Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase amount of use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on law enforcement and will also be useful in treating certain medical conditions. ... Researchers have noted that the effects of smoking marijuana are usually lighter than those of many other recreational psychoactive substances. Many of the positive effects of marijuana include relaxation, creative, philosophical, or deep thinking, increased appreciation of music, increased awareness of senses, pain relief, and reduced nausea. ...

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Many patients also report that marijuana is useful for treating arthritis, migraine, menstrual cramps, alcohol and opiate addiction, and depression and other debilitating mood disorders. ... Great Britain lifted their ban on Hemp in 1993, from this animal bedding, textiles and paper have been developed. 4,000 acres were grown in 1994. ... The fact that we could save trees, so that our air may be more fit to breath in 50 years, is but one positive effect from hemp fiber production. ... Among the recreational drugs that people do, partaking in a little marijuana usage actually may have more pos...

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Marijuana has been illegal in the U.S.. ever since the Great Depression. ... Marijuana has no side effects, whereas drugs like Demerol and morphine have both short-term and long-term effects on the patient. The short-term effects are dizziness, sedation, itching and rash, respiratory depression, delirium, decreased heartbeat, vomiting, disorientation, hallucinations, decreased cough reflex, and problems with urination. The long-term effects can actually be more serious than some of the illnesses, one example is liver damage. Marijuana, however, has no side affects, except sometimes...

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What many people do not realize are the many positive aspects of marijuana legalization, including new medical cures, cleaner and more efficient industry, and reduced marijuana usage. ... Even before the Great Depression, when millions of jobs disappeared overnight, Chinese workers were preferred and white Americans began to resent this. ...

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More than half of moderate caffeine users who stop using caffeine suffer from moderate to severe headaches, irritability, depression, and insomnia (Goldberg 210). ... Alcohol can have an array of effects on the person using the drug. ... The negative and positive health effects of smoking marijuana are shown in the 2002, issue of Time magazine. ... Heart rate and blood pressure also raise as high as those who are under a great deal of stress. ... However, for every negative there is a positive. ...

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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 (NHSDA).2 The major active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which causes the mind-altering effects of marijuana intoxication. The amount of THC (which is also the psychoactive ingredient in hashish) determines the potency and, therefore, the effects of marijuana.1 In 2000, state and local law enforcement arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations. ... The fact is Blacks and Hispanics who make up only...

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" Legalizing marijuana would also place a dual burden on the government of regulating a new legal market, while continuing to pay for the negative side effects associated with an underground market, whose providers have little economic incentive to disappear.... * However, during the same period in Colorado, traffic deaths increased 114% involving drivers testing positive for marijuana... * In 2006, drivers testing positive for marijuana were involved in 28% of fatalities; by 2011, that figure doubled to 56%. ...

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