Cannabis smoking

used freely and the most widely used. The drug is still used today by people viewing it as a harmless natural substance helping with many mental and health issues. From experience marijuana causes problems with thinking and concentration. And if smoking a batch lace with something it can cause hallucinations and impaired skills. People employ different stances on the legalization of the drug. Some feel the drug is safe and needed for medical and mental issues, and some feel it is dangerous and…

nothing. These dealers having little knowledge or potentially care for whom they are selling it to. These dealers are not handing out questionnaires and they may not even asking the customer what is wrong with them and if they have any history with smoking. The potency is not even taken into consideration all they care is about making the sell and not getting caught. The government is losing on much capitalism by not legalizing this product. As stated earlier Colorado noticed a dramatic drop in…

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…

Christopher Hettler Social Problems Sean MacKinnon Marijuana, or cannabis, is a schedule one drug and is an extremely debatable topic when considering making this substance legal. What many people don’t realize is how legal marijuana once was. In history, it was one of the largest agricultural crops in the world, including the United States. Cannabis can also be hemp which is the most robust, durable fiber on the planet. It had many uses, some being lighting oil, fabric and even…

Today, a frightening amount of Americans are using marijuana. According to The Journal of Family Practice, 49% of Americans use or have tried cannabis. By using any type of cannabis a person is essentially damaging his or her body and brain. The three main reasons why a person should not use marijuana are short term and long term effects, addiction, and the fetal harm during pregnancy. Marijuana is one of the most abused drugs in the world. As the National Institute on Drug Abuse says, it…

nicotine. According to the United States Center for Disease Control, “tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and chronic exposure to tobacco smoke is linked to increased incidences of cancer as well as vascular disease”. Nearly 80% of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking tobacco. Unlike tobacco, there has not been any report linked to lung cancer caused by marijuana. “While tobacco smoking is recognized as a major risk factor for the development of…

Marijuana otherwise known as mary jane or just weed, is a misunderstood drug that really it’s as bad as we’re taught to believe. Actually the drug does more good than bad, believe it or not. Marijuana was discovered somewhere around the 1900s. First, here’s the bad part. Millions of people use the drug, 6.1 million people per month.So if the boys upstairs decided to legalize marijuana, those 6.1 million people would have to pay taxes for using the drug. “The drug itself is not as intoxicating…

variety of other names. Even if you haven’t watched those kinds of shows, you are sure to have heard of it because it is a well-known drug that is recognized by many people. Marijuana is a plant, a greenish-gray mixture of a dried flower called Cannabis sativa. It is most commonly smoked as an illegal drug. In some places it is not illegal. It is sometimes prescribed for medical purposes. In that case it is mostly used in teas or mixed into food. There are many side effects of marijuana.…

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…

Cannabis Sativahas, also known as "marijuana," "weed," "reefer," or "Mary Jane" is the most used drug in US. The drug is so popular that 40% of Americans admit that they have tried it at least once. This is because of one of the 400 chemicals found in weed, which are also known as cannabinoids, called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol AKA THC. This chemical is responsible for the psychoactive effects it has the human mind. It accomplishes this by activating the cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. The…