... primarily in marijuana (Goldberg 251). Ironically enough, marijuana has been used to help treat asthma. Although, it is not the drug of choice for doing so. The THC in marijuana is helpful in expanding the lung capacity because if dilates the bronchial tubes (Goldberg 252). There is ... , and prefer it over alcohol, if it were legal. In reality, marijuana smoking is extremely common and marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of mainstream, middle class Americans. A national survey by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HAS) estimates that at ... ...

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... practice of using opium. Decades later can perceive this pattern repeat itself with cocaine, except African Americans were the targets. The strategy against Chinese immigrants (picking on their drug of choice), had been so successful that it was used again. For African Americans, though, the racist feelings ran deeper, and the main thrust of the propaganda campaign was to control the ... longer occurred. Even better, side effects exhibited by the prescription medication alone no longer occurred. It was a miracle." (7). Marijuana has been shown to be especially effective for sufferers of...

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... to put to rest the myth that smoking marijuana is a fringe or deviant activity engaged only by those on the margins of American society. Marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of middle class Americans. Government's surveys indicate more than 70 millions Americans have smoked Marijuana at some point in their lives. Marijuana is the third most popular ... recreational drug of choice for Americans, exceeded only by alcohol and tobacco in popularity.3 Types of Drugs Used by Past Month Illicit Drug Users Aged 12 or Older: 2002 Marijuana penalties vary nation ... for many ...

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... , many prefer to eat it."" His book includes personal accounts of how prescribed marijuana alleviated epilepsy, weight loss of aids, nausea of chemotherapy, menstrual pains, and the severe effects of multiple sclerosis. The illness with the most documentation and harmony among doctors which marijuana has successfully treated is MS. Grinspoon believes for MS sufferers, "Cannabis is the drug of necessity."" One ... policy as making currently illegal drugs available in their crude forms to certain types of medical patients. It might include the maintenance of addicts on heroin or their drug...

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... stop looking at hard working citizens as living on the fringes of society just because they smoke marijuana cigarettes. They simply prefer marijuana over alcohol as their recreational drug of choice. As long as marijuana is smoked responsibly, it has less harmful side effects than tobacco or alcohol. What exactly is "responsible" marijuana smoking. According to Stroup there are a few rules ... hand in hand with cancer patients and HIV positive citizens living in the United States of America, or anywhere for that matter. It is useful in many spastic conditions including multiple sclerosi...

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... , many prefer to eat it." His book includes personal accounts of how prescribed marijuana alleviated epilepsy, weight loss of aids, nausea of chemotherapy, menstrual pains, and the severe effects of multiple sclerosis. The illness with the most documentation and harmony among doctors which marijuana has successfully treated is MS. Grinspoon believes for MS sufferers, "Cannabis is the drug of necessity." One ... policy as making currently illegal drugs available in their crude forms to certain types of medical patients. It might include the maintenance of addicts on heroin or their drug o...

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... , many prefer to eat it." His book includes personal accounts of how prescribed marijuana alleviated epilepsy, weight loss of aids, nausea of chemotherapy, menstrual pains, and the severe effects of multiple sclerosis. The illness with the most documentation and harmony among doctors which marijuana has successfully treated is MS. Grinspoon believes for MS sufferers, "Cannabis is the drug of necessity." One ... policy as making currently illegal drugs available in their crude forms to certain types of medical patients. It might include the maintenance of addicts on heroin or their drug o...

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... and support their families, and work hard to make a better life for their children. Suddenly they are arrested, jailed and treated like criminals solely because of their recreational drug of choice. State agencies frequently step in and declare children of marijuana smokers to be "in danger", and many children are placed into foster homes as a result. This causes enormous pain, suffering ... exception for the medical use of marijuana. The tens of thousands of seriously ill Americans who presently use marijuana as a therapeutic agent to alleviate symptoms of cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, or mu...

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... (Hermes 51). In today's society, patients and doctors argue that it relieves pain, nausea, loss of appetite, muscle spasms, and other symptoms of cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, asthma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and paralysis (Donnelly 2). According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the National Institute of Health; marijuana ... marijuana reduced the damaging pressure inside the eye caused by glaucoma. A pharmacologist for the U.S. FDA, Denis Petro's 1981 study showed that oral THC reduced spasticity in people with...

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... ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma (Trusopt for Reduction of Intraocular Pressure, March 1995). People suffering from conditions such as multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, epilepsy, and quadriplegia also benefit from marijuana's ability to suppress convulsions, and it also alleviates muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Statement on the Medical Use of Marijuana). Medical/therapeutic use ... ...

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... their pain. The fact that marijuana can be taken a puff at a time with almost immediate effects is also a big advantage to chronic pain sufferers or people with spastic disorders like multiple sclerosis. While other prescription drugs can incapacitate a patient for the whole day, marijuana allows patients to administer the desired amount. Marijuana can be used to treat glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disease ... ...

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... -behavioral rationalizations that allow individuals to engage in deviant behaviors that overcome the norms society holds. However, there are problems with each theory. An individual who has been exposed to multiple messages favorable to smoking crack, for example, may lack the hardware such as cocaine and a pipe to engage in this activity. Another example is found in the movie "Office Space ... ...

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... ( "Death Wish,"" "DOA- ) or effects ( "Evening's Delight,"" "Magic- ). Because the drug's strength and purity are unmonitored, each administration brings with it the possibility of overdose, illness from contaminants, or death. Multiple drug use involving heroin is increasingly common and results in many emergency-room visits. For example "speedballing,"" the use of heroin with cocaine intravenously, moderates the expected post-cocaine "crash ... ...

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... on Marijuana and Drug Abuse and despite its recommendations to decriminalize marijuana Nixon still declared, in his own words, a "War on Drugs." This war brought upon harsher penalties, set up multiple anti-drug commissions, and eventually set strict mandatory sentences for drug offenses among numerous other efforts to stop drug traffic and drug use within our boarders. Since then the cost ... ...

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... 's to the complete criminalization of Cannabis Sativa, labeling the herb a Schedule I drug in compliance with the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The U.S. Federal Government is infringing on people's freedom of choice, enabling economical progression, and depleting nature's raw materials with the prohibition of Cannabis Sativa. The American government is infringing on the American people's right to freedom by blocking their right ... how Americans can have bountiful lives without leaving the environment in shatters Cannabis Sativa L. In conclusion, the federal government has spun a web...

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... 's to the complete criminalization of Cannabis Sativa, labeling the herb a Schedule I drug in compliance with the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The U.S. Federal Government is infringing on people's freedom of choice, enabling economical progression, and depleting nature's raw materials with the prohibition of Cannabis Sativa. The American government is infringing on the American people's right to freedom by blocking their right ... how Americans can have bountiful lives without leaving the environment in shatters Cannabis Sativa L. In conclusion, the federal government has spun a web...

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... support this. In fact, the drugs that are legal in the United States such as alcohol and nicotine are used in the lower dosage form. The alcohol distribution method of choice is beer or wine, which contain low doses of alcohol while cigarettes are the most popular form of nicotine distribution, which also contains a very low dose. These Americans are not ... support this. In fact, the drugs that are legal in the United States such as alcohol and nicotine are used in the lower dosage form. The alcohol distribution method of choice is beer or wine, which contain low doses of alcohol while...

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... frequently used illicit drug in the United States(Marijuana). Steroids are man-made derivatives of testosterone, the male hormone. For performance enhancement, anabolic-andogenic steroids are today's sports drugs of choice. Steroids are a family of synthetic compounds. Anabolic refers to the ability of steroids to build up muscle tissue. Testosterone came into use in the sporting arena by Russian weight lifters ... -one players had been implicated in a drawn out trial concerning cocaine sale and use. These players suffered many penalties, including mandatory drug testing, for the rest of...

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... frequently used illicit drug in the United States(Marijuana). Steroids are man-made derivatives of testosterone, the male hormone. For performance enhancement, anabolic-andogenic steroids are today's sports drugs of choice. Steroids are a family of synthetic compounds. Anabolic refers to the ability of steroids to build up muscle tissue. Testosterone came into use in the sporting arena by Russian weight lifters ... -one players had been implicated in a drawn out trial concerning cocaine sale and use. These players suffered many penalties, including mandatory drug testing, for the rest of...

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... frequently used illicit drug in the United States(Marijuana). Steroids are man-made derivatives of testosterone, the male hormone. For performance enhancement, anabolic-andogenic steroids are today's sports drugs of choice. Steroids are a family of synthetic compounds. Anabolic refers to the ability of steroids to build up muscle tissue. Testosterone came into use in the sporting arena by Russian weight lifters ... -one players had been implicated in a drawn out trial concerning cocaine sale and use. These players suffered many penalties, including mandatory drug testing, for the rest of...

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... problem among youth is particularly acute. According to a survey conducted by Phoenix House, an organisation that runs drug abuse treatment centers and conducts extensive research, marijuana was the drug of choice for 87 percent of teens entering treatment programs in New York during the first quarter of 1999. A 1996 national survey conducted by Phoenix House revealed that eighty-three percent of ... ...

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... smoking presents to health. Addictions of any sort are destructive in that they deprive the addict of the ability to exercise control over life. By definition, an addiction offers no choice to the addict and often is the direct cause of serious disruption in the person's health or lifestyle. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recognizes some 100 separate illicit substances as being ... ...

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... individuals can be offered. To exacerbate the problem, efforts to increase punishment and lowering the financial gain may result in a bigger problem such as the offender may have no other choice but to engage in more serious crimes including dealing in harsher drugs. ...

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