The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana Latrease Brown March 14‚ 2011 In society today‚ many people look for a feeling of freedom. Many people go on vacation and spend money. The most common gateway for people is drugs. Our American society is facing a tremendous drug problem. It has become a highly controversial issue whether drugs such as marijuana should be legalized or not. Some people advocate this issue and believe that legalization is the only solution left for the nation while others
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The Effects of Marijuana on the Brain Chapter Two was very interesting‚ learning the brain functions‚ managing thought and the memory process. These chapters made me think about the effects drugs would have on your brain‚ especially Marijuana. Marijuana has been illegal for years because of the thought that it was a drug similar to cocaine‚ or heroin. Drugs such as cocaine and heroin affect the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter associated with extremely pleasurable sensations
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“The Extent of Marijuana Users among Teenagers of Poblacion District III in LaPaz‚ Leyte” Background of the Study According to an article in the website of National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ “Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette (joint) or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts‚ which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with a mixture of marijuana and tobacco. This mode of delivery combines marijuana’s active ingredients with nicotine and other harmful chemicals
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Skull rings Over the past few years silver skull ring has engaged on its own tradition and iconic position. Skull imagery is the affection of representational meaning to the human skull. The most communal emblematic use of the skull is as a symbol of demise and mortality‚ but such an interpretation varies with moving social perspectives. The human brain has an unambiguous region for knowing façades; it cannot detach the spitting image of the human skull from the acquainted human face. As of this
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Brianne Westlake May 14‚ 2012 Effects of Marijuana on the Brain Outline I. Thesis – How does the usage of marijuana affect the brain and what causes the intoxication from the drug? What are the long-term and short-term effects from marijuana? II. Body A. Emotions a. Amygdala i. Anxiety and panic ii. Blocking of traumatic experiences iii. Reduces hostility b. Acute psychosis iv. Hallucinations v. Delusions vi
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Marijuana has been used medically and recreationally for a long time and trace back to as far as 2737 BCE in China‚ where it was used to treat many diseases such as rheumatism‚ malaria‚ absent-mindedness‚ etc. (Miller). It was introduced in America very early but was never very popular until the early 1900s. From 1914 to 1937‚ twenty-seven states passed anti-cannabis laws and the drug was looked down upon (Miller). It became popular among the jazz culture and was very mainly used for recreation and
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Stephen Tracey Professor Curran English 101 10 November 2011 Marijuana: Cause and Effect Today in America‚ millions of American citizens are both confused and outraged by the fact that there are still laws that are preventing people from using one of the most popular and controversial‚ illegal substances in the world: marijuana. According to recent polls‚ fifty percent of Americans want marijuana to be completely legal and decriminalized (Blodget)‚ and a whopping eighty percent of Americans
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The effects of smoking marijuana on the body and mind There are many reasons why some people start taking drugs. Many of these are social. But with the very first use‚ chemical changes occur in the brain that may lead to addiction. Drug addiction is a disease. And with every additional use‚ the user increases his or her chance of becoming addicted. Drugs are chemicals. They work in the brain by tapping into the brain’s communication system and interfering with the way nerve cells normally send
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Risks and Effects of Marijuana…. Do young people understand what the effects are of marijuana? Short-term Effects: Loss of coordination and distortions in the sense of time‚ vision and hearing‚ sleepiness‚ reddening of the eyes‚ increased appetite and relaxed muscles. Heart rate can speed up. In fact‚ in the first hour of smoking marijuana‚ a user’s risk of a heart attack could increase fivefold. School performance is reduced through impaired memory and lessened ability to solve problems. Long-term
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Marijuana is a variety of cannabis and it is mainly used for making medicines. Earlier‚ marijuana was used as an ingredient in anaesthesia because it is very useful as a stress and pain reliever. According to medical researchers‚ marijuana is very effective for preparing medicines and it can reduce pain. Along with that‚ it is also used for some special diseases like glaucoma‚ cancer‚ insomnia and arthritis. Marijuana helps to control blood pressure and it provides full relaxation of the nervous
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