Cannabis laws

and heard of on the U.S. side of the border quite frequently which raises the questions, is it their war or ours? How did this all begin? What does the U.S. have to do with it? “For years, Mexico’s domestic supply of psychoactive raw materials (cannabis, peyote, opium poppies, hallucinogenic mushrooms, etc.) concerned authorities on both…

Imagine you're in the middle of having a conversation with someone and they start smoking a blunt, and you start thinking to yourself is that even legal? Why would someone want to do that and potentially harm themselves? “Is it even illegal to do that” I ask, “It is legal because I have my medical card and my doctor prescribed it for me” I ask, “Why would any doctor prescribe that for someone?” isn't there anything else you could use to get rid of the pain” “Im sure there is but this works and…

medical marijuana could save up to 10 million. From stopping the hours spent by police officers and DEA agents, to the hours spent in court, decriminalization of medical marijuana could allow for law enforcement to spend more time on the war against more serious drugs and allow prisons to be filled…

Let’s hear it for the new millennium! Remember the year 2000 when the world was supposed to end and the world was supposed to rapidly change? Well it has changed ranging from technology, hospital care, and even legalizing marijuana. What? Yes legalizing marijuana is on the ballet and has been. Smoke shops opened up everywhere, almost anyone has access to a medical marijuana card. Can you imagine walking into a store and you see a child buying marijuana on their way to school or wherever there…

An example of some medicinal uses for marijuana is for cancer patients. When a patient undergo chemotherapy they experience many symptoms like not being able to eat, nausea, vomiting and just pain in general. Using the pure plant cannabis can help control these symptoms. Scientist are currently conducting tests to test if marijuana can help with metal disorders, substance use, how effective it is at relieving pain, and if it can help with autoimmune. Experiments have been tested on…

has now been legal for nearly eighty-four consecutive years, following the twenty-first amendment to the United States Constitution. Following the 2016 election, I find myself questioning the direction our country will go with the reformation of cannabis. I say that marijuana should be decriminalized and legalized in all fifty states because of the financial and medical stability it can provide. When it comes to marijuana legalization, there will always be nay-sayers. Dr. Howard Samuels is…

lazy and overeat. The pros for marijuana can outweigh the cons, mainly because there are more and more needs for marijuana; whether it helps with period cramps, seizures, or anxiety. History of Marijuana “The oldest known written record on cannabis use comes from…

Effects of Marijuana on the Human Body Marijuana or cannabis, has been in use by humans since ancient times in China. “Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500.” (History of Marijuana, n.d., para. 1). Historically, marijuana has been used for its medicinal purposes and psychoactive properties. Only recently in the past century has the restriction of marijuana usage been legislated into law. The ongoing debate about marijuana’s…

category as alcohol and tobacco: a legal, and regulated intoxicant. Comparisons are almost inevitably drawn to alcohol and tobacco which are potentially dangerous, yet legal (Rich & Stingl, 2015). Marijuana is considered to be any part of the plant cannabis sativa. The history of marijuana has been around since before…

At which time, marijuana consumption was legal. It wasn’t until 1965 that a chemical called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was identified in the flowering head of the cannabis sativa plant. This chemical is considered to be the primary psychoactive component in marijuana (Danovitch). At that time, it was found that tetrahydrocannabinol was the main chemical in marijuana. This chemical stimulates receptors that are inside…