... : Prelude Press, 1996. Pluff, Courtney. Uses of Marijuana. Available: http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/marcyb/106/mj/Pluff.html (8 Feb. 2003). PBS.Com. Busted: America's war on marijuana. Marijuana Timeline. Available: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html. (8 Feb. 2003). Zimmer, Lynn Ph.D. & Morgan, John P. M.D. Marijuana Myths Marijuana Facts. New York: Lindesmith Center, 1997 ... ...

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... marijuana use would provide researchers with a new perspective in the rampant use of this substance. Proposal for Data Collection and Analysis Data shall be collected using a modified version of the "Timeline Followback Method" instrument developed by Sobell and Sobell (1996). Permission has been obtained from the authors to tailor the instrument to this research study. The instrument will come in the ... ...

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... African-Americans and Mexicans were smuggling in a new killer dope weed that would lure white women to fall prey to the seduction of the "Negro", while under the influence of Jazz music" (Herer, 1985) through the nation like wildfire. Marijuana had many uses in our society before "reefer madness" came to a head. For over 150 years, the second-most prescribed medication ... ...

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... smuggled across the Mexican border in a variety of ways including inside the gasoline tanks of motor vehicles (Bugliosi 13). During the 1920s and 1930s, marijuana rose in popularity, especially among jazz musicians, most of whom were black. The effects of marijuana back then, were believed to turn men into social deviants capable of crazed, even homicidal behavior. The violence of which ... ...

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... to alcohol and tobacco in order to establish the substance's eligibility for legalization. The half truths that conceived the myths of marijuana came from similar sources who opposed liquor, tobacco, jazz, rock, rap, provocative dress, pinball machines, video games, comic books, television and a catalog of innumerable issues but all of which who for the most part remain entirely legal. However, it ... ...

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... the 20th century and was one of America's largest cash crops. Marijuana first became used as a drug in the 20's & 30's mainly by Mexican-American immigrant workers and African-American jazz musicians. At this time, the plants long standing history as a cash crop gave way to its new image as the "Devil's Weed." In 1930, the government founded the Federal Bureau ... ...

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