In colonial America, Hemp, which is a type of marijuana, was raised by both Jefferson and Washington as a big cash crop. ... A study by the British Transport researchers says that "One glass of wine will impair your driving more than smoking a joint, And under certain test conditions, the complex way alcohol and cannabis combine to affect driving behavior suggests that someone who has taken both may drive less recklessly than a person who is simply drunk." ...

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Increasing public support and media attention is slowly forcing the legalization issue into the forefront of the American political arena. Should the American citizens be allowed to partake in the uses of drugs and, if so, which drugs should be federally mandated? ... Marijuana is a derivative from the top leaves and flowers of the female hemp plant, which can be readily grown on the fields across the nation and was heavily cultivated in the colonial period. ... In addition to the monetary gain, marijuana could help America's medical patients. ... He is believed to be the first human ...

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Knowledge, Your Anti Propaganda Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our country today. ... (Inciardi and McBride 260) Marijuana comes from the hemp plant, which can readily be grown on fields across the nation and was cultivated heavily in colonial period. ... In fact, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) conducted two studies in 1977 and they showed no evidence of brain damage in heavy users of marijuana (Hager 1). ... This war on drugs is wasting the money, as well as the lives of Ameri...

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