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Reefer Madness: Marijuana Use in the 1950s

of trepidation. Not only was the drug then illegal in all states, the government had effectively convinced the public that mariju...

An Argumentative Essay on Using Marijuana

argument against marijuana legalization. Califano specifically focuses on the issue of marijuana as a gateway drug and cites sta...

Current Views on Drug Addiction

(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...

Legalization of Marijuana

wrestles with a myriad of questions about substance use and abuse. First, there are good reasons why marijuana should be legali...

Canada and Marijuana Legalization

stated that both the political and public attitude towards the legalization of marijuana is greatly "skewed" (NORML). One Cons...

Marijuana and its Effects

been absolutely established is that THC does attach itself to brain receptors associated with "thought, memory, concentration, and...

Criminal Justice VI

initiated by the police, who have more freedom and a wider range of choices in how to proceed when dealing with a juvenile than wi...

Illegal Drugs and Their Impact

a variety of legal prescriptions under false pretenses, one is actually taking drugs illegally. Similarly, teenagers are no allowe...

Recreational Drugs and Their Negative Impact

Wilson, 2003). Short term effects are memory lapses, impairment of coordination and speech and the commonly associated drunken beh...

Human Body and the Impact of Drugs

been ingested (1997). While ecstasy can last in the body for many days, what are the long term effects of this dangerous substan...

Literature Review on Stress Agents

often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...

Marijuana Legalization and Economic Benefits

to legalizing marijuana. The author states that "Supporters of an initiative that would decriminalize marijuana in Nevada said ...

Argument Against Legalization of Marijuana

could be a prescribed drug, similar to what is done with morphine" (Marijuana - the Pros and Cons of Legalization, 2003). Clear...

Case Study on the Workplace and Drugs

by speaking with these individuals who seem to stay out late, arrive to work late and look disheveled, a new situation presents it...

Economic and Social Benefits of Marijuana Legalization

to make changes to the society. this becomes more evident when we note that "While the number of offenders in each major offense c...

Post 1950 West and Marijuana

long history of the manner in which marijuana is perceived and regulated throughout the world. While western countries s...

Addiction and Marijuana

g of cannabis, and up to 2-3 mgs can induce pleasurable effects for the occasional marijuana user (Hall and Solowij, 1998, p. 1611...

Use of Cocaine and Marijuana Among Adolescents

be linked to destructive tendencies which target either property, people or animals. Drug abusers often steal as it suits their p...

Those Who Use Marijuana, Those Who Don't and Attitudinal Variations

came up with a theory as to why people utilized marijuana for pleasure (Hallstone, 2002). This sociologist looked at drug use from...

Economic Benefits of Marijuana Legalization

Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana Touted). The spokesman for Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, Billy Rogers, stated "We are...

Pot's Illegality

In eight pages this paper considers the reasons behind the illegality of marijuana from ethical and moral perspectives. Six sourc...

Marijuana and Its Cognitive Effects

sharp increase in its use (1994). Indeed, part of the reason why the drug is popuolar is becuae its destructive effects are not ad...

Tobacco versus Marijuana

In six pages this paper presents the argument that since legalized tobacco represents health threats there is no reason not to als...

Arguing in Favor of the Legalization of Marijuana

In five pages this paper argues that freedom of choice is reinforced through the legalization of marijuana. Five sources are cite...

Marijuana and the Advantages of Legalization

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses how legalizing marijuana would carry with it the advantages of crime reduction, pri...

Marijuana Possession Arrests

In a paper that consists of five pages the incidences of incarceration among individuals arrested for marijuana possession are con...

Performance Enhancement Drugs and the 'Payoff' in Sudden Death

in the bodybuilding sphere without the use of enhancement drugs was virtually unheard of, and biochemical treatment was a fully in...

Future Trends and Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes

In twelve pages this paper examines why marijuana usage for medicinal reasons should be legally sanctioned in the future. Ten sou...

Defense of Marijuana Legalization

grasp the notion that continuing to prosecute marijuana users is doing nothing to ease the problem. "As demonstrated, the current...

Overview of Marijuana

the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church saw nothing wrong with its utilization as long as it was under the direction of the church. Yet ...