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Legalizing Marijuana Bill Hicks once said, “Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit…unnatural?”(Good-reads). So why is marijuana illegal if it is a crop that naturally grows on Earth? Although there is much skepticism about the legalization of marijuana, countries and states that have already legalized it are shutting down these concerns. Marijuana legalization is beneficial for economic growth because of personal, medicinal, and industrial use. Marijuana first spread…

Picture this, a woman mid 50’s, stage three terminal cancer. The doctors’ have concluded that the cancer is incurable. To make matters worse, she is going through common symptoms of the chemotherapy like pain, depression, nausea, and loss of appetite. It’s not enough that she is dying, but her final moments will be in extreme discomfort. Medical marijuana has been proven to succor these symptoms so the patients last moments in this world are pleasant. The plant, marijuana, is derived from the…

About a year ago, I was on the internet and found an interesting article that moved me. A little girl was suffering from chronic seizures and the prescribed medicine by many doctors was not helping her. The girls ' family decided to do their own research, they wanted to do anything to help her. They found that marijuana could be used to alleviate and prevent seizures. To their surprise the treatment worked, nearly freeing her from the seizures. This event still makes me wonder how many others…

The legalization of marijuana has been discussed repeatedly over and over for the past couple of years across the United States. What is known to be a harmless Hemp plant has consumed the lives of many with its high utilization of recreational smoking. Although some may be blinded by the clever grasp of THC, this drug can bring more harm than expected. The infamous “Pot” better known as Marijuana, should only be legalized in Texas for medical purposes and not permitted for recreational use.…

Why I am taking this class,my person definition and options on drugs with personal experiences attached with all biases pointed out to the best of my ability is my first journal entry. I needed this class for graduation reason, but I choose to take it because of personal experience with the topic and sub topics in other courses taken and from real world experiences. I had been exposed to some of the neural process which occurs with drug use; however, other CSU Stanislaus class were brief on the…

How to make Cannibutter "The tradition of consuming cannabis orally is an ancient, perhaps tens of thousands of years old, while cannabis smoking is much more recent. (Jardin, 2014) In order to consume your own edibles though you are going to have to produce your own Cannabutter. You will gather all the ingredients and utensils required to make your concoction. Then, you will grind the flowers and leaves of the female plants for easier cannabinoids, the compounds responsible for the “high”…

Antonella Portocarrero Professor Nora Kabaji English 100 Academic Essay 30 July 2017 Guiding The Inevitable For thousands of years, human beings used cannabis for its nutritional value in its seeds, ability to be converted into oil for cooking and its capability to be used for housing insulation. It was also customarily utilized as a means to remove toxins and contamination from soil and water. Although the cannabis plant, more commonly known as hemp or marijuana, can now be used as…

Perla Nunez Alvarez Advance Language Arts November 17, 2017 Tobacco Should be Illegal Tobacco is an agricultural plant that has been around for over thousands of years and is still widely used to this day. It is also classified as a stimulant drug that makes the central nervous system work faster than usual. In order to deny the spread of tobacco usage, scientists have been warning the public about the dangers of using the stimulant drug. The reason for them to do so is, because in The United…

Does marijuana work in the treatment of diseases? What are its adverse effects on human body systems? What does professional say about this and its legalization? These are the questions flashing to the mind when the word marijuana is perceived. The author of this essay is trying to answer these questions by analyzing three articles on the topic of cannabis. Medical marijuana is one of the most controversial topics in today’s political and medical world. Though marijuana is useful in the…

While medical use of marijuana is approved by over 23 states, there is just not enough research on its benefits. Karen Cicero, writer for Prevention says “Most of the research involves Marijuana or its individual psychoactive compounds administered in carefully measured doses.” Because so little research on Marijuana has been done “the FDA hasn’t removed it from its ‘schedule-one’ drug designation,” Cicero states, meaning that there is currently no medical use for it that is acceptable. NIDA…