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the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church saw nothing wrong with its utilization as long as it was under the direction of the church. Yet ...
This paper explores the effects of marijuana and looks at the debate as to whether it is beneficial or harmful as a whole. This pa...
This research paper consists of an analysis of Green, et al's 2010 study, "Does heavy adolescent marijuana use lead to criminal in...
This research paper focuses on the role of peer pressure in regards to adolescent use of marijuana. Whether or not marijuana shoul...
of marijuana, 2001). The use of the drug in various forms continues to spread through the Middle East and in the 1300s, Arab trade...
from pot bootleggers" (ONeill, 2002; NA). The above statement presents many of the arguments in favor of legalizing marijuana. F...
it can lead to lung problems, and that legalizing it for medicinal purposes will only encourage the youth of the nation to obtain ...
that has always been associated with the civilization of a society. Yet, it appears that once a society is considered civilized it...
This research paper discusses the benefits and risks associated with medical marijuana use. The writer concludes in favor of presc...
Special interest groups and propaganda played a strong role in Prohibition and they have played a strong role in drug laws today, ...
This paper reports the history of the use of marijuana as a medical intervention and when it became illegal in this country. It po...
it made people violent and by the 1930s, the substance was illegal in all states (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). In 1936, Po...
The debate over the relative merits...
This 6 page paper discusses the merits of treating depression with marijuana instead of Prozac. The writer argues that using marij...
protecting brain cells from stroke and trauma damage. A recent study also showed that cannabinoids block the formation of new memo...
a "gateway" drug that inevitably leads to narcotics use, either cocaine or heroin. The fact is that marijuana is not physically ad...
debate in recent years regarding the drug marijuana and whether or not its effects on the body and brain are really as dramatic an...
compounds and has been implicated in a high percentage of automobile crashes and workplace accidents" (Medical Marijuana ProCon.or...
and medical marijuana would be sold in pharmacies and likely grown by pharmaceutical companies. In one particular article it is ...
This research paper/essay presents an overview of the issues pertaining to current marijuana policy, both in the US and aboard. Th...
been absolutely established is that THC does attach itself to brain receptors associated with "thought, memory, concentration, and...
dangerous or physically addictive. Of course, there is some debate about the safety of marijuana. Curtis claims that the FDA will...
of trepidation. Not only was the drug then illegal in all states, the government had effectively convinced the public that mariju...
Wilson, 2003). Short term effects are memory lapses, impairment of coordination and speech and the commonly associated drunken beh...
of such states as Montana (Anonymous, 2005), Rhode Island (Roman, 2006) as well as Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Ne...
the listeners understanding of the fact that fever is a typical sign of infection, though obviously its not the only one; nor is i...
(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...
are important issues and deserve attention because they will shape our nations future. Clearly we can build more and more prisons,...
often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...
g of cannabis, and up to 2-3 mgs can induce pleasurable effects for the occasional marijuana user (Hall and Solowij, 1998, p. 1611...