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Legalized: An Annotated Bibliography David C. Peters II. “Patients and Caregivers Report Using Medical Marijuana to Decrease Prescription Narcotics Use.” Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, vol. 35, 2013, pp. 24–40. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/humjsocrel.35.24. This article mainly focuses on the topic of marijuana vs opiates and if it decreases the use of opiates. Opiates are drugs that when taken, don’t help that much with some serious medical conditions, and they cause you too feel…

A further amazing witnessing, despite their daily compulsive use of certain substances, participants dismissed any conceptions of having a drug addiction. When asked to explain, I received similar responses, “I can stop whenever I want to” and “I can survive without drugs, thus I’m not addicted.” I further examined participants by adjuring them to reflect back on their lives since they began abusing drugs and specify any drastic alterations in their personality and overall behavior, and…

There are many health concerns related to drug use in college that can last years or even a lifetime. “Alcohol-related automobile accidents are the number one cause of death among people ages 15 through 24” (Hartwick College). Repeated use of drugs and alcohol in college can ultimately lead to physical and psychological dependence in the future. There have been many reports showing that marijuana use has affected the brain in a negative way in ways that it affects their memory, learning, and…

During an individual’s lifespan there will be many times that they undergo tough times and begin to feel distraught. Over the past couple of decades there has been an astronomical rise in the number of individuals that have succumb to drug use, while some individuals claiming that this is due to their social status and environments, while others argue that it’s because of their addictive personalities. Regardless of one’s point of view, it is very clear that drug usage in today’s society is…

make informed decisions. Sadly this has not been the case for recreational drugs. The laws currently in place restrict the use of recreational drugs. In this paper, there will be a discussion about what drug liberalization is, what liberalization would look like in Canada, the pros, and cons of this change, and what policies are currently in place that affects recreational drug use. For the sake of understanding,…

is legalized in 23 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws to legalize medical marijuana and four states for recreational use. Though marijuana, which is also called cannabis would boost the economy, it has also its negative effects to people, especially to those who treat it as a recreational use. Even though marijuana is legal as recreational use, the Federal Government still considers marijuana as the number one illegal drug. Marijuana should not be legalized for these reasons:…

reported that to decrease the burden and stress of academic life , they take those drugs. It was also conclude that womens take those prescribed drugs in greater quantity due to big influence of peer group pressure . It was also conclude that illegal use of stimulants was a mandatory issue. The adverse effects include cardiovascular manifestations for example myocardial infarction, arrhythmias and psychiatric conditions for example psychosis , paranoia and the last one are the neurologic…

How Prescription Drug Abuse Affects Teens In today’s society, many young teens recreationally use prescription drugs. According to the medical dictionary recreational drug use is a substance taken for nonmedical purposes (medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com). Prescription drugs are a controlled substance prescribed by doctors to their patients who are experiencing internal or external pain or have a medical condition that requires them to take the meds. Statistics show that prescription…

great change in the world. However, legalization of recreational marijuana will increase the use of it among young adults, impairing them from any kind of productive, functioning, something as small as writing a letter or as big as getting through school. It would reduce the ability of people of all age groups to interact with the modern world. Once legalized, there will be advertising campaigns for its use just as there are for cigarettes and alcohol, focusing on youth. A recent study noted…

The main reason people support the Crime-control model is because it supposed to lower that behavior that is why this whole war on drugs started to lower drug use. However, according to the documentary, The 1350 Project, after 40 years, spending $1.5 trillion dollars(Over $51,000,000,000 annually) on the war on drugs, and having millions incarcerated the drug addiction remains where it started at approximately…