Everyday Use

I am a student at Sherwood Middle School. In Sherwood Oregon. Our class is debating on whether or not child soldiers should be given amnesty. Many child soldiers are drugged and forced into war. Kids who have been given amnesty have the chance to redeem themselves. Yes there are some child soldiers who have no remorse after war. But these kids should not be prosecuted. There are 300,000 child soldiers around the world. These kids should be reprieved. Many of these kids are forced into war.…

Live”, 1) 3. This shows that the commanders are purposely avoiding checks because the do not care and want the children in their army which again shows it is the commander's fault because they are purposely being irresponsible to get children in and use them, this just shows who really is responsible for the evil actions of the child…

this would be reduced if the United States banned the allowance of marijuana. Marijuana is said to be one of the least negative effecting drugs there are today, but in saying that the most commonly used illegal drug is the drug marijuana. Long- term use of marijuana has the same effects on the brain as a more dangerous drug such as cocaine and heroin. Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is the active ingredient in marijuana, and this ingredient is the reason people get high…

Medical Marijuana Use and Hiring/Retaining A problem facing businesses is the use of medical marijuana in conjunction with their hiring practices as well as retaining after someone begins to use medical marijuana. The two opposing solutions are that the employer shouldn’t be required to hire or retain someone that uses marijuana and that the employee should have a right to take the medication that manages the pain and that which is prescribed by their physician. Position For Medical…

expensive. This early form of MDMA was included in patents filed by Merck in 1912, however, no purpose or medical use was indicated and research was stopped for economic reasons in 1927 (Bernschneider-Reif et al., 2006). Other than brief mentions in the 1950s and early 1960s, the substance would not make a mainstream…

The Juvenile and Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Program was implemented in 2007, in Fulton County, Georgia. The program was geared toward promoting and developing healthy choices concerning drug and alcohol use in both juvenile and adolescent individuals. Participants were required to have parental permission and given a pre-test and post-test to establish their knowledge and personal outlook on substance abuse before and after the program. Participants were given age appropriate…

product, the government make sure it is purer and has better a label, which can considerably decrease the risk of involuntary overdose (Szasz, 323). It also decreases the risk of “receiving adulterated substances and passing on illnesses related to drug use” which is common since drug users are not necessarily taking all the precaution needed (Levinson). In addition, by giving the responsibility of the quality of the drug to the government (or a…

widely-used medical uses for this drug is to reduce the pain that patients experience from diseases that they have. Patients with neuropathic pain are the ones with the most decrease in pain when having had an intake of marijuana. Statistics state show a 34% reduction…

Marijuana legalization or “pot” has become a hot topic over the last century in the United States. With many states legalizing its use for medical healing properties but also for pure recreation. It has been considered by some to be the drug of century, providing benefits such as freezing cancer cells to slow the spreading process, easing major and minor pains of the body, helping those with glaucoma, and even reducing some patients with seizures to a stopping point. Not only is this drug…

throughout adolescence, including in areas that have substantial concentrations of the brain’s essential cannabinoid system. One of the questions under vigorous research today is whether the normal course of the brain development is altered by heavy use of marijuana during adolescence (Fernández-Ruiz, Berrendero, Hernandez, & Ramos, 2000) and whether smoking marijuana affects school performance (Best Drug Rehabilitation, 2013). One of the world’s…