Legal and medical status of cannabis

Does Smoking Marijuana Enhance Athletic Performance? The thought of smoking marijuana and working out in the same scenario is very unlike and unheard of. Those that work out on daily bases focus their attention on either losing weight, increasing body mass, and eating healthy that the thought of marijuana is to the lease of their attention. Marijuana is categorized as a gateway drug, a substance that makes you lazy, uncoordinated, and increases appetite. So how can a substance that has the…

To learn how to mount a losing political campaign, look no further than Ohio’s Tuesday defeat of a ballot proposal that would have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana. The passed measure would have been historic in a number of ways. But the measure failed in large part due to how it was conceived. A consortium of wealthy Ohio investors crafted a plan whereby they each contributed money to the ResponsibleOhio plan for legalization. The top ten donors to ResponsibleOhio would then be…

The origin of the term 420 has long been misunderstood by the clouded memories of those who made it a phenomenon. Some insist it’s the number of active chemicals in marijuana, while others say its the numbers in Bob Dylan’s song “Rainy Day Woman no. 12 and no. 35” multiplied. Smokers also claim that 420 originated from the first recorded use of marijuana, and the rest of the stoner community vows it was a police code for marijuana violations. After dedicating a whole project to the history of…

the legalisation of cannabis so that cannabis would acquire legal status like tobacco and alcohol. The different point of view in favour of the legalisation of cannabis are as follows: (a) The struggles, expenses and imbalances of cannabis prohibition. (b) Hesitations in the data presented on the damages of cannabis. (c) The countless health threats of the legal drugs of alcohol and tobacco. It has been debated that based on the three factors, considering cannabis as a legal drug subject to…

1. H.R. 1013: Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol Act 2. The Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol Act is a bill that would change how marijuana would be viewed from a legal standpoint. The Attorney General would need to issue a final order that removes marijuana in any form from all schedules of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act. (opencongress.org) Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level, leaving it up to states to regulate it in a way that is similar to the…

marijuana, [is] estimated to be worth $30 billion or more in the U.S. This immense market is running completely untaxed” (3). If we legalized and taxed this drug, that would mean nearly 30 billion dollars into the pockets of the government. Making a drug legal just to tax it and profit from it is not a new concept for this country, and the taxation of it would not be a whole new system; it would be taxed just the same as other drugs already are. In the same article it states, “Revenue from…

of the state. To start things off, we’ll discuss a law that’s been involved with the teenage audience for a while now, legalization of marijuana. Many people believe that Marijuana is not a dangerous drug and can be used for medical purposes, hence the name Medical Marijuana. As of right now, very little states allow for the adult use of Marijuana. People believe that the states should have the power to use marijuana because of all the upsides it as. For example, legalizing it can create…

measures, and campaigns has carried along with it a cacophony of debates, arguments, and controversies. The legalization of marijuana from a medical standpoint is a brilliant idea, as it has many effects that can help save many lives. On a recreational standpoint, this substance can be useful only in moderation, but excessive use for something other than medical ailments is not recommended. In the end, marijuana is a useful medicine, but its recreational use makes most wary about its…

amount of people openly partaking of it. There have been several states that have decriminalized marijuana and by doing this; they have shown a decrease in social and financial cost related to marijuana usage. First, the if marijuana were to become legal, according to the research analyzed in one of the Journals of Public Health Policy, increases in usage…

is illegal, the government is losing out on taxes that could be collected on marijuana sales if it were legalized. Additionally, legalizing marijuana would economically benefit farmers. Also, as proven by scientific research there are beneficial medical uses for marijuana. Lastly, the government should not interfere with our free will by continuing to keep marijuana illegal in most states. In the 1920’s the government passed a prohibition law making it illegal to manufacture, sell and…