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been absolutely established is that THC does attach itself to brain receptors associated with "thought, memory, concentration, and...
Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana Touted). The spokesman for Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, Billy Rogers, stated "We are...
thus freeing up money and space for more serious criminals. If marijuana were legal the law enforcement industry could spend more ...
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...
a variety of legal prescriptions under false pretenses, one is actually taking drugs illegally. Similarly, teenagers are no allowe...
stated that both the political and public attitude towards the legalization of marijuana is greatly "skewed" (NORML). One Cons...
marijuana is to implement taxes that could be used for the struggling state. People argue that many people already smoke and use t...
have changed, thankfully so have attitudes regarding the plant that serves a multitude of purposes. Unlike addictive opiates that...
life instead of being the stronger aspects inherent to sizable social forces and requirements. Being deprived of a sound ed...
This research paper consists of an analysis of Green, et al's 2010 study, "Does heavy adolescent marijuana use lead to criminal in...
a form of anemia and also to aid men whose bodies do not produce the normal level of testosterone (NIDA "Anabolic"). Slang...
Tobacco should be regarded as one of the most dangerous drugs currently being utilized in contemporary society....
alcoholics, and alcohol is legal. Not all people who smoke marijuana use it to the extent that they do nothing with their lives. ...
United States Department of Agriculture statistics (Stateman, 2009). Marijuana Policy Project California policy director Aaron Sm...
mean that certain professionals could legally take a smoke break and then go into surgery to perform delicate operations (Harbath,...
legalization with federal, state, and local government statistics; competition; elasticity; supply and demand evaluations; tax rev...
came up with a theory as to why people utilized marijuana for pleasure (Hallstone, 2002). This sociologist looked at drug use from...
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...
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...
such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts" (DSM-IV,...
1993, p. 23). The authors believe that if people see patients using marijuana and "functioning fine," they will question why its i...
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...
a more accepting attitude of debt also indicates that this is resulting in the use of credit cards and higher than ever before cre...
a murderer sees the violence that he perpetrates as his only means of salvaging his sense of self, of maintaining his pride (Gilli...
A relatively new branch in psychology is positive psychology. Maslow coined the name for this branch. It is a field that looks at ...
use as of the early 1980s and continues to be one of the most commonly abused street drugs (Methamphetamine). Results from the 20...
simpler and more compelling explanation accounts for the pattern of drug use you see in this country, without resort to any gatewa...