The illegal drug trade led to violence, a common theme seen throughout history. ... Drug trafficking usually occurs through state or foreign bribery as civilians living in extreme poverty are targeted in turn for an income. ...
Many times people will see marijuana as an addictive drug that causes people to commit crimes of violence as well as other legal offenses. But in 1938, the New York Academy of Medicine reported marijuana as a relatively harmless drug with no physically addicting effects and that it did not help in having any effect on the crimes of violence committed by people. ... For one thing "giving a pill to someone with extreme nausea is like giving a suppository to someone with diarrhea," says Lester Grinspoon, Harvard psychiatrist. ...
Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...
Imagine a drug that is less addictive than nicotine, safer to use than alcohol, and can even help in relieving the pain in cancer, glaucoma, and AIDS patients. Now, imagine that same drug being banned from the United States. Yes, this drug is marijuana, Mary Jane, reefer, pot, green, an...
