Cannabis laws

transport a small amount of marijuana. Like the facts that were stated before, marijuana is not 100% completely understood in terms of the down side to the drug. In the month of November, Colorado and Washington state passed the law to legalize marijuana. Because of this law Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Hawaii are currently trying to do the same. In terms of the Regulate…

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Today, many people are suffering from diseases and diagnosis that go uncured everyday, specifically because the body is not strong enough to fight off certain things. Although there are many misconceptions about the negative effects of Cannabis, marijuana, the fact is that marijuana should be legalized because it has the potential to benefit thousands of Americans. For example, marijuana can be used for medical use and it can become a profit for positive reasoning. There are other ways to…

Pros and Cons of Using Recreational Marijuana Marijuana refers to the different parts of a dried hemp plant called, Cannabis sativa which contains a mind-altering chemical. The legalization of marijuana in most of the states in the United States of America may have made marijuana users rejoicing. But it remains to be an endless debate of whether this should truly be allowed or not due to the unfavorable effects that it can do to long-time users. Marijuana is widely used, especially among the…

Marijuana “It is an obscenity that we stigmatize so many young Americans with a criminal record for smoking marijuana. But not one major wall street executive has been prosecuted for the near collapse of our entire economy.” Says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. So many young lives are disrupted or destroyed because they have sold or smoke a plant that has never killed anyone or even contributed to anyones death. I have researched the various pros and cons of Marijuana over the past year,…

Medical marijuana has been researched and proven to sway the effects of several diseases on the body. Studies show that using cannabis for ailments like severe pain and Crohn’s disease decrease or eliminate symptoms. The Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology reported in a journal after a clinical study that “THC-rich cannabis produced significant clinical, steroid free benefits to 10 out of 11 patients with active Crohn’s disease, with no side effects” (Kenikoff et al CGHjournal…

Benefits to Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in California In the Untied States today people are often faced with the challenge of biased rules and regulations, the prohibition of marijuana is one of these laws. America is a modernized country with no need for excessive boundaries on drugs that can have a positive impact on some people’s lives. The medical use of marijuana in California, one of the United States most economically thriving states, has proven itself to be a benefit. In…

option for a patient to have. I feel that my arguments are proven by scientific studies along with scientifically gathered statistics. Stats have shown a huge decrease in marijuana related crimes as well as an increase in resources made available to law enforcement. Science has proven that marijuana/cannabinoids are effective in treating cancers or side effects from cancer along with many other illnesses. I also feel that marijuana can be grown more cost efficiently than that of trying to mass…

Controversy over Marijuana When you hear the word Marijuana also known as Cannabis, what comes to mind, an illegal recreational drug or a medicine? Its existence goes back as far as 7000 B.C.; it was not until the early 1900’s when marijuana was used as a recreational drug. Thereby, generating an ongoing controversy about its use in society since. Marijuana is a drug that has negative effects if consumed in excess, but has also had medicinal benefits for certain individuals who suffer from…

The movie Reefer Madness was produced in the 1930s as propaganda, in order to make people believe that smoking marijuana would make them go insane or commit violent crimes. There was no proof of the accusations, but it scared enough people to keep them from smoking marijuana. The movie was intended to give marijuana a negative reputation, and it succeeded. In today’s society there is a stigma surrounding the use of marijuana, which I believe the movie helped to create. Over the last hundred…