Illicit drug use in Australia

What is marijuana? “Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant intended for medical or recreational use.” Another names for marijuana are Boom, Bud, Chronic, Gangster, Ganja, Grass, Herb, Kif, Mary Jane, MJ, Pot, Reefer, Skunk, and Weed. Marijuana is one of the most dangerous drugs in the world and people smoke it because of their mental and physical effects. Gives you a feeling of "high" or "stoned", a general change in attitude, euphoria…

Attack on Legal Marijuana Not Sobering One of the most debated topics of discussion in American media is the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. William J. Bennett and Robert A. White, a former director of the National Drug Control Policy and attorney, respectively, weighed in on the debate with their essay “Legal Pot Is a Public Menace.” They argue that legalizing pot will have adverse effects on America’s youth and the general population at large, and specifically users’ cognitive…

Drugs are put on this earth as a test to the human mind to see how strong or vulnerable it is to the function of drugs not to abuse the function of drugs. Abusing drugs can alter the human brain causing defects and complications. Relying on drugs especially the drug Marijuana will cause you to demonstrate lazy type of behavior,paranoia, or hallucination. If not used in moderation this drug is known to destroy brain cells that can never be restored. Marijuana is a drug that is ,better known as…

cons for the usage of the illegal substance, cannabis. Cons I do not think that legalising cannabis would help anyone in particurlary. If the government would decide to legalise Cannabis, the people would more likely develop a habit for smoking this drug. According to recent studies, smoking cannabis can and will damage or even destory your nervsystem, if the user has been smoking the illegal substance for approixmatley between four and six years. The government cannot allow this to happen.…

Millions of people around the United States would desire for marijuana to be legalized, because they want to use it for recreational use, and in other cases doctors use it for medical purposes. Marijuana has been proven to prevent cancer, and other diseases like Alzheimer’s disease. The national cancer institute has announced that marijuana kills cancer cells, and reduces tumor growth. The United States should legalize marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. Marijuana has…

national polls, a majority of Americans support making marijuana legal for adults’ use.” (mpp.org) Nine states have fully legalized marijuana for individuals 21 and over, and the use of medical marijuana is legal in another 29 states. (mpp.org) B. However, many states still reject the idea of making marijuana legal for medical and recreational use. Idaho and Kansas are currently the last two states to not allow any use of medical marijuana. (mmp.org) Different organizations such…

consumers and bystanders who elect the lethal prescription to device the treasure of human progression and creation. Marijuana, alongside heroin and LSD was classified as a “Schedule l drug” by The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 due to partaking the relatively highest abuse potential deprived of any accepted medical use (Marijuana). The extensive dispute concerning marijuana and non-marijuana consumers has been clashed, and the brawl remains inconclusive. Marijuana stimulates destructive…

marijuana reduces their pain and makes them feel recovered, so it has to be legalized as a medicine similar to the other drugs in pharmacy stores. According to the NORML Working Marijuana laws states “Of all the negative consequences of marijuana prohibition, none is as tragic as the denial of medicinal cannabis to the tens of thousands of patients who could benefit from its therapeutic use. Modern research suggests that cannabis is a valuable aid in the treatment of a wide range of clinical…

Annotated Bibliography Carey, S. E., Nestor, L., Jones, J., Garavan, H., & Hester, R. (2015). Impaired learning from errors in cannabis users: Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and hippocampus hypoactivity. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 155, 175-182. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.671 The purpose of this article is to educate readers about the effects of chronically using cannabis. It explains that cannabis has been associated with errors in dysfunction in the human body. One type of error…

The controversial debate on whether illegal drugs should become legal has been going on for years now in America, and seems like more now than ever people are on the side that wants drugs to become legal. There are many positive outcomes that could occur from making drugs legal; legalizing drugs could bring in tax revenue, it could reduce government expenditures, medical benefits for cancer patients, people’s freedom to use when they want, and it would reduce the population inside of prisons.…