Additionally they claim marijuana’s addictive, interferes with fertility and impairs driving ability. Does alcohol not do the same thing? They go on to say that it also affects the immune system and the brain as well as that medical marijuana is a front for drug legalization and recreational use. Just as on September 4, 2007 Member of the US House of Representatives Mark Souder was quoted as saying “In April 2006, following my request the FDA release an inner agency advisory confirming the smoke marijuana is not medicine because it has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use of treatment in the United States and it has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical
Chronic pain 1. provides an analgesic quality IV. Medical marijuana is also harmful to our health as it is addictive A. Social problems B. Dependent to marijuana 1. individuals can't function without the drug 2. withdrawal V. Marijuana may fall in the wrong hands most likely to be the youth A. Abuse of marijuana as a medicinal treatment 1. youth abuse the use of marijuana 2. ignore the consequences B.
Some people are brought up in life to think that marijuana is morally wrong and this will be the belief they may have for the rest of their lives. Also, there will always be people in society that will not obey the laws put in place for the public safety. While legalizing marijuana could lower crime rates of theft; people could be driving under the influence of marijuana and endanger others on the road way. (Legalizing Marijuana. Ruschmann, Paul.
Kiara Jackson Carol Johnson ENGL 1101/20271 19 February 2013 Kiara Jackson (student) Will Marijuana ever be legalized? A Response to Gore Vidal In the article “Drugs: Case for Legalizing Marijuana” by Gore Vidal, he explains why keeping drugs illegal does not stop some of the root problems that drugs cause in society such as drug addiction and drug trafficking. Drugs are a big problem in society and there are many different ways to approach the problem. Some say that drug users and addicts should be punished; others say that drugs should have medical uses. Still others, such as Vidal, argue that drugs should be legalized and regulated, so that the people of the nation have the freedom to make their own choices.
Marinol being a synthetic form of THC is not in its natural state so is has side effects; some of these side effects being jumpiness, headaches and fatigue. Doctors also worry about the potential for abuse in patients. Marijuana and synthetic marijuana is the most abused drug in the United States. According to the University of Michigan in 2011, over 35% of high school seniors admitted to using marijuana as a recreational drug. The fact that marijuana is considered a Schedule One drug also has negative effects on the use of medical marijuana.
Mohamed Alamoudi Why We Should Legalize Marijuana Many people believe that legalizing marijuana is only an issue of importance to “stoners” and other stigmatized groups in society; they couldn’t be more wrong. Marijuana is much less unhealthy than prohibition propaganda would lead you to believe. Furthermore, the government wastes vast resources on prosecuting and incarcerating nonviolent marijuana users. For these reasons, the United States should legalize and tax marijuana. The examples of the Netherlands and Portugal show that decriminalizing marijuana does not lead to “pot epidemics”.
Usually within two to three hours the effects will die down and the user will feel sleepy. There are many ways that marijuana can harm the body, both short term and long term. The effect that marijuana can have on the brain and central nervous system are very serious. Marijuana can decrease the amount of blood pumped into the brain which causes short term memory loss. Smoking marijuana reduces the strength and speed of communications between the mind and body.
What is your definition of addiction? What is the difference between Alcohol, Nicotine and Marijuana addiction? Definition: when you will go to any means necessary to have something, and it has a negative impact on your life in any way, whether it is food or drugs. For substance abuse addiction you do not have to use everyday, its more about the way you use the drugs when you do them, if you are the type of person who smokes 1 joint a month, then I would doubt you are a substance abuser, but someone who swallows 30 vicodan every weekend is a substance abuser, as well as the person who goes all weekend snorting coke, they are just the same as the crack head who smokes crack on a daily basis, or the junkie who shoots up every 10 minutes.
Medical marijuana Ashley Doggett Kaplan College comp CM109-20 Benjamin Andrews August 8, 2010 Medical marijuana This paper will be on medical marijuana. There are studies that are either using or exploring the usage of medical marijuana. This paper will inform the reader of the states and studies that are using medical marijuana, the one state that is trying to make marijuana legal, what the FDA has to say about it, and how medical marijuana also has boosted the economy. Along with some of the side effects marijuana has on an individual person. Fifteen states have approved medical marijuana even though it is banded federally.
Clinical review. Medical marijuana and the developing role of the pharmacist. American Journal Of Health-System Pharmacy, 64(10), 1037-1044. Trossman, S. (2010). Exploring the science of medical marijuana.