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    (2). It is impossible for a farmer to get high on hemp. Until hemp is decriminalized at a federal level, hemp cannot be grown in Wyoming or for that matter the rest of the United States. The fact still remains that hemp is classified as part of the cannabis family, therefore hemp is classified as a drug, which is banned under the Federal Control Substance Act (2). Edith Cook’s character (ethos) traits are of someone determined to make a difference in farming. Ms. Cook goes as far as…

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    federal and state governments towards marijuana prohibition annually (Stuart). This amount has increased since, but no exact figure has been disclosed. The problem is that no matter how much money the government spends in order to strategically set law enforcement in place, illegal drug dealers will find a way to sell their marijuana. Because of the drug’s illicit status, the price of the product actually increases. The abnormally high price exposed to an addictive personality can lead to a…

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    Do people know what can happen to the inside of their body if they keep smoking drugs like are today? Drugs are the impact that surrounds us in the world. There are always reasons why people smoke to make themselves feel better. Most people smoke to relives stress and don’t know what it’s doing there body. People don’t get the information to know what they side affects or long term effect it has on their body. There are many affects that happens in the body when people smoke. It can be the most…

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    “[Teens are] smoking more weed because they do not perceive it to be as harmful as did teens in the past”, Kristen Gwynne writes (pars. 1), referring to a 2011 survey by the National Institute of Drug Abuse which indicates that “while alcohol use hits historic lows”, “Marijuana use continues to rise among U.S. teens” (Johnston et al. 1). But is marijuana really harmless? According to Judge Francis Young’s “infamous” 1988 court docket 86-22, it would require approximately 20,000 to 40,000 times…

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    A major factor contributing to the unavailability of legal marijuana is old laws that were informed by faulty information. When marijuana became a Schedule I drug in the 1970’s the studies that led to that classification were inaccurate. “Since the 1970s, advocates of an aggressive drug war have maintained that any liberalization of drug laws would "send the wrong message" to kids and increase adolescent drug use”. At the time scientists believed that alcohol was less dangerous than marijuana…

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    Syndrome named Charlotte was treated with medical marijuana and was found to have a dramatic decrease in her amount of seizures. Stated by Business Insider “Gupta also mentioned a few studies in the U.S., Spain, and Israel that suggest the compounds in cannabis could even kill cancer cells. “ There are definitely benefits from the medical aspect of this drug and should certainly be legalized only in a medical form and prescribed to those in serious need of medical…

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    ingredients than tobacco smoke” (samhs.gov). “In 2005 nearly 242,200 people were admitted to emergency rooms suffering from marijuana related problems” (samhsa.gov). Drugfreeworld.org points out, “One major research study reported that a single cannabis joint could cause as much damage to the lungs as five regular cigarettes smoked one after another” (drug free world). Drug free world again adds, “Long time joint smokers often suffer from bronchitis an inflammation of the respiratory tract”…

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    The Dangers Of Marijuana

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    Marijuana shouldn’t be banned to those who use it for medical reasons. It should be banned for those who use it for fun or people who abuse the legalization of this drug. The government should get I.D cards for those who are able to use it at cannabis stores and that you should only be able to get one of these cards if the people have an actual disease and have been checked out for and meet the requirements for the usage of this drug. It is risky legalizing this drug as Colorado’s citizens did…

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    and people’s natural right, it becomes a highly debated case. Two scholars, Rodriguez-Leyva and Pierce, present the cardiac and haemostatic effects of dietary hempseed to show people the benefit and nutritional value of hemp. Hemp, also known as Cannabis sativa L.,…

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    Reflection Paper On Drugs

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    natural topical skin product made of cannabis which had no side effects for me only the attend effects. I no longer use the medical pot lotion because one I do not have post car crash pain and two society has a an employment stigma on medical befit from some natural occurring substance even ones which hold long term from fat cells. The societal preference would have for me to take a man made pill which had adverse effects and caused the liver harm not the medical cannabis rub. Our society would…

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