Essays Tagged: "medicinal purposes"

Pass the Peace Pipe

new law, doctors can prescribe marijuana to those patients who can possibly benefit from the drug's medicinal purposes. Used for alleviating pain and suffering, the drug can provide needed relief for ... However, earlier and more primitive cultures were able to safely explore marijuana's usage for both medicinal and hallucinogenic properties. The usage of marijuana has existed for thousands of years i ...

(3 pages) 43 0 4.4 Jan/1997

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

Marijuana for medicinal purposes

Marijuana for Medicinal PurposesIn 1936 when Marijuana was made illegal it was considered a medicine in good stand ... r products. On November 5th, 1996 California and Arizona passed propositions allowing the return of medicinal Marijuana use.The campaign in 1936 to make Marijuana an illegal substance was championed b ... (CBD) and other phenolic substances would be useful not only as fiber producing plants but also for medicinal purposes in the treatment of certain inflammatory disorders. CBD was found to be more effe ...

(6 pages) 169 0 4.7 Jan/1997

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

Comedy: Friday

's use is once again becoming popular. Although it's not legal, many people use it socially and for medicinal purposes. The Hollywood elite smoke it. Musicians such as Dr. Dre and the Black Crows cele ...

(6 pages) 65 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Cocaine

y reserved for Inca royalty. The natives used coca for mystical, religious, social, nutritional and medicinal purposes. Coqueros exploited its stimulant properties to ward off fatigue and hunger, enha ...

(5 pages) 138 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Pro-legalization of Medical Marijuana.

ada for two years. In July 2001, the Canadian federal government legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Since that time, the debate over marijuana usage has escalated in the United Sta ... , drugs commonly abused, were placed in the less disreputable Schedule II, classified as drugs with medicinal value. There really is no feasible cause to categorize marijuana as a more harmful drug th ...

(3 pages) 101 1 4.6 Nov/2003

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

This is a research paper on the history of Marijuana.

elp with medical problems such as AIDS. So the question is whether or not to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. One should remember that if marijuana is legal in a State for medicinal purposes ...

(7 pages) 161 0 3.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Marijuana should be legal for medicinal purposes. It is about how marijuana should be legal for medicinal purposes

Marijuana should be Legal for Medicinal PurposesDid know that one in five people get cancer in their lifetime? Now imagine if you ... ke you feel better. There is but it is only legal in some countries. It is the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The marijuana would suppress the nausea and make you feel much better and make y ... r and make you eat. For that is one of several reasons why marijuana should be legal everywhere for medicinal purposes.First of all right now all across the world there is a huge AIDS epidemic going a ...

(3 pages) 93 1 4.1 Feb/2004

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

Health care using two basic models: Biosocial and biomedical. It uses marijuana as the main focus point in the discussion and has reference to some newspaper articles

al model help portray what society and the media feel about the legalization of marijuana (pot) for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is becoming more accepted by popular culture. Therefore, if its use ca ... , I hope that this study will also stimulate some better, more rational laws regarding cannabis for medicinal purposes" (Metz).When talking about health care, one model which is of great importance is ...

(7 pages) 114 1 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

United States Health Issues.

al model help portray what society and the media feel about the legalization of marijuana (pot) for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is becoming more accepted by popular culture. Therefore, if its use ca ... , I hope that this study will also stimulate some better, more rational laws regarding cannabis for medicinal purposes" (Metz).When talking about health care, one model which is of great importance is ...

(6 pages) 203 1 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Medical marijuana

The legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes has become an increasingly controversial topic, with many different issues on whi ... which people have many different opinions. There is opposition to the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes because it has the potential to be used incorrectly, however, it must also be con ... that marijuana can be a very effective pain and symptom reliever.The legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes is viewed by many as one of the worst things that we could do. There are many rea ...

(10 pages) 229 1 3.7 Mar/2004

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

This is an essay being "Against the Legalization of Drugs"

rejecting the substances. The one I will speak about in particular are drugs.Drugs can be used for medicinal purposes, but it also can be used for substance abuse. Drugs are best defined as "somethin ...

(5 pages) 114 1 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Legalization of marijuana; comparison to alcohol and cigarettes

ional use in the medical world. Eighty percent of Americans think marijuana should be legalized for medicinal purposes, and seventy-two percent feel that perpetrators should be fined, not jailed, for ... and make the lives of those suffering from disease slightly easier, yet marijuana is only legal for medicinal purposes in seven out of fifty states. People suffering from life-threatening diseases tod ...

(2 pages) 91 1 4.1 Apr/2004

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

Marijuana Legally Introduced To Society

sell or posess in the United States under federal law, but under state law, it is legal to use for medicinal purposes only. Doctors have proven that it does have medicinal qualitys. This is why state ... octors have proven that it does have medicinal qualitys. This is why states allow it to be used for medicinal use with a doctors conscent. Marijuana should be legal for medicinal purposes, industrial ...

(2 pages) 55 3 3.3 May/2004

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

Should Marijuana be legalized for Medicinal Purposes?

Should Marijuana be legalized for Medicinal Purposes?Legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes has been an extremely controversial t ... juana as treatment for many medical conditions. People who oppose the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes would claim that legalizing the drug would lead to abuse of the drug for recreati ... the information that has been gathered in regards to this topic, the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes would be more beneficial to the United States for many good reasons.The drug, fir ...

(4 pages) 128 2 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Medicinal Marijuana Helps

Medicinal Marijuana HelpsA majority of Americans have been exposed to or heard of marijuana. Marijua ... on if the party drug that is known to relax the body and mind should be legalized in the United for medicinal purposes. Marijuana helps cancer patients with pain during treatment, helps AIDS patients ...

(2 pages) 46 1 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Chooseing a plant that has had an important impact on people. Discuss how the plant has affected human culture.

from healing burns to treating diseases.One of the earliest documented examples of plants used for medicinal purposes is garlic (Allium sativum). This cure-all plant can be traced back to the ancient ...

(1 pages) 23 0 4.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Persuasive speach on why marijuana should be legalized

ke you feel better.There is, but it is only legal in some countries. It is the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. This "medicine" also known as pot, weed, bud, herb, ganja, hemp and grass, would ... the nausea and make you feel much better and make you eat. This is only one of the many reasons why medicinal marijuana should be legalized.First of all right now all across the world there is a huge ...

(4 pages) 71 1 4.8 Dec/2004

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

The Eradication of Marijuana

dely used is marijuana. Derived of the plant Cannabis sativa, the growing acceptance of marijuana's medicinal purposes as well as the continuing government campaign against drugs has created a renewed ...

(7 pages) 26 0 0.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Drug Abuse as a Social Problem: A Look at the Conflict and Functionalist Perspectives

erapeutic effect in the body (Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse 2000.)" Most drugs were first used for medicinal purposes, such as marijuana. Active substances were not extracted into drugs until the 19t ...

(10 pages) 390 5 4.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Marijuana Being legalized for Medicinal Purposes

Marijuana being legalized for medicinal purposes is a very controversial issue. The article Pot for Pain? What're you smoking? by ... les by Jennifer O'Brien show two strong arguments for and against the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Some people believe that marijuana should not be used for medicinal purposes, be ... erent world views both hold valid information showing the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes.The Expositor has written an article Law must allow medical marijuana, court rule ...

(5 pages) 114 2 5.0 Mar/2007

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