". For over a decade now marijuana has been illegal in the United States. For many years now the talk about if marijuana should stay illegal or ... it does, it's just what a person thinks it does. Legalizing marijuana would bring a great deal of jobs to the United States. Once marijuana is made legal it would be in high demand which would start marijuana dispensaries and that way the government could r...

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... the country" (www.time.com.) Many are also concerned with the potential rise of violence that would occur if marijuana were legalized. Contrary to the belief of many, the high rate of crime related to drugs is due to the buying and selling of the plant itself. The drug itself does not make people violent or cause them to go ... , the government can control how much marijuana is consumed by increasing or decreasing the taxes on the product. Albeit it is a double edged-sword, if the government sets takes too high it will cause marijuana growers to sell on the black market again to avoid ex...

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... if becoming addicted and taking more than prescribed. Lastly Marijuana can be a prescription drug or it can be a recreational drug. Is it true that marijuana is often used to get high; this is why most people want to call it a recreational drug? Recreational drug use continues to be a topic of debate with healthcare professionals, government, and policymakers. I think drug use should ... stored in the body fat but isn't enough to sedate or cause harm. THC is stored in the body for up to 30 days. If someone uses marijuana to get high it's because of the THC in most marijuana, as known as...

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... cells tend to make more copies of this gene than other human cells, and it helps them spread through the body. Researchers have studied breast cancer cells in a lab, with high levels of ID-1 and have treated them with cannabis. After the treatment, the cells were less aggressive in spreading, which led to stopping the cancer from spreading (businessinsider). Many people ... marijuana should not be legal for medical purposes. Marijuana use would increase. According to the 2012 Monitoring the Future Survey, 45.2% of high school seniors have tried marijuana and 22.9% have used marijuana in...

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Despite Rhode Island's small size and population, it has very high ratings regarding the use of alcohol and marijuana. College students from The University of Rhode Island and Brown University both take part in adding to those totals. Both universities have a ... have alcohol on campus. College students always go out even if it is during the middle of the week so the drinking rate on these two Rhode Island universities is high. I feel that being on a dry campus does not stop students from drinking. The URI students will always hide their alcohol and I feel that for that reason alone it inspi...

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... when referring to the legalization of it. The Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana First, marijuana is a kind of psychotropic substance, which will have a profound impact on people's nervous systems, including getting high, creating a feeling of euphoria, or having stomach ache effects. It seems that weeding out can release them from stress and reduce social pressure. If a person uses marijuana in a proper way ... make quick responses and come up with more new ideas. It is also said that marijuana can help eliminate nightmares. That is why that marijuana is often used to get high and labele...

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... early and continues on throughout their lives. For example, children watch an average of 8,000 murders and 100,000 other violent acts on television before finishing high school. Violent acts do not just start happening in high school. Nearly eight percent of elementary schools have reported discipline problems. Drugs and alcohol are also a major contributor to school violence. Although reports do indicate ... , African American youths between the ages of fourteen and seventeen are five times more likely to be killed than whites of the same age Teachers that are strict and demand high aca...

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... are regular users of marijuana are shorter, weigh less and have smaller heads compared to babies born to mothers who did not use marijuana. The THC in marijuana has a very high concentrate in breast milk which is easily passed to the baby during breast feeding. Babies who were feed breast milk with THC in the milk had impaired motor development. Many ... effect. Frequent marijuana users begin to build up a tolerance for the drug and need a larger amount to get the same high as before. This can become very expensive over the years when more and more is needed to get the same high as the ...

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... and it kills brain cells, thus creating a generation of unintelligent people. Also, legalizing "pot" could influence non-users to smoke it. Accidents would also increase because we would have many "high" people walking around under the influence of drugs. Marijuana is known as the gateway drug and legalizing it could lead many people to try other, more serious drugs such as ... can the exposition to the drug be bad but also being exposed to the people who do it. If the legalization of "pot" becomes a reality then there would be many "high" people roaming the streets. This could pose a t...

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... back about how his life got so messed up, it's weird to think that it started out as simple as smoking pot. Once someone experiences a "high", they may want to experience it again, and when pot does not do the trick anymore, they may turn to stronger drugs. Many people out there ... have no idea what it is like to be "high" so to speak. If marijuana were legalized, those people would try the drug, like it, and then perhaps move on to much more damaging ... could very well cause Americans to suffer from psychological and personality problems. THC is the active chemical in marijuana that...

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... species of marijuana; Cannabis sativa, the most widespread of the three, is tall, gangly, and loosely branched, growing as high as twenty feet; Cannabis indica is shorter, about three or four feet in height, pyramidal in shape and dense; Cannabis ruderalis is about two feet ... high with few or no branches. Marijuana is illegal today because of the Marijuana Stamp Tax Act passed in 1937. This act prohibited the ... chemically addictive and yet they are legal. When people hear the phrase, "legalization of marijuana," they only think of the people smoking it for a "high," not for using i...

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... you want to smoke marijuana? Every year in the United States of America the government spends millions of dollars chasing and prosecuting innocent people who happen to like to get high. If marijuana were legal, all levels of the government could save money and concentrate on more important issue our country is facing today. Instead they choose prohibition, which cost millions ... simply don't care how old you are as long as you have money (Why marijuana should be legal. (n.d.). Retrieved from the World Wide Web: www.mjlegal.org). 85% of American high school seniors said it would be very...

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... like any place in the world, there is crime. The largest problem in our valleys high school is a serious crime-the use, possession and growing of an illegal drug-Marijuana. In our high school, Marijuana is such a large problem due to the location of its facilities. The high school campus is in the middle of the San Lorenzo Valley, which is fertile and ... in peoples backyards in the valley. Coincidentally, large populations of the residents in the San Lorenzo Valley that grow marijuana or use it, also have children that attend our district high school located in Felton. The economic vie...

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... a friend like many others who exercise the use of drugs and are in a gang. I went to school with him throughout high school and his experiences is what makes me realize the right path I chose. He's just like any average teenager in high school; he can't really define himself in terms of who he wants to be when he grows up. His name ... offered him some he would gladly take a hit. After getting into the whole marijuana thing, he started selling drugs after seeing how successful all the other kids were at our high school. Making easy money was irresistible. He was a down low seller meanin...

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... have used them within 30 days of that survey. These numbers have grown since the year 1994, when annual use was at 35.8%. These statistics include all drugs used by high school seniors, and only 12th grade(www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/hsyouthtrends.html). Back in 1992, it was estimated that the total economic cost of drug and alcohol abuse was ... as annual marijuana usage(www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/hsyouthtrends.html). The third common drug of abuse is alcohol which is the most used among 8th grade students up to high school seniors. Approximately 3.3 million people under the age of 18 t...

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... and be of a certain age "over 16" (CBC), to obtain the substance. Along with the control of who the substance is sold to, the price would also be regulated where high taxation would be fixed onto the price to discourage buyers (much like cigarettes). Through the legalization and control of marijuana by the Canadian government, many positive effects will result including ... marijuana in The Netherlands, the number of hard drug addicts can be reduced drastically in comparison to the world. By allowing drug users a legal way of stimulating and achieving a similar high, many drug addicts w...

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