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Tobacco And Alcohol Rain Forests
789 wordsLegally defined, marijuana consists of the dried leaves and flowers of the plant Cannabis sativa. Cannabis is one of the most ancient and historically important of cultivated plants. Hemp or Cannabis has been cultivated for at least 6000 years (Frank 3). On account of the many advantages that this multipurpose plant offers, I see reason to believe that it should be legalized, to the public, in all forms. The legalization of hemp would reduce the size of our overpopulated jails. As a result, mill...
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War On Drugs Legalization Of Marijuana
1,253 wordsThe legalization of marijuana will reduce crime, narcotic drug use, and create a utopian society. Marijuana's effect on society is greatly over exaggerated in that marijuana acts as a scapegoat for many of society's problems. Marijuana is blamed today for being a gateway drug; this means that consumption of marijuana will lead to use of narcotic drugs, this claim has never been proven, the only grounds for it is that marijuana is a more widespread and more sampled drug. Furthermore, the legaliza...
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National Drug Control War On Drugs
1,889 wordsShould Drugs Be Legalized In America? As the nation's drug problem persists, issues continue to haunt communities. The question is will legalizing drugs really help or will legalization make problems increase in our society? If drugs remain illegal, a number of complications that could appear as a result of legalization will never occur. Keeping drugs illegal poses a lesser problem than legalization. Drugs should not be legalized not only because legalization is bad for the country but also beca...
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Hemp Seeds Gateway Drug
503 wordsMarijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded Leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. Marijuana is the name given to the plant cannabis sativa. The legalization of marijuana would not only bring the pointless bickering to a screeching halt, but also tend to those who need relief from pain and certain diseases. All forms of marijuana are Mind-altering drugs. The ingredient that gets you high in marijuana is called Delta- 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. The marijuana...
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Marijuana For Medical Purposes Billion A Year
1,918 wordsPrior to the twentieth century, the marijuana plant (then more commonly referred to as hemp) was the single most important industrial plant, or non-food producing crop in America and the world (German 1990). Archeologists report that marijuana was possibly the first plant cultivated by humans. They estimate that date at approximately 8000 BC (Columbia University). As early as 4000 BC, pottery with marijuana markings and hemp textiles were found in North Central China. In those years, such things...
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Legalization Of Drugs Legalize Drugs
683 wordsThere is no question that drugs are prevalent in the United States today and that something should be done about it. Drugs hurt society in so many ways; people die, loose their jobs, and lose their families all because of addiction. Will legalizing these destructive drugs change the effect of them? No, if drugs would be easier to obtain it would only make it easier for people to have the opportunity to self-destruct themselves and whats around them. There isnt any good reason why our government ...
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Nobel Peace Prize Political And Economic
1,042 wordsNelson Rolihlahla Mandela may well be the man of the century. Courage, and commitment, dignity and grace, selflessness and endurance- a hero beyond description. A man who spent almost twenty- seven years in prison. A man who was able to lead his people to freedom, shake the pillars of apartheid state of South Africa from his jail cell. I believe that Gondi is a great individual and I will demonstrate that through the following sequence of events. Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918 in Que, a t...
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Marijuana Is Legalized Legalization Of Marijuana
1,014 wordsHas the time come to legalize marijuana? Marijuana has been known to man for quite some time now and has been used for centuries. The Marijuana prohibition has been in effect since 1937 and continues today. The real question is, is it time that we as Americans reconsider this prohibition and look closer at the possible positive effects that marijuana can offer? If the main goal of marijuana prohibition is to stop Americans from using it, then it has failed just like the alcohol prohibition did i...
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Terminally Ill Patients Attempted Suicide
1,286 wordsEuthanasia is one of society's more widely, and hotly debated moral issues of our time. More directly, active euthanasia, which by definition, is; "Doing something, such as administering a lethal drug, or using other means that cause a person's death. " 1 Passive euthanasia, defined as; "Stopping (or not starting) some treatment, which allows a person to die, the person's condition causes his or her death, " 2 seems not to be as debated, perhaps not as recognized, as it's counterpart. I have cho...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized Marijuana As A Medicine
1,215 wordsIn most countries, marijuana is by law illegal because of its classification as an illicit drug, but the controversial issues have been established that this? illicit drug? has improved the course of treatment for suffering patients. Marijuana has beneficial effects when used in medicinal scenarios like for example for the treatment of pain. Thus it should be an administered drug for patients who can benefit from the use of this drug. It has undergone analysis for its use as a medicine and the r...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Influence Of Marijuana
1,044 wordsIt is safe to say that at some point in the not- too- distant future, United States will confront the question of whether or not to legalize the use and cultivation of marijuana, also well know as: pot, weed, grass, hashish etc. This topic has baffled the United States lawmakers reformist and citizens for so long that many people probably consider it rhetorical question. We could categorize marijuana somewhere between alcohol and tobacco on the one hand and caffeine on other, but no doubt it is ...
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Legalization Of Drugs Violent Crimes
1,260 wordsDRUG LEGALIZATION Every time I read a report on a newspaper or hear news on television about drug problems in our society, I always question about the law processors have to confront with drugs. Drugs are the fathers of all descending law violations such as raising market prices, black market, and crime. People still discuss the legalization of drugs. Some can argue that we should legalize drugs in order to govern the consumption rather than spend millions of dollars and face problems in control...
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Drug Enforcement Agency Short Term Memory
1,057 wordsHow do we define a drug? Who makes a drug illegal and why do they make it illegal? Marijuana is considered a drug; but why is it considered a drug? In this essay I hope to persuade you that marijuana doesnt deserve the label it has been given. I will use several different examples that will prove to you that marijuana isnt as harmful as people portray it to be. This is a discussion that we have had in the past, when or culture was trying to prove that alcohol wasnt as bad as our government was t...
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War On Drugs Legalization Of Drugs
761 wordsReasons For The Legalization Of Drugs We will never get rid of drugs and until we realize this we will still have one of the worst education systems, the largest imprisonment rate, the largest crime rate, and a depletion of money from other more important budgets. Legalizing drugs will create drug regulation, crime reduction, and increased revenue for the government. Regulation is the control of who can get a product, how much that person can get, how the person can get it, and who produces it. ...
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U S Law Fossil Fuels
2,152 wordsThroughout American history our country has come to rely on many different natural resources. With technology and the population increasing, the number of fossil fuel reserves and natural forests are going down. What America needs is a renewable source of fuels and fibers that will meet the growing needs of the future, but will not damage our environment. One of the most promising sources of fiber, fuel, and natural oil is hemp. Hemp, also known as Cannabis Sativa L, has been used in our country...
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John Stuart Mill Legalization Of Marijuana
1,364 wordsIs Prohibition an Appropriate Standard? Richard Dennis, the author of Chemical Dependence: Opposing Viewpoints, says that The appropriate standard in deciding if a drug should be mad; e legal for adults ought to be whether it is more likely than alcohol to cause harm to an innocent party. If not, banning it cannot be justified while alcohol remains legal. By applying Denniss standard to the prohibition of marijuana in the United States, the logical decision would be that it is unjustified to ban...
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Age Of 18 Ease The Pain
815 wordsThese are some of the reasons that prohibition is a failure. When we realize that prohibition is a failure we can move on to more and better uses of cannabis. Abraham Lincoln once said this famous quote? Prohibition will work great injury to the cause o temperance. for it goes beyond the bounds of reasons In that it attempts to control a mans appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles that our government wa...
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Ladies And Gentlemen Legalization Of Marijuana
1,296 wordsSpeech on the Legalization of Marijuana Mary Jane. Herb. Buds. Chronic. Reefer. Ganja. Charas. Sens. Boom. Buddha. Dope. Weed. Pot. All of these names describe one thing: marijuana. Over the years, this plant has acquired many names and uses. At this time in the United States, marijuana is an illegal drug with numerous users and is widely available for a price. Many users speak of the benefits of smoking marijuana and want to get it legalized for that purpose. My name is Dr. and I am the Preside...
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Drug Enforcement Agency President Bill Clinton
733 wordsPro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physicians Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer patients for whom it alleviates the severe nausea that is often accompanies chemo...
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Physician Assisted Suicide Doctor Assisted Suicide
1,429 wordsThroughout the twentieth century, major scientific and medical advances have greatly enhanced the life expectancy of the average person. However, there are many cases where doctors can preserve life artificially. In these cases where the patient suffers from a terminal disease or remains in a persistent vegetative state or PVS from which they cannot voice their wishes for continuation or termination of life, the question becomes whether or not the patient has freedom to choose whether or not to ...
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