This change has shown us many different trends of drug use throughout the past few decades, from the fluctuating popularity of illegal marijuana use to the use of controlled substances like alcohol or tobacco. The population of drug users includes a wide variety of different peoples as well, one can see the use of drugs spans across a spectrum of people of various backgrounds. Other aspects relating to the frequency of drug use by individuals can also demonstrate how diverse the population of drug users is, as well as it brings up the issue of differentiating between using, abusing, and being ...

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While drugs such as penicillin and aspirin have few side effects and are very useful, there are other drugs like marijuana, which can destroy your mind and body. ... The federal law however remains unchanged stating that marijuana falls under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. ... In addition, since marijuana is a naturally occurring plant, purity and potency of the drug cannot be adequately controlled for medical use. How is marijuana safe to use when doctors cannot control its use for medicine? ... Abuse of marijuana may cause the use of other drugs because marijuana use is associated...

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Many have smoked marijuana to experience the drug's psychedelic effects, while others use the drug to treat various illnesses and pain. Within the past century, however, the drug's medicinal value has come under much scrutiny. ... The legalization of this drug for medical purposes can only lead to future drug addiction, negative side effects, and susceptibility to further damage through recreational use. ... With this in mind, it is far more conceivable to force treatment on drug abusers, rather than consenting to their demands by legalizing marijuana, or any other drug. ... Controll...

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Marijuana is a Harmful Drug Marijuana is an extremely harmful drug in which affects people's lives in drastic ways. The view on this drug is sometimes being perceived as positive, rather than negative. ... Short-term effects include altering and damaging brain cells controlling thinking, emotion, pleasure, coordination, mood and memory. ... Marijuana is also known to be a gateway drug. ... From marijuana, people lead themselves to other illicit drugs. ...

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The participants used in the experiment were 18 frequent marijuana users and 13 nonusers of the illegal drug. ... This showed that there was more blood flow in the area of the brain that controls short-term memory. ... Marijuana is a very popular drug these days, even though it still remains illegal. It is one of the most widespread used illegal drugs throughout the United States; two examples of other popular drugs are cocaine and heroin. ... I think that the marijuana would give most people a problem memorizing things when the drug is used often. ...

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Classified as a Schedule I drug, cannabis belongs to the most restrictive categories for psychoactive drugs in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) five categories. Drugs in this category meet three criteria: the drug has high potential for abuse; the drug has not therapeutic value; the drug is not safe for medicinal use. ... The quantities of the drug patients would be allowed to posses would be limited. ... Compared to other drugs, dependency on marijuana is rare. ... The Office of National Drug Control Policy said that efforts to "define marijuana as a "medicine" fail to address...

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Brown University is the opposite, alcohol is allowed on campus and these factors definitely have an impact on the drug use in these colleges. ... In Providence within a mile radius of Brown, there were many homeless people who were on more hardcore drugs such as crack, cocaine, and heroin. All of those are common around Brown University but most students do not get involved with hardcore drugs. ... Friends of mine who attend the school tend to go out more than others but learn how to control themselves and manage their social time with academics. ... Although they are in complete opposite ar...

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Through the legalization of marijuana, the Canadian society can benefit through positive effects, including; a control of the marijuana substance; a decrease of usage of both legal and illegal drugs; and an increase in tax revenues, along with a decrease in government spending on drug enforcement and crime. ... Although the control of marijuana may seem hard to regulate, many positive effects can be the result if achieving control. ... The control of marijuana is far from the only positive outcome. ... By allowing drug users a legal way of stimulating and achieving a similar high, many drug...

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Drug use is a major influential force in today's world. The problem is so out of hand that many options are being considered to control it or even solve it. ... If a drug dealer is caught another will show up somewhere else. ... The drug enforcement authorities might reduce their budget request or more likely focus more intensely on hard drugs & violent crimes. ... Legalizing marijuana is an option that should be considered to control or even solve this huge problem....

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Many benefits and detriments towards one's health can come from the use of this drug or the influence marijuana has on the use of other drugs. ... Also this way we could control the amount of the substance being given out and the amount people are using for their illness. ... Marijuana can also be controlled by the person using it. People can control themselves on this substance as opposed to people using substances like alcohol, painkillers, or especially schedule one drugs. ... People can tend to share drugs even if they are prescribed and that could lead to putting more of this drug o...

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I have chosen to write about a drug called marijuana and it's advantages and disadvantages. ... Many of those who believe illicit drugs are a major problem in America however are usually referring to hard drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. ... Unfortunately, the "efficacy" of marijuana is unclear because as an illicit drug studies to adequately test it have been thwarted by drug control agencies. ... Most drug-related crime is either when the person is on drugs or the entire crime is about drugs. ... I have also come to believe that more people have gotten addicted to other drugs m...

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Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana is the name for the drug that comes from the leaves and flowers of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. ... This drug is a mild hallucinogen, meaning that it distorts sensory perceptions. ... Its chemical structure is complex and unique, making it unlike that of any other psychoactive drug. ... For this reason, marijuana is, by far, the most frequently used illegal drug. ... Marijuana is known as a Schedule I drug which means it is one of the most tightly controlled drugs (McCormick 94). ...

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We know that it is plain nonsense to regard cannabis as a performance-enhancing drug, just as it is a myth to think the substance rots the brain or is a gateway drug. ... One major contributor to the spread of anti-legalization information is the Drug Enforcement Agency. ... The DEA is clearly opposed to the legalization of illicit drugs. ... They wish to change the classification of marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to a Schedule II. ... The pressure of unchanged legislation also comes from such reputable sources such as: The DEA, Office of National Drug Control Policy ...

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So, they stand against recreational drugs and harm caused by illegal drug trades to increase their reputation. ... This drug is the most frequently used prohibited drug in the United States. ... Drug dealers will sell marijuana to anyone, this includes minors. ... After drug kingpins are tried and jailed, neither the supply nor demand for drugs differs. ... Prohibitions has failed to control marijuana, the government has tried to penalize dealers for almost a century, and today over 25 million people are still using this drug yearly. ...

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Well on a dictionary outlook it means " A habit-forming substance whose use may lead to the abuse of drugs that are more addictive or more dangerous"; or more simply put a substance that opens the doors to more harmful drugs. ... Just because over the years it has become socially acceptable, there is no denying that alcohol is a drug and a drug that truly open the doors to a world of much more potent and dangerous self-indulgent drugs. ... It is a powerful drug with a variety of effects. ... On September 6, 1988, the Drug Enforcement Administration's Chief Administrative Law Judge, Fr...

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People consider marijuana to be a dangerous drug and are unaware of many medical uses. Because marijuana is stereotyped as a dangerous drug, a bad feeling about the drug is common. ... Simon is left with nausea and vomiting from the disease and the medicine that he was put on to control it. ... To deny a person going through that agony of the drug that will help to cure them is wrong. ... Would you ever turn to the use of an illegal drug to feel better? ...

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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. ... If a drug interferes with its production and causes too much to be produced the result is extremely pleasurable and can lead to severe abuse and addiction. It has recently been proven that marijuana is not a drug that affects the production of dopamine. ... The medulla controls many functions essential to life such as heart rate and digestion so the lack of receptors in this area has prevented any deadly overd...

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"Drugs are addictive. ... A drug user cannot make an informed and rational decision to continue using drugs because the use of the drug eliminates that user's ability to think logically. ... Legalizing drugs will send a message to children that drug use is acceptable. "Drug dealers will sell to anyone, including children. ... According to Former Deputy Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, "By characterizing the use of illegal drugs as quasi-legal, state-sanctioned, Saturday afternoon fun, legalizers destabilize the societal norm that drug use is dan...

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Marijuana is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. ... The main concern with this drug is that it has been proven to have a huge impact on medicine. ... It is important to understand the fact that most people do use this type of drug to cope with their disease, and buy it illegally that can furlong into drug problems. Since medicines are made with synthetics of this drug is not da...

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Drugs are a major influential force in countries all over the world today. ... Not only has the drug problem increased, but drug related problems are on the rise. Drug abuse is a killer worldwide. ... Hemp is classified as a controlled class C substance. ... That will lead to unnecessary drug use and abuse. ...

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Legalization of Marijuana for Medicinal Uses For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana listed as another medicinal drug. ... This caused certain states to change laws in order to allow marijuana to be used as a drug. ... Many drugs are available for the treatment of this and the majority of them have side effects, marijuana does not. ... "The prevailing argument against the legalizing of marijuana for medicinal purposes is that marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug by the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970...

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Judge Young also ruled that, " the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act permit and require the transfer of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II" ("Medical Marijuana Briefing-). ... Also, many organizations have formed to eliminate drug use across the country. ... They think that once cannabis is legal, everyone will get it for illegal reasons and misuse the drug. ... In some cases, marijuana has appeared to be better than the commercially available drugs it replaces. ... No legal drugs, including the synthetic "marijuana" pill Marinol, helped her situation. ...

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For example, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana-use can raise an individual's heart rate by 20 to 100 percent shortly after smoking. Additionally, the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) states how an individual's risk of having a heart attack increases by 4.8-fold after smoking marijuana and how marijuana-use can also affect heart rhythms, which can in turn cause palpitations or arrhythmias (Drug Facts Marijuana). ... However, advocates for the legalization of marijuana argue that if marijuana were to be legalized, people could reap the medical benefi...

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This continued through the Clinton administration with massive federal funding for the war on drugs. ... Billions of dollars are spent annually on prescription drugs used to lift our spirits or calm our nerves. ... This is directly related to what illegal drug sales precipitates. ... It also prevents introduction to a criminal element that could offer you harder drugs. By making it available only in controlled environments you are shielding people from potentially dangerous situations. ...

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Secondly, the War on Drugs is obviously not working and another solution needs to be found. I"m not supporting other drug use, but this so called "war" is ignorant and a waste of time. ... Marijuana should be regulated and controlled by the government. ... Society needs to open its eyes and see that the War on Drugs is not working, and the United States needs to get itself together and accept a new solution. ... It isn't a narcotic, and pot smokers are not drug addicts or drug abusers. ...

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