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University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. "Learn About Marijuana: Factsheets: What Is Cannabis?" Learn About Marijuana: Factsheets: What Is Cannabis? University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, June 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. The University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute’s Factsheet What is Cannabis? makes science-based information about the cannabis sativa plant available for the public. The Factsheet informs the reader about the composition of…

Cocaine is a strongly addictive stimulant drug, made from the leaves of the coca plant. It produces short-term excitement, energy, and talkativeness in addition to potentially risky physical effects, such as raising heart rate and blood pressure. Cocaine can be inhaled, smoked, and injected into bloodstream. When cocaine is inhaled its intensity and duration is slow it may take 15 to 30 minutes, however, when smoked or injected it is quicker and stronger and may last 5 to 10 minutes (National…

Marijuana everyday? Marijuana has been utilized for medical, noetic, spiritual reasons, and recreation for thousands of years. Marijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which contains the psychoactive chemical as well as other compounds. Marijuana is sometimes smoked in hand rolled cigarettes (joints) or in pipes or dihydrogen monoxide bongs. It is withal smoked in blunts- cigars that have been vacated of tobacco and refilled with an…

Elliot Arensdorf Ms. Hinkle Speech October 23, 2014 Marijuana You’re thinking about moving to Colorado with your family to live a lifestyle that includes local (herbal) refreshments. But as your thinking about it you start to consider the things that won’t be good for your family. Yes you want to smoke a little but you don’t want to become one of those low life burnouts that don’t have a clue on what they are doing with their life. Marijuana isn’t addictive in the same sense as heroin, from…

Proper research has actually found that they are other factors that influence the gateway aspect of marijuana. Factors such as family stability, social class, education quality, and ease of access are all stronger factors, which explain why marijuana users are more likely to use hard drugs. All of these casual theories, which actually don’t have concrete date to create a correlation, and the history of anti-marijuana policy in the United States, all contribute to the current policy today and…

Have you or any of you’re friends ever done or been exposed to cocaine? Let me tell you a few reasons as to why you shouldn't fall into peer pressure when it comes to drugs. Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug made from the leaves of a coca plant in South America. People can use cocaine by snorting the powder through the nose, or rub it into their gums. Other dissolve it into water and inject it into blood stream. You can also inject a combination of cocaine and heroin, into the bloodstream…

first smoked pot when I was 12 years old. My mother used marijuana, to relax and cope with the stresses of life. At first it was something to have fun and be social with my new peer group, but shortly into my freshman year it became a daily activity. It stole from my schooling and really crippled my education. Sadly this did not bother me. My marijuana use continued into my 20’s at a consumption rate of two to three grams daily with brief unwanted, periods of abstinence. Over the next few years…

Approximately one out of every five people in the workplace has used drugs in the past month (“Employment-Related Drug Testing”). Because of these numbers, it’s clear that drug testing should be made mandatory in schools, athletics, government-assistance programs, and every workplace. This paper will give its history and laws on drug testing, the problem, (including testing in different areas), opposing opinions about drug testing, and the solutions for the problem. Drug testing teens can…

Cannabis is the most universally used prohibited drug in Australia, its use, sale, and possession, use is illegal in some most states of Australia. The dictatorial model for remedial cannabis thereby needs to be developed with reflection of the international system of drug control and the international treaties of which Australia is a signatory. There are three treaties; 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and 1988 United Nations…

This is due to the elevated heart rate, pulse, and blood pressure of the user. These defects in the normality of the body give in return an increase in athletic performance, decrease in fatigue, and increased energy. As these are all beneficial to the user, the problem then remains in the physical and mental addiction of the drug. Higher doses that become soon sought after cause harmful results. Aggressive behavior begins to take place as the person suffers from paranoia, depression, and…