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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...

Arguments in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Use

are important issues and deserve attention because they will shape our nations future. Clearly we can build more and more prisons,...

Medical Use of Marijuana Should Be Legalized

the listeners understanding of the fact that fever is a typical sign of infection, though obviously its not the only one; nor is i...

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...

PowerPoint Slides; The History of Marijuana

This 3 page paper is a 6 slide presentation on the history of marijuana, how it has and is used and its status in the law on the U...

The History of Marijuana; Legal Status and Usage

6,000 BCE as well as for textiles in 4,000 BCE in China and it is also recorded as being used as a medicine in China in 2727 (Narc...

Pharmacology and Psychology of Marijuana

THC, and it is "present in all parts of both the male and female plants but is most concentrated in the resin (cannabin) in the fl...

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...

Arguing in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Uses

Public sentiment therefore leaves room for the possibility of legalization. Legalization can, in fact, be justified when we consi...

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...

Medicinal Marijuana

dangerous or physically addictive. Of course, there is some debate about the safety of marijuana. Curtis claims that the FDA will...

Hypothetical Marijuana Study

such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts" (DSM-IV,...

Marijuana Should be Legal in Medical Applications

1993, p. 23). The authors believe that if people see patients using marijuana and "functioning fine," they will question why its i...

Discussion of U.S. Supreme Court Cases with Controversial Issues

This single, historic decision brought forth a great many opportunities for each state to recognize the importance of allowing peo...

Explaining the Increase in Marijuana Use

is a part and parcel of a recent fashion trend along with fuzzy lamps and tie-dyed tee shirts. Everyone sporting a hat with a leaf...

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...

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 ...

A Letter To a New York State Congressman

This paper is a letter written to New York State Congressman Elliot Engel regarding the importance of medicinal use as well as cul...

Medical Use of Marijuana and California's Proposition 215

In a paper consisting of ten pages the inhumanity of denying marijuana for medical use in cancer, AIDS and paraplegic patients is ...

Overview of Designer Drugs

In twenty pages designer drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, roofies, and Ecstasy are discussed in terms of their content, origin, h...

Marijuana Legality and the Views of John Locke and Plato

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the government is justified in legally regulating marijuana use according to th...

Marijuana and America's Democracy of Special Interests

In five pages this essay discusses the shifts in American democracy in a consideration of the government's opposition of marijuana...

Marijuana for Medical Purposes

In ten pages this paper argues in favor of a medical need for marijuana to be legally used citing the similar character properties...

Medical Uses of Marijuana

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the controversy surrounding marijuana in terms of its medical uses and whether or not it sho...

Marijuana Treatment for Glaucoma

In ten pages this paper discusses treating glaucoma by using marijuana and argues in support of its implementation legitimacy. Fi...

Marijuana, Moral and Ethical Issues

In twelve pages using marijuana for medicinal purposes is explored in a consideration of the moral and ethical issues that surroun...

Paraquat Spraying of Marijuana Fields by the Government

In ten pages this paper discusses the dangers of paraquat exposure in this consideration of whether or not the government should s...

Arguing in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana 3

In five pages this paper supports legalizing marijuana for medical and economic reasons. There are nine bibliographic sources cit...

Drugs and Alcohol as 'Gateway Drugs'

The way in which using alcohol and drugs like marijuana serve as a gateway to harder drug use and abuse is the focus of this 5 pag...