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    Marijuana is one of the most popular drugs in America, followed by alcohol and tobacco, and it has been popular since 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China and reached Europe in A.D. 500. (Guyette) At first, marijuana was used as an agent for achieving euphoria; the mystical Emperor Shen Neng of China was prescribing marijuana tea for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, malaria and poor memory. (Guyette) Ancient physicians prescribed marijuana for everything from pain relief to earache to…

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    because, it creates many social/public problems, the ingredients are toxic, and the risks are high. Many people are tormented by cancer caused by smoking like my grandpa. Most people regret smoking marijuana because of all the problems it causes. Marijuana makes getting cancer 200% more likely (Miranda Hitti). My grandfather died from cancer caused by smoking. I don’t want you to make the same mistake, so I will you reconsider my question. Legalizing marijuana is a bad idea because of…

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    8% for women annually from 1992 to 2010 (American Cancer Society). Still today, incidence rates are at their highest in other countries such as East Asia, East Europe and South America. There are many demographic and environmental factors such as smoking, H. Pylori infection, older age and family history which affect these growing rates. This paper will discuss how the rates of stomach cancer have changed over the past century and why specific countries are at high risk. The second most common…

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    Legalizing Marijuana Essay

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    experience the same level of high that they once did. They can achieve this by baking edibles or using propane-extracted concentrates known as, dabs. After users quick, the body will become preconditioned to raise heart rate due to the excessive smoking of marijuana in the past. The withdrawal symptoms are the opposite of how the drug made the user feel. If a user felt happy and euphoric during a session, irritability or depression could be possible withdrawal symptoms. People using marijuana…

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    Reflection About Drugs

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    differently. Some drugs were more acceptable to use than others. When I was a freshman in high school, afterschool I would see the seniors smoke their cigarettes while waiting for the bus to come. A large portion of the seniors seemed to be fans of tobacco and, of course, alcohol when I saw them at parties. Alcohol has always seemed to be a societal favorite out of all of the drugs, especially amongst high school students. But, when I was a senior only a handful of my graduating class smoked…

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    deaths. The legalization of marijuana would increase the amount of drug related accidents. A clinical chemistry research journal by Dr. Rebecca L. Hartman and Dr. Marilyn A. Heustis; Cannabis Effects on Driving Skill, found evidence that suggested smoking marijuana was associated with substantial driving impairment and that THC in the blood led to poor judgement, concentration and a worse reaction time when behind the…

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    risk is still there. Marijuana could potentially ruin your life and here’s why. Using marijuana whether you are smoking it, vaping it, or taking it as an edible has many physical and mental risks (some short term and some long term), can ruin your schooling, cause addiction, become a gateway…

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    other drug and tobacco related items, to stop this, institutions need to take action and control the censorship of the books. Censorship can help parents to not worry about their children to see which books they are reading, prevents certain…

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    diagnosed with a cancer, has a less likely chance of getting Parkinson’s disease because “tobacco smoking in some way exerts a protective effect against the development of Parkinson’s disease” (Moller, Mellemkjaer, McLaughlin, Olsen p.1500-1501). Just because some people are diagnosed with cancer from smoking, does not make them stop living their life, but it may make them a little more thankful for smoking so they have less of a chance to get Parkinson’s disease as well as…

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    When states legalized medical marijuana there has been troubles with people that are smoking marijuana. The Federal government should not legalize medical marijuana because of all the dangers that medical marijuana can cause. Medical marijuana has caused a lot of fatal car accidents (Radley Balk, 2014). Every car accident that has happened had marijuana in the states that people can get the drug. With people smoking medical marijuana can get people into harder drugs. When states legalized…

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