people who have used it before and you’ll get a variety of explanations on what it does to you. There are generally two main types of marijuana‚ cannabis sativa and cannabis indica. Both have very differing effects on the body and a wide range of uses. Hemp is the fiber that comes from the plant cannabis and is used for so many things it’s ridiculous. Cannabis sativa‚ the poster child of the marijuana family. This light green plant‚ with its long slim leaves‚ can grow up to 25 feet tall. Normally
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Cited: Bruce Cain‚ OpEd News‚ Re-Legalize Marijuana to Destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels‚ March 26‚ 2009 Jeffrey A. Miron‚ The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition‚ June 2005‚ paragraph 4‚ North American Industrial Hemp Council Inc.‚ NAIHC‚ History Facts‚ NORML‚ European Drug Policy: Analysis and Case Studies‚ 1999 NORML‚ State By State Laws‚ 08/05/2006 Prison‚ Jails & Probation Overview‚ Drug War Facts 1999‚Paragraph7‚
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Cannabis is one of the most abused street drugs in the 21st century; a psychoactive substance which acts to alter the brain function of one. Cannabis‚ also known as “marijuana”‚ “hemp”‚ “weed”‚ “pot” and “grass” is one of the most illicit drugs used in today’s society (Jung‚ 2010‚ p.18). It is voluntarily consumed for social and recreational purposes to alter ones mood and conscious state opposed to being used medical purposes. Routes of administration include smoking‚ where absorption is much higher
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legalization of marijuana in the United States would create a drastic change by forming a more productive society through all of the positive uses of cannabis‚ physically‚ economically‚ and socially. I. Examination of the plant A. The other common names—hemp‚ cannabis‚ bud‚ and weed B. Society’s views on the plant are very stereotypical 1. Known as harmful‚ deathly‚ and hazardous 2. It is said that one’s attitude can be alarming and harmful to others C. Marijuana can be consumed in baked goods‚ vaporized
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Research Paper Would California be more progressive with the legalization of Proposition 64? The problem that society is and has been facing is all about proposition 64. People still debate whether it should be passed for good reasons but still others oppose for bad reasons. Along the way there have been some initiatives that have been proposed but didn’t go as planned. Proposition 64 has to do with legalizing recreational marijuana for use of adults 21 and older under the state law. This means
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food‚ incense‚ cloth‚ rope‚ etc. George Washington stated “It is hemp season in Mount Vernon and I wouldn ’t miss that for all the tea in China.” He and Thomas Jefferson were two founders of marijuana‚ they farmed and dealt the plant in the early 1850 ’s for economical reasons. They had three primary farms in Virginia. Washington used some of what he produced to create hemp clothing to be worn by his slaves‚ Jefferson cultivated hemp for recreational consumption‚ according to Washington ’s diary.
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Why the Illegalization of Marijuana was Corrupt For most of human history marijuana has been legal and has actually only been illegal for 1% of the period of time of which it has been in use. Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific‚ medical‚ and government hearings‚ and that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug. However‚ some of the actual reasons that marijuana was wrongly banned include racism
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marijuana or not to legalize marijuana‚ that is the question. Marijuana has been a thorn in the side of this country for the last one hundred years. Up until the end of World War Two‚ marijuana was produced legally in a low grade form known as hemp. After the war‚ hemp was outlawed because of fear that Americans would start smoking the different types of low grade varieties of marijuana. Marijuana has been called a destroyer of minds‚ because of the myth that it kills brain cells. In clinical trials
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The Legalization of Marijuana Many years ago the average person did not think of marijuana as a harmful drug‚ but as a useful substance. The fiber of hemp is used for medicine‚ paper‚ fuel‚ and food. George Washington‚ the first President of the Unites States of America‚ even encouraged people to sow the Indian hemp seed everywhere. Marijuana was not prohibited in the United States until 1937 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Today‚ many American citizens want this
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justice system. Current drug legislation has failed to reduce demand. It’s just too hard to monitor illegal substances when a significannot portion of the population is committed to using drugs. (Inciardi and McBride 260) Marijuana comes from the hemp plant‚ which can readily be grown on fields across the nation and was cultivated heavily in colonial period. After 130 years of being legal‚ the potential problems of marijuana were brought into the public eye by Harry J. Anslingler‚ the commissioner
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