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In the process of legalization of marijuana in Hawaii, I think that this process should not be approved for the benefits of our people. With more information on this claim, theres alot of pros and cons to this situation of legalizing marijuana in the state of hawaii. Therefore i strongly belive that this decision should still be upheld to having marijuna ilegal in hawaii because marijuna causes a huge amount of affects twards teenagers like emotional developements, academic retentions and social…

Most of us grew up hearing commercials stating, this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs. The commercial used an egg frying in a pan as the metaphor of drugs frying our brains. Does that hold true with marijuana? A great debate today is whether or not medical marijuana should be legalized. The controversy surrounding the legalization of marijuana debates the drug effectiveness vs. safety and regulation. My belief is that marijuana can have many positive effects on a disease process where…

Writings from ancient India confirm that its psychoactive properties were recognized, and doctors used it for a variety of illnesses and ailments.Marijuana can reduce the nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting from the condition itself and the medications as well.Marijuana relieves the internal eye pressure of glaucoma, with relieving the pain and slowing or even stopping the condition.Many side effects of the medication to stop cancer can be relieved with medical cannabis, some studies suggest that…

What is the Truth of Marijuana “There are a lot of unanswered questions about marijuana—questions about its effect on the brain, and on young people—and we think legislators would be wise to look at these questions as they consider the legalization of marijuana.” This was the answer from Chris Thorne, the vice president of communications, to the question of marijuana legalization. Colorado and Washington together decriminalized and legalized cannabis by popular vote in 2012. After that,…

In 2001 the reported number of marijuana offences in Canada was 71,600, out of this number seventy percent of the reported offences were people caught with possession of marijuana (UOttawa, n.d.).The uses of marijuana can be dated all the way back to the 2900 BC when the Chinese emperor Fu His had acknowledged marijuana to be a popular medicine with many healing properties. Historically, people have used marijuana to attain euphoria. Currently, around the globe marijuana is used for religious,…

On January 1, 2014, three dozen stores across Colorado opened their doors to the public. They were not selling food or hardware tools, but rather marijuana. As a result of a 2012 initiative passed by 55 percent of voting Coloradans, adults who are 21 or older with a valid Colorado ID could use marijuana recreationally. They could get the drug by buying up to an ounce of marijuana from a licensed dealer, owning up to six plants in a private locked space or being gifted up to one ounce from…

Introduction: The issue surrounding Medical Cannabis is a worldwide discussion where debates about the prohibition of cannabis have a long history . In order to form an opinion on the Medical Cannabis legalisation debate, research commenced to gain information about various aspects of the drug. The evidence collected form a variety of sources produced surprising results, which are as evidence while forming an opinion. History of Medical Cannabis: Marijuana or Cannabis is a plant that…

Humans have utilized cannabis since 2700 B.C. Over the last few decades, marijuana has been used for textiles, medicine, and recreational use. Society tends to correlate marijuana with lazy, unproductive, and food munching individuals suffering from a drug addiction, but the public opinion has changed in recent years. This shift in opinion is due to the fact that scientific research has disproven many of the myths created by reefer madness in the 1960s. The legal use of marijuana recreationally…

Title/Source/Evaluation: The article I chose for this assignment is New Regulations Don’t Clear All the Hurdles for Pot Dispensaries” (Dolan2015). This article was written by Maura Dolan and published in the Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Times has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes and has been in circulation for more than 100 years. The paper has been known to have a liberal slant, but that does not seem to be an issue in this story. Maura Dolan graduated from UC Berkley with degrees in…

Introduction The legalization, de-criminalization, and approval of marijuana is a highly debated topic in American legislature today. The approval of marijuana by legislature would be beneficial to many people directly and indirectly. Directly, people with medicinal needs, would benefit tremendously. Indirectly, if the government cut funding towards marijuana prohibition, and taxing the sale of it would make a large impact in the economy. The purpose of this letter is to explain why…