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    seventy years of propaganda and misinformation spread by private interests who needed cannabis illegal for their own personal gains. The recreational use of marijuana must be made legal throughout the United States, because of the numerous health benefits, the fact that crime rate would decrease astonishly, and it would same america millions.…

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    Should Marijuana be used for medical reasons only? Marijuana's medicinal uses can be traced back as early as 2737 B.C., when the emperor of China, Shen Neng, touted cannabis tea as a treatment for gout, rheumatism, malaria and even poor memory. Marijuana should be used for medical patients only. There are two reasons that the writer will be arguing about in my essay. The first reason would be pain relief and why it should be use for medical reasons only, then the second reason would be…

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    Audience Paragraph Thingy Since you introduced your topic about legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois, I believe most of your audience would be the citizens of Illinois. Some of your audiences are entailed with students, adults, and law enforcements. A quote that demonstrates this is “High school and college students will be pulled out of school and put in jail.” Alongside, you mentioned that prisons and jails would be overcrowded, which would make it bad for the state both…

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    good experience doing this research project about how recreational drugs affect america’s society. I had taken what I have learned from last semester’s mock research project and applied it to this one in order to create better papers and a good project overall. My approach to this process was much more effective this time. Also, the understanding of this topic did change and I now take a different stance in the recreational drugs controversy. The way I also worked with my group changed for the…

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    Anton Köllisch developed 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine as a by-product of research for a drug to combat abnormal bleeding. It was largely ignored for 70 years until it became popular in the dance clubs of the early 80s. It was only when the Rave culture of the late 80s adopted Ecstasy as its drug of choice that MDMA became one of the top four illegal drugs in use killing an estimated 50 people a year in the UK alone. Its inventor died in World War I. Medical reviews have noted that MDMA has…

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    Though it has been used for centuries, there have been no reported overdoses or deaths resulting from cannabis (Mathre, 2002). Comparatively, alcohol, street drugs, prescription drugs, and even OTC medications are the cause of multiple deaths each year in the United States (Mathre, 2002). While smoking cannabis has shown increases in lung disease, there are multiple forms of cannabis, including pills, oils, sprays, eye…

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    it can do for people. It does affect simple brain functions but people that see only the negatives about the plant, don’t see the positives about it. Thesis Statement Should marijuana be legalized nationwide for recreational use? People think that marijuana is a harmful “drug” when it is known as a plant that is dangerous to people’s lives. Based on its value and medical properties, It shows that it’s more helpful than harmful since there have been no reports on anyone overdosing; therefore,…

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    I believe that through limited legalizations of illegal drugs, medicinal marijuana can be used to its potential, money can be saved, and the crime rate will decrease. . These are just a few things that will happen if legalization occurs. The costs for research and setting up bills for legalization may be costly but the rewards would be great. The use of these now illegal drugs goes way back in history. Marijuana’s first recorded medical use was in 2737 B.C. by a Chinese emperor by the name of…

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    Marijuana was made illegal in 1937. It was made illegal for the purpose to put mexicans in jail because the mexicans were taking jobs and the economy’s money. In this reading you will learn the evils and the corruption our government have hidden away from us and the boost in the economy we will have if we legalize marijuana. Marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce mass incarceration, it goes against our first amendment, and boost tax money . Legalizing marijuana will be the next…

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    In a competitive society today, students on university campuses all around the United States are buying and selling prescription drugs such as Adderall for the purpose of cognitive enhancement. Using this drug to achieve a “high” is usually not the purpose, rather the motives for illicit use of Adderall were to help with concentration, memory heightening, help study, and increase mental alertness, with 90% of users doing it for this purpose (Greely, 2008). The amphetamine-dextroamphetamine in…

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