When someone uses drugs, he or she is generally looking for some kind of benefit, or “high”. This paper is about drug addiction and its possible causes. There are many likely causes that would allow for someone to become addicted to drugs. Even though there are many possible factors that lead to an individual becoming addicted , in the following text I will be focusing on the social cause of drug use and how they can cause drug use to become a learned and addictive behavior. Today’s society…
What is marijuana? “Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant intended for medical or recreational use.” Another names for marijuana are Boom, Bud, Chronic, Gangster, Ganja, Grass, Herb, Kif, Mary Jane, MJ, Pot, Reefer, Skunk, and Weed. Marijuana is one of the most dangerous drugs in the world and people smoke it because of their mental and physical effects. Gives you a feeling of "high" or "stoned", a general change in attitude, euphoria…
Should employers be able to fire employee for drug use on the job? Yes, I feel that employers should be allowed to fire employees who get caught dirty. Drug use is a choice. Using drug while at work affect your ability to perform the duties in which you were hired. If your contract says that their no drug allowed while at work you should respect the company policy. With this being said, there is a fair playing field if you were to get fired. Drug use at work never really leads to anything…
Amendment and the professionalism in the medical field (“Marijuana Policy” 1). Even though the legalization of marijuana will help raise taxes and have a better environment, we should not legalize it because the children's will have more opportunity to use the drugs, it will undermine the process of brain development, do not prepare our children with proper knowledge, and punish their future. Legalizing marijuana is worthy because it's will raise state taxes. Many states are try to make…
Studies confirm that people are genetically predisposed to substance use. After observing twins, researchers noticed, that their tendencies to acquire certain type of behavior, such as alcohol dependence and marijuana smoking, are similar. Some personal factors, which can be recognized in early childhood, such as impulsivity and instability attributes to a decision of substance use in adolescence. Gene’s studies of humans and animals also reveal tendency to alcohol abuse (Myers, 388). Even…
Degenhardt, Hall, & Lynskey, 2001). The rate of use will continue to increase with legalization across the country; with many using it for it its relief of pain caused by medical conditions, such as HIV (Bedi et al., 2010), and for its antidepressant and anxiolytic effects (Walsh et al., 2017). Nonetheless, there have been substantial research examining the association between marijuana use and mental health and cognition. Substance use, such as marijuana use is a serious health problem in the…
price and making it so most american families could use the internet, the Internet is what holds everything it 's a vast computer network. It can link smaller computer networks worldwide. The internet is separated into three main subjects which are commercial, educational, and governmental. Using the internet has brought us many ways of learning and sharing ideas. Websites such as Wikipedia and Reddit live off of people…
with the challenge of biased rules and regulations, the prohibition of marijuana is one of these laws. America is a modernized country with no need for excessive boundaries on drugs that can have a positive impact on some people’s lives. The medical use of marijuana in California, one of the United States most economically thriving states, has proven itself to be a benefit. In this modern era we live in the legalization of recreational marijuana in California will benefit the users, the economy,…
people would realize the benefits our country would greatly gain from the utilization of these gateways. They would legalize the use of marijuana/hemp/cannabis immediately for the sake of our country. Now let us scratch the surface of the potential of cannabis/hemp for textile usage to start, the use of the hemp plant and the benefits it would have on the paper industry. The use of hemp in papermaking has been going on for thousands of years. In fact 75-90% of paper made worldwide,…
Throughout the environment there are multiple resources and benefits of plant products. The use of plants has been around for thousands of years. Herbs and spices have been played a key role in the lives of humans. Although individuals are very familiar with the use of herbs and spices, specifically for cooking purposes, they also have a widespread use in the world of herbal medicine or cosmetics. People have suffered from numerous diseases and illnesses since the beginning of time. During the…