Recreational drug use

things that go along with taking in medical marijuana. In the article “The Truth About Medical Marijuana” by Carrie Shortsleeve, she leaves the readers questioning themselves about this highly liked drug. The people that would be interested in looking over this article would be those that take on the use of medical marijuana and those that could possibly benefit from it. In the past, medical marijuana was just a simple study, that was conducted in Mississippi. The lab was running smoothly until…

legalized for recreational use in the states of Colorado and Washington. Since the legalization of Marijuana in these states it has been a march to get the legalization for other states in the U.S.. Marijuana should not be legalized in any state because you don’t know who is using it and when it is being used. Marijuana is a gateway drug. Marijuana is harmful to the future of the ones using it and for those who are surrounded by users. It can be argued that it’s just for recreational use but by…

Legalize The controversy over whether marijuana should be legal or not has been a topic many Americans have very strong opinions on. The hemp plant has been used around the world from everything from medical uses to fabric and ethanol fuel. A misconception of marijuana is that it would worsen our country as a whole. The reality is that our economy would improve a substantial amount due to the legalization of marijuana. A mass amount of jobs would arise, and the taxation on marijuana would…

January, sellers begins selling Recreational marijuana. According to the university of Michigan’s monitoring the future study, they have mention that nearly 6% of college students take marijuana daily or nearly daily in 2014. They also have said that nearly 35% of all 19-22 year old high school graduates saw regular using marijuana. According to a nation survey on drug use and health, there were about 10-15% of high school students who are mainly dependent on drugs, marijuana. Therefore,…

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…

change its illegal status has been a hot political issue amongst law makers and the medical community alike in recent decades. Most countries including the US, have laws against the use, possession, sale, and cultivation of marijuana. Even so, marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the US (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2015, para 1). Under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA), the United States classifies marijuana as an illegal controlled substance (Gettman, 2001, p. 95-96).…

People should not legalize the use of medical marijuana because the public’s knowledge is not sufficient or safe enough to continue its usage, it affects peoples career status, as well as health and social issues. The term medical marijuana refers to treating a disease or symptom with the whole unprocessed marijuana plant or its basic extracts. For thousands of years’ humans have been using substances to alter their state of mind and one of the most commonly used drug in north America is…

The marijuana plant has been around since before 7000 B.C. for uses such as food, cloth, rope, and incense. Marijuana did not reach public awareness as a recreational drug until the early 1900’s and it’s only been illegal for 1% of its existence after the law was passed in 1937. Since then over 94 million people have admitted to smoking marijuana at least once. (Guither, 2015) The legalization of marijuana has been an ethical dilemma in our society ever since. Marijuana is considered a wrongful…

According to the Drug Policy website, the history behind the cause of the criminalization of marijuana in the United States is significantly more profound than most might think. It all started in the early 1900s following the Mexican Revolution, where there was an increase in immigrants coming from Mexico to bordering states such as Texas as well as Louisiana. For obvious reasons, these immigrants had brought with them part of their culture, which included using “cannabis as a medicine and…

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…