People should pay attention to the controversy about marijuana. Marijuana may not kill in a situation such as an automobile accident. In this paper it talks about the risks and benefits of using marijuana. Suicide‚ mental disorders‚ and worse depression can be bigger risks of using marijuana. All together marijuana can be less dangerous than other things such as alcohol and other drugs The medical benefits of marijuana are very helpful. Marijuana can relieve the pain of AIDs‚ multiple sclerosis‚ and
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The numerous effects of marijuana on our environment shape our society and their response to it. With the expansion of its use and education of its effects‚ marijuana is becoming more socially accepted around the United States‚ and the negative stigma surrounding it is dissipating. Marijuana can be produced by “squatters in national forests‚ hydroponic operators in homes and warehouses‚ industrial-scale operations on private land‚ or conscientious mom-and-pop farmers” (Zuckerman). The most common
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Vic’Torrie Turner ENGL101 Research Topic The Effects of Marijuana Marijuana has become one of the most widely used drug in America and some other countries. Marijuana is the dried leaves and female flowers of the hemp plant. Marijuana grows only in certain temperate regions‚ particularly dry and hot lands‚ but with good light‚ good circulation and good soil‚ you can grow it just about anywhere. The effect of using the plant varies according to the user and how it is used. It could have
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Marijuana is a psychoactive drug with various common names‚ such as pot‚ weed‚ ganja‚ and herb. Marijuana originated hundreds of years ago in Asia. Since the discovery of marijuana‚ people have been using it for numerous reasons: medicine‚ making ropes and cloths‚ and enjoyment. Today‚ it is mostly used is as a narcotic. The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). The marijuana contains between zero to three percent of THC. THC stays in the human body for about 28
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Victoria Cantu Professor Moore English 1301-033 16 July 2012 Should Marijuana Be Legalized? In her essay “Here ’s why I ’m against legalizing marijuana‚” Loolwa Khazzoom addresses the debate about legalizing marijuana in the United States. Around 2003‚ Khazzoom visited Amsterdam‚ where marijuana was legal. In an attempt to avoid marijuana‚ she searched for an internet café free from smoke‚ and failed. She resorted to the downstairs area of a café where the designated smoking section was upstairs
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Risks and Effects of Marijuana…. Do young people understand what the effects are of marijuana? Short-term Effects: Loss of coordination and distortions in the sense of time‚ vision and hearing‚ sleepiness‚ reddening of the eyes‚ increased appetite and relaxed muscles. Heart rate can speed up. In fact‚ in the first hour of smoking marijuana‚ a user’s risk of a heart attack could increase fivefold. School performance is reduced through impaired memory and lessened ability to solve problems. Long-term
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The legalization of marijuana in the U.S. would drastically reduce crime in our cities and form a more productive society through its positive uses. II. The concentration on governmental spending to enforce marijuana laws. A. Examples of governmental spending. B. Solution to the governmental spending. C. Sources on spending. D. Quotes concerning over spending. E. In-depth explanation about spending. V. The basic information concerning marijuana. A. Origin of
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inform the class of marijuana INTRO: Marijuana‚ the “Killer Drug” as it has been called‚ has been around for longer than you think a. People really don’t know the origins or the properties of the plant at all. b. Not only has the usage of pot grown in recent years‚ but the number of strains and uses have grown as well. Lately state legislation across the nation have allowed marijuana for medical and even recreational use. However there are still many out there against marijuana‚ saying it’s harmful
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Legalization of Marijuana According to a US government recent survey‚ “ Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States‚ the survey shows that more than 83000000 people tried marijuana at least once in there life’s.” There are more and more studies about marijuana‚ and most of the studies show that most of the people tried marijuana first when they were in high school. Nowadays‚ people define marijuana as a dangerous drug‚ because they see the bad effects‚ and don’t see the positive
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Legalizing marijuana has been such a large debate for so many years. There are reasons on both sides of the argument that have kept it illegal for such a long time but recently that has changed. “Initiative 502‚ passed last month by Washington [and Colorado] voters‚ legalized recreational marijuana use starting December 6” (Duke). These were just the first two states to push for marijuana to be legal for recreational reasons. Are there going to be more states legalizing
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