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    Cannabis was also used in the West as hemp fibre, for industrial purposes, before it was used for medical use by W.B. O’Shaughnessy. Through this essay, I will be evaluating cannabis as a recreational drug, which has occurred since the 1840’s seen in hashish clubs and bars, and will be analysing the advantages and disadvantages of the legalisation and criminalisation of

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    The possession, use and consumption of marijuana is illegal in Florida period, in fact there are multiple penalties, fines and ultimately the worst, incarceration sentences up to 30 years. Over the years’ different states have made marijuana legal and in some cases only legal for medical circumstances but Florida is one state that remains to make marijuana legal even for medical use. Possessing under 20 grams of weed (the urban name for marijuana) if caught is a misdemeanor and can result in drug

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    The resin, that comes from Cannabis is called Hashish, and consists of mostly glandular trichomes collected from the same plant material. The main active chemical in Cannabis L. Satvia is a compound called △,9 ? tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-tetrehydrocannabinol) that is usually referred to as THC.

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    Support for legitimizing Marijuana is not new. In any case, demographic changes may support improving marijuana laws. With it’s across the board use among undergrads starting in the 1960's, cannabis is no more a medication connected with edges of society. Today, the National Association for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the most noticeable association campaigning for its authorization, asserts that about 100 million Americans have utilized marijuana. A World Health Organization study reports

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    Marijuana, Pot, Weed

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    “Marijuana”, “pot”, or “weed” are some of the distinguished nicknames used to reference the plant Cannabis in our society. Cannabis, as defined on Webster’s online dictionary, is a “drug (such as marijuana or hashish) that comes from the hemp plant and is smoked illegally”. However, up until 1996, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the use of medical marijuana has been legalized in 20 states and Washington D.C. Yet, under the Federal government, the legalization of medical

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    have plagued us for too long. People need to be informed on the good that marijuana can bring not just to this country, but to the whole world.      Marijuana (cannabis sativa) is often referred to as pot, tea, grass, weed, hashish, maryjane, ganja, skunk, and there are many, many more depending on how

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    Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes? Marijuana has been used extensively as a medical remedy for more than five thousand years. In the early 1900s, medical usage of marijuana began to decline with the advent of alternative drugs. Injectable opiates and synthetic drugs such as aspirin and barbiturates began to replace marijuana as the physician's drug of choice in the twentieth-century, as their results proved to be more consistent than the sometimes erratic effects of the

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    Controversy of Legalizing Marijuana America is the land of the free and the foundation of democracy. This countries foundation is based on the fact that an individual can enjoy freedom from oppression and the minority's opinions can be heard along with the majority's. Our government is designed to be fair and open minded, to be a servant to the people it governs. Unfortunately once an opinion is placed into the collective mind of society, it is a struggle to alter that opinion through argument

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    Ever since the recreational use of weed was legalized in the states of Colorado and Washington I’ve wondered how it might affect athletes and sports in those areas. Would athletes be able to smoke as much as they want whenever they cross the states borders? Imagine a United States where the use of marijuana is legal in all 50 states. Athletes whether in college or playing professionally get a ton of publicity for everything they do and are idols to youth across the world. They’re essentially trendsetters

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    Should Marijuana Be Legal?

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    (Drug Enforcement Agency). A drug 's scheduling under Federal law is determined “according to [its] effects, medical uses, and potential for abuse” (Claim V). In this classification system, marijuana is a Schedule I drug, grouped with heroin, LSD, hashish, methaqualone, and designer drugs. These are drugs having “unpredictable effects, and [causing] severe

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