Recreational drug use

aspects than positives in my eyes. I can sum up those negatives aspects in these three things; the use of it, the side effects, and my own thoughts on it. There are a lot of uses for marijuana like for social anxiety. Sure, marijuana can help relieve stress in your daily life but there other ways of relieving stress like writing an angry letter, squeezing a stress ball and more, another use of marijuana is to feel good. This sensation in smoking marijuana is usually called “high” or…

to acknowledge it or not, but these kids are buying drugs of the streets. Many know that marijuana is considered the “gate way” drug; however, by legalizing marijuana we will lower the percentage of it being sold on the streets. This will better the chances of kids not finding marijuana on the streets; therefore, they won’t have the chance to get hooked on any harder drugs that who ever is dealing has. Kids go to the streets to find drugs like marijuana that aren’t harmful but then those…

marijuana, also known as, weed and a variety of other names. Even if you haven’t watched those kinds of shows, you are sure to have heard of it because it is a well-known drug that is recognized by many people. Marijuana is a plant, a greenish-gray mixture of a dried flower called Cannabis sativa. It is most commonly smoked as an illegal drug. In some places it is not illegal. It is sometimes prescribed for medical purposes. In that case it is mostly used in teas or mixed into food. There…

Consequently, secondhand smoke is just one of the many hazards of marijuana. Cannabis is a tall plant, which is usually dried up to produce a psychotropic drug. It is currently illegal. Marijuana should remain illegal as it can impact a person's cognitive function, and, furthermore, cause a person to become sick. Cognitive function is the use of mental activity to perform simple tasks such as learning, reasoning, understanding, remembering, paying attention,…

Nature vs. Synthetic “In 2016, there were more than 63,600 drug overdose deaths in the United States.” ("Annual Causes of Death in the United States") A marijuana user would have to consume an estimated 1,500 pounds of marijuana in 15 minutes to induce a lethal response (Smith 2017). Medical Marijuana is a better alternative than Prescription Opioids. Opioid Opioids are drugs naturally found in the opium poppy plant. Some prescription opioids are made from the plant directly and some are made…

a Schedule I drug per the Controlled Substance Act. Marijuana is considered by the CSA to have great potential for abuse, no established medical usage, and cannot be used in a safe manner (Belenko & Spohn, 2015, p. 20). The number of legal issues pertaining to rescheduling marijuana are countless. Since marijuana is a Schedule I drug, growing, selling, and possessing the drug is considered a Federal crime (Kamin, 2015, p. 427). However over twenty-three states currently all the use of marijuana…

they automatically think negatively about it, mostly because it is classified as an illegal drug. There has been a long history with marijuana and the “problems” that it has caused over the years. Starting out as an herb, marijuana slowly became classified, along with all the other more dangerous drugs, under the same category as them. But if people would take a step back and stop looking at cannabis as a drug, and look past it being illegal, would it make people think differently about it? I…

because of its health issues on the brain, lungs, and it could lead to the use stronger more dangerous drugs. Some people believe that the legalization of marijuana shouldn't be done. Marijuana leads to using stronger and more dangerous drugs. For example if someone smokes marijuana they would be curious about the effects of other drugs. Research shows that the vast majority of high school students who do use other drugs used marijuana first. Marijuana can cause a lot of damage to your brain.…

Recreational Legalization of Marijuana One of the most prominent drugs in the past couple decades is making its imprint in todays most talked about debates. Marijuana is steadily making its comeback and is on the rise among all ages across the United States. Recently states have chosen to take it upon their legislation to legalize medicinal and recreational marijuana. Although marijuana is currently considered a “Schedule 1” drug, many states has looked past that to see the many benefits from…

the prohibition on marijuana! It costs the U.S. government about 13.7 billion dollars to keep the prohibition on marijuana. Marijuana is classified as a hallucinogenic drug and is considered a schedule one drug; some of the most dangerous drugs such as heroin, molly, acid, and many more. This drug category suggests that these drugs have no medical purpose, even though marijuana is legal, medically or recreationally in 28 states, including D.C. Marijuana can help cure many physical and mental…