Essays Tagged: "Marijuana"

Drug Abuse Among American Teens

rests, impaired school and job performance. These drugs that teenagers use range from Alcohol, LSD, Marijuana, and even Cigarettes. Most of the teenagers that are involved in drug abuse have either, b ...

(6 pages) 501 1 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Against the Illegalization of drugs

e a common element; that is drug abuse. The use of illegal drugs such as cocaine, crack, heroin and marijuana cause extensive harm to the body and brain. Yet, even after knowing this many people want ... ght under control with acceptable means.The use of illegal drugs such as cocaine, crack, heroin and marijuana have been proved to cause unbelievable damage and harm to the body and brain. As well as w ...

(7 pages) 499 6 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Marijuana

Marijuana is the name given to any drug made from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Different forms o ... me of these names are kif in Morocco, dagga in South Africa, and ganja in India. In the last decade marijuana has gotten many street names like grass, pot, tea, reefer, weed, and Mary Jane. Marijuana ... weed, and Mary Jane. Marijuana has been smoked, eaten in cakes, and drunk in beverages. Most often marijuana is made as a tobacco like mixture that is smoked in a pipe or rolled into a cigarette.Mari ...

(2 pages) 53 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Drug Testing in Schools

of great benefit.Drugs are responsible for many of the problems facing today's youth. Drugssuch as marijuana and cocaine can become addictive and worse of all fatal. famouspeople such as Marilyn Monr ...

(2 pages) 152 0 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Marajuana: effects and after affects

One of the most common illegal drug in the United States is marijuana. There are mixed views about this drug, some people want it legalized, other people don't. ... don't. In this essay, I hope to display the facts about this illegal narcotic, and explain many vieMarijuana has many different names such as 'kif' in Morocco, 'doggo' in South Africa and 'gangi' in ... broccoli,' 'ace'', 'joint,' 'Colombian'Tetrahydrocnnabinal(THC) was not found until the mid 1960's. Marijuana can be used medically or for an intoxicant. Doctors prescribe it to relieve pain for peopl ...

(2 pages) 88 1 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Marijuana

gton Post about a month ago. The article stated that '68% of high school seniors admitted to trying marijuana at least once during their high school career.' The article was about the resurfacing drug ... ommunity.The final question I felt was very important to ask was whether or not those surveyed used marijuana on a regular basis or if it was something they had tried once and let be. This is importan ...

(3 pages) 32 0 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Drug Use Among Teenagers

(I included them at the end of my essay). ~~~The three main drugs that are used among teenagers are Marijuana, LSD, and a variety of inhalants. The use of these drugs seem to be of an astronomical amo ... eem to be of an astronomical amount according to the survey conducted by the University of Michigan.Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried,shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant ...

(2 pages) 170 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

LSD

act it is extremely inexpensive, $2-4 a hit, the wrong belief by users that it is a safer drug than marijuana because it isn't physically addicting. However, LSD is a hallucinogenic drug that is very ...

(3 pages) 68 1 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Marajana

before and there is no decrease in the amount of drug users. One of the most commonly used drugs is marijuana. In todays world marijuana is growing and is looking to be legalized in California for med ... ed in California for medical uses only but that will lead to many other problems in the near future.Marijuana is the most used drug in the U.S. besides tobacco. Marijuana gives people the feeling they ...

(4 pages) 57 0 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The Threat of Nuclear Smuggling

s are also lessexperienced at stopping shipments of an item such asuranium than they are in seizing marijuana or hashish.These same analysts have also found that even a smallleakage rate of any type o ...

(2 pages) 131 2 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Pass the Peace Pipe

riotous roar. The problem is that the long-standing and unjust prohibition of the psychoactive drug marijuana has been lifted by voters in Arizona and California. Under the new law, doctors can prescr ... in other states. The debate over the legalization of Cannabis Sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, is currently one of the more heated controversies in the country today. The drug has been ...

(3 pages) 43 0 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Prohibition vs. legalization

end. They told me it was something special. I was still bewildered. They said 'It's pot, you know, marijuana?' Immediately I said no. I had seen several anti-dug commercials, all with the same motto, ... ent was wasting money on something without a cause, or hope. It wasn't long after that when I tried marijuana for the first time. I remember it well. I was with my sister, who was the only person that ...

(5 pages) 109 0 3.9 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

How Dangerous are Drugs and What can we do about the drug problem?

roblem? It is worse then mostpeople think, but what can we do about it? Can we do anything about it?Marijuana is the drug of choice among most addicts. It is provided cheapand is easily available. Ove ... or pipe. Another method is eating the leaves of the plant.They must be cooked in some sort of fat. Marijuana is fat soluble, and forthe reason, must be cooked in butter, lard, milk, or other substanc ...

(4 pages) 321 3 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Medicinal Marijuana

sands of people across the country are forced to break the law to ease their pain. They have chosen marijuana over anything legally available because it has various medicinal properties that cannot be ... s medicinal properties that cannot be found anywhere else. Due to these many unique medicinal uses, marijuana should be reclassified as a valid, legal form of treatment.Marijuana has many unique uses ...

(5 pages) 143 0 4.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Pot

MarijuanaIn this report I will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should belegal, for medical and ... will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should belegal, for medical and/or recreational purposes.Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot Mary Jane,Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name ... name a few.Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China playsan important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinesephysician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a pa ...

(7 pages) 54 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Hemp

Hemp : A Help or a Hindrance?Hemp, also known as Cannabis sativa, marijuana, grass, and by many other names, has not been a legal commercial crop in the United States ... environmentally sound renewable resource. People have become so wrapped up in the 'drug' aspect of marijuana that many are forgetting its uses as an industrial material.Hemp is an ancient drug, first ... d from California creeks in Levi's made from hemp. In 1937, the United States government passed the Marijuana Tax Act which prohibited the use of marijuana as an intoxicant and regulated its use as a ...

(9 pages) 91 0 4.3 May/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Inner-city substance abuse

are several different drugs that are gainingpopularity amongst inner-city youths 1. Juice, that is marijuana soaked inembalming fluid is starting to show up in more and more inner east coastcities 2. ... fing America's inner-cities since the early 80's 3.Heroin, is also making a comeback 4. Alcohol and marijuana are still verypopular in the lower and upper classes 5. There are some very distinctivedif ...

(19 pages) 195 2 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Ban Smoking

te hundreds of dollars eachyear on tobacco products. Other drugs that are harmful, such as crack or marijuana, areillegal in the United States. However, the use of cigarettes, which kills millionsworl ...

(3 pages) 207 0 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Smoking

ys,even middle high school students are already smoking, and willl even leadto using drugs such as: marijuana, cocaine, and heroin.Smoking causes all sorts of cancer. It affects your brain and itdo no ...

(1 pages) 69 0 3.8 Oct/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

As I lay dying. An essay on drugs

. Think of how many cops we would need if caffeine products were illegal.Why are drugs like cocaine,marijuana and heroin illegal? Cocaine, marijuana and heroin are illegal because most people think th ... day on our own home soil and the battle fields are our national parks and forests and the enemy is marijuana.marijuana is the most common used illegal drug in the U.S.* Over 65 million people have tr ...

(3 pages) 97 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol