Cannabis Sativa, alcohol, and tobacco all have been linked to: the term "gateway " drug, mind alterations leading to cognitive impairments, and health issues. ... It is a typical belief that smoking marijuana can lead to all the health issues including death that tobacco does. Therefore, a twenty year study conducted on the effects of marijuana use on the lungs was conducted, and it echoed the results done in smaller studies conducted by Dr. ... After all it has been proven that alcohol and tobacco both have far more dangerous health risk and side effects, than marijuana. ... According to a...

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Cannabis Sativa, alcohol, and tobacco all have been linked to: the term "gateway " drug, mind alterations leading to cognitive impairments, and health issues. ... It is a typical belief that smoking marijuana can lead to all the health issues including death that tobacco does. Therefore, a twenty year study conducted on the effects of marijuana use on the lungs was conducted, and it echoed the results done in smaller studies conducted by Dr. ... After all it has been proven that alcohol and tobacco both have far more dangerous health risk and side effects, than marijuana. ... According to a...

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This period of time, (1938) became known as "Reefer Madness", the name comes from the title of a movie produced by a public health group. ... Sadly, much of the health related data included in the propaganda is untrue, or overstated. ... A study attempted to show that marijuana smoking damaged brain structures in monkeys. ... Studies done afterwards failed to show any brain damage. ... There has yet to be a study that conclusively points to this. ...

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When also examining the medical affects of marijuana use, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded, "A careful search of the literature and testimony of the nation's health officials has not revealed a single human fatality in the United States proven to have resulted solely from ingestion of marihuana. ... The World Health Organization reached the same conclusion in 1995. The World Health Organization released a study in March 1998 stating: "there are good reasons for saying that [the risks from cannabis] would be unlikely to seriously [compare to] the public health ...

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When also examining the medical affects of marijuana use, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded, "A careful search of the literature and testimony of the nation's health officials has not revealed a single human fatality in the United States proven to have resulted solely from ingestion of marihuana. ... The World Health Organization reached the same conclusion in 1995. The World Health Organization released a study in March 1998 stating: "there are good reasons for saying that [the risks from cannabis] would be unlikely to seriously [compare to] the public hea...

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However, according to a November 2002, issue of Time, three recent studies have suggested that marijuana is addictive. Interestingly enough, the end results of three separate studies were as follows: only 9% of users develop dependence, compared to 75% of caffeine users developing dependence to caffeine, 15% of drinkers becoming dependent on alcohol, 23% of heroin users, and 1/3 of tobacco smokers becoming a slave to nicotine (Cloud 64). ... A recent study also showed that the increase in use of harder drugs after marijuana use is overstated for people born since the beginning of the 1...

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According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the National Institute of Health; marijuana undoubtedly controls nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients, some of whom are not helped by standard anti-emetics. ... A California study showed that smoking marijuana reduced the damaging pressure inside the eye caused by glaucoma. ... FDA, Denis Petro's 1981 study showed that oral THC reduced spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis. ... Although some people will say that using marijuana, even for medicinal purposes...

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Studies have found that the psychological dependency is less than sugar or chocolate, but is more habit forming than anchovies.13(Family Council on Drug Awareness) No studies have found conclusive evidence that marijuana causes any long-term physical or psychological harm. ... The health risk of smoking the marijuana can be eliminated by eating the plant, or can be reduced by smoking less of a more potent variety of marijuana. ... Marijuana does have its negative affects, but they are quite pale in comparison to the social and health problems caused by alcohol. ...

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INTRODUCTION Marijuana - often called pot, grass, reefer, weed, herb, mary jane, or mj - is the Nation's most commonly used illicit drug. More than 83 million Americans (37 percent) age 12 and older have tried marijuana at least once, according to the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse ...

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Marijuana, Users, & What You Lose The topic of marijuana use is very broad and has an intricate effect on society as a whole, however, for the purpose of this paper; the literature review is based on facts covering a brief overview of the existence, use, and effect of marijuana. The history...

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