Cannabis laws

While Ganja is a substance prepared from flowering marijuana plants, Charas is prepared from the apex of Cannabis flowers, which are in full bloom. All these are part of many rites & ceremonies besides being necessary for survival. Their medicinal value is said to assist in Sadhana or meditative practice, by enabling the yogis to overcome the miseries of the…

Should Marijuana be legalized for Recreational Use? Marijuana has been on the earth for millions of years. It is also the most controversial plant in the history of mankind, as once again the question of medicinal and recreational purpose comes to light. The term marijuana refers to the entire makeup of the plant itself, including the leaves, stems, flowers, seeds and its high inducing component known as THC. According to ancient Chinese literature, its use to achieve a recreational high…

America’s most prominent drug. It became entrenched in American culture and became a symbol of the 60s cultural. A brief explanation of the drug itself will help understand the reason for the hype. Marijuana refers is the dried leaves from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which has the mind-altering chemical know as THC in it. THC can also be broken down a concentrated resin called hashish or hash oil. It is estimated that each year there are 2.6 million new marijuana users. In 2008, 25.8 million…

Ethical Perspective on Drug Prohibition The article “Another Lost War: The Costs and Consequences of Drug Prohibition” (Chambliss, 1995) stressed that few countries decriminalized drugs since it helped to decline the crime rate and incidence of drug abuse. Even though there were a mass of challenges that America needed to face with, America still prohibit drugs. As mentioned above, the Costs for the enforcement of drug prohibition policy costed a large amount of money, the…

Christina Younis Professor Ryan Siemers ENGL 1301 December 2, 2015 The Blunt Truth Long before the United States was even an idea, many cultures such as the ancient Chinese used a plant called Marijuana for various medical reasons. Till this day, many doctors still use it in modern medicine. In the 1930's however, the Tobacco Association funded a movie called “Reefer Madness” which successfully caused many people to believe…

To begin with, Hemp can absorb 4x more CO2 than trees. Although air pollution can be diminished by car pulling, planting more trees and reducing deforestation; using hemp to minimize air pollution can be very favorable. The convenience of the Hemp plant is; more rapid CO2 absorption, improved soil structure, and no other chemical inputs. Hemp can be grown in already existing agricultural land, it can be a part of a farm’s crop rotation, it can grow in a diversity of soil conditions and climates…

medical marijuana. Landon has acute lymphocytic leukemia, or ALL, a cancer affecting the blood and bone marrow. It's the most common cancer in children. Landon’s mother says, "I think that the chemo in combination with the cannabis did put him into remission and now the cannabis will keep him there” (Cable News Network, 2014). Landon shows us that medical marijuana should be legalized in all fifty states in the United States…

marijuana helps a lot better than some pharmaceuticals because it is natural. Some pharmaceutical drugs can cause serious addiction .“If medical marijuana were legalized, governments would be able to ensure that patients are receiving safe, high-quality cannabis and would not have to risk the potential dangers of finding it on the street”(Administor.1). If the government were to legalize it, it would be easy to control it, as in control how much they give out and be able the drug down. They…

Blunt Force Trauma: The Truth About Marijuana Cannabis, pot, hashish, hemp, sinsemilla, dope, grass, weed, Mary Jane, bud, hash, bhang, kef, ganja, locoweed, reefer, doob, spliff, toke, roach: these are all devilish synonyms of one drug. Marijuana. This drug has started to be legalized in many states. Many people are wondering if it will be legalized in their state. Yet should it be legalized? Marijuana should stay illegal because of it's increasing effects, the cost on ones life, and the…

recreational use of marijuana. There was a growing movement against intoxicating substances at this time according to Stephen Siff in “Legalization of Marijuana: A Brief History” “between 1914 and 1925, twenty-six states passed laws prohibiting the plant. The anti-marijuana laws were uncontroversial and passed, for the most part, with an absence of public outcry or even legislative debate.”(Siff) Part of the reason there no debate was because “The association of murder, torture, and mindless…