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drug is highly additive, can lead to abusing other drugs, and is lacking safety both within the medical field and personal usage. Citizens Against Legalizing Marijuana (CALM), a Political Action Committee, does not support legalizing marijuana. A PAC uses donations and contributions to take action against a specific piece of legislation. CALM has a mission to maintain marijuana as an illegal drug, and will do this by utilizing their highly dedicated group of individuals, families, law…

Over the past years, there has been a great deal of discussion surrounding the topic of legalizing marijuana. Whether you approve of the idea or not, there is a new view of marijuana in prospect, and the liberals predict that around the time of July 1, 2018, legalization of marijuana will occur (Cochrane, 2017). Although it has been illegal since 1983, Goltz & Bogdanov (2015) say that around 43 percent of Canadians admit that they have used marijuana at some point in their lives, and 53 percent…

health education lessons and warnings teens continually receive, some students succumb to peer pressure and curiosity. In response to increased illegal drug use, a growing number of schools use student drug testing, especially random drug testing, as a prevention tactic. Drug testing is becoming a more widely known solution against drug use in schools across the nation. Student drug testing, commonly referred to as SDT, is the act of testing a student in a school for the presence of substances.…

Although Vermont is famously known as a beautiful, prospering, and safe state, there is a background of horrible drug abuse and severe addictions in areas of Vermont. This drug issue has contributed to poverty, addiction, and crime that has been rising and causing many problems throughout Vermont. Authorities and the state of Vermont have put whole hearted actions towards those dealing drugs and have tried lowering the rate of crime, but have not made much of a difference in the steady incline.…

would be more likely to use marijuana. Racist thought that immigrants black and hispanic people smoke more than white is wrong. Marijuana does not keep minorities out of jobs and success because in random sampling, Caucasians are leading in percentages of repeat marijuana users. Maybe this might be true marijuana stratifies the social build of an area. Marijuana use is, at least it seems, most rampantly used in the poorer areas where there is a lot of crime. People who use marijuana usually…

been highlighted in peer reviewed studies globally, and a push to 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…

“‘At our age, it’s more complicated for the rebels. So they use stronger stuff, like drugs or money, to bait us and to make us march…I remember the attack on Njola-Kombouya village, in the south of Sierra Leone. They made us wake up at 1 in the morning and we marched until 7. A doctor came. He had a small bowl of cold water, and, every two injections, he rinsed his needle in the water. It was always a small vial with red liquid. At first, I constantly felt weak and then after, I had a sense of…

explosively. We now have robots that manage hotels, work cash registers, cars that drive themselves, drones used to deliver packages. Drones have been on the uprise for a while now, with complications from here and there. The thing is, are they good to use for war? Seeing and hearing some of the things that drones have done has me kind of a far from saying that they should be used in warfare. One of the things that first comes to mind is all the unnecessary deaths. Drones may be claimed to…

This is a very controversial social issue because there is a heated debate about the positive effects, the negative effects, and the possibility of marijuana becoming addictive to everyday patients. Scientists are investigating all of the possible uses of marijuana…

problem associated with marijuana use is peer pressure. Marijuana use among adolescent (13-19) is big problem in the society. According to Duke (2012), “It is a gateway to crime” (p. 1). People with addiction often commit crimes like robbery and theft for drug money. There are people fighting for smaller punishment for marijuana users, because marijuana is usually a secondary factor, not the primary crime. By keeping marijuana illegal users will be discouraged. Use of marijuana can cause…