Recreational drug use

In discussions of drugs and alcohol, one controversial issue has been marijuana and whether it should be legal. On one hand, many Americans claim it is illegal for a reason. Others say that it is no different than alcohol. In my view, marijuana should be legal because it is not as bad as people believe it to be, it is like a form of alcohol, and so many people do it anyway. It is often said that marijuana is a “gateway” drug. Many Americans tend to believe that if you smoke marijuana then you…

Excessive Marijuana use may also cause physical and mental health issues. 3. Lastly, Marijuana is the most abused drug in the United States and around the world and is also a gateway drug to harder, more dangerous drugs. First of all, Marijuana should not be legalized as it will become more easily accessible to minors. Currently in today’s world, your average teen gets their Marijuana fix from a friend, a friend of a friend, or in worse cases, their own parents.…

It would be a great way to better our community with things such as new roads, schools, and law enforcement. In Colorado, it is suggested that it could raise 5-17 million dollars. That is a huge deal of money being made just by legalizing one drug. Marijuana would also take funds from law enforcements and allow them to focus on more important things. Taking the time to charge someone with marijuana is taking away the time you could charge someone with a more serious charge such as battery or…

Missouri’s governor eventually commuted Mizanskey’s life sentence . As the case illustrated, attitudes about marijuana have softened over the past two decades. Yet many drug laws continue to be unreasonable, and it’s time to stand up and change them. The prohibition of marijuana began in the early 1900s. Restrictions on selling and the drug began 1906 and outright prohibition began in the `20s. In the 1970s, marijuana was classified…

forms of consumption The medicinal drug can be consumed in several different ways. • Smoking: It is smoked from small pipes, hookahs, bongs, blunts wrapped in tobacco leaves, joins wrapped in handmade paper, and so on and so forth. • Cannabis tea: This is a special kind of tea or can say beverage that has CBD as one of its key ingredients. It is actually prepared by first adding some saturated fats to some hot water, and then adding a small quantity of the drug, or cannabis in it. • Foodstuff…

leave alone or to allow to do. During the 19th-century Americas attitude towards the use of drugs was described as laissez-faire. The word laissez-faire was used because, at the time, the regulations and control of drugs were minimal. Therefore, there was an unrestricted sale, distribution and promotion of narcotics in the U.S which led to the extensive and uncontrolled use of medicinal and recreational drugs during that century. The U.S became a ‘dope fiend’s paradise’ because a quarter of its…

the adverse effect on someone, hence the word depressant. It is being used to make someone happier when it unfortunately makes them even more depressed. Euphoric drugs improve the mood, but at the same time they change the brain’s chemical balance (“Dangers of Self Medication”). The chemical imbalance causes a person to looks to the drugs as their only source of happiness (“Dangers of Self-Medication”). With self-medication comes the risk of abuse and addiction (“The Dangers of…

Psychoactive drugs, substances that alter and affect brain processing, have many different impacts on psychological and physical behavior. Two different classes of psychoactive drugs, narcotics and stimulants, are commonly abused drugs. Narcotics and stimulants have different effects on the body; however, these effects can be beneficial or adverse depending on the rationale behind utilizing them. Narcotic drugs, such as morphine, are highly addictive. However, morphine is commonly used for…

Drug abuse is a very tragic problem that affects almost everyone in someway shape or form. There is a very thin line between recreational use of substances and substance abuse. Being under the influence may cause some to act irrational and dangerous. Company owners have often took onto drug testing to try and stop the problems of drug abuse in or around their workplace. The problem with this is some people do not want others to know what they do on their free time, and under the fourth…

The herb of relaxation and relief with the hyperbole effect of being uplifted to the clouds, allowing one to see the world through a new perspective. The topic of legalizing marijuana for recreational use has been a controversial subject for years with those who are pro-marijuana and those opposing the idea. This paper will present my side of which I agree on in a standard form argument, explain my thesis with credible information, and defend my topic against opposing arguments that the…