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…and is influenced by his best friend to smoke marijuana. The movie also shows the relationships of his family and other members of his neighborhood. With a zany cast of characters and a hilarious script, this movie touches on everything from gang violence…

…and sometimes, if enough alcohol is consumed over a long enough period of time, or if mixed with other drugs, death. (West, 192) Marijuana is a popular, and illegal, drug. Its largest consumers are young adults. Thirty-seven percent of people between ages 12-17 have…

…and is influenced by his best friend to smoke marijuana. The movie also shows the relationships of his family and other members of his neighborhood. With a zany cast of characters and a hilarious script, this movie touches on everything from gang violence…

…that drugs bring. George Jung, the main character, gets busted for the first time with over 600 pounds of marijuana. He spends some time in jail where he meets a man affiliated with Pablo Escobar. Once out of jail, George begins his cocaine empire. He marries…

…chemist working for Sandoz Pharmaceutical, a chemical company. In 1938 he was working in his lab trying to find new medications to relieve headache pain. Dr. Hofmann was working with the ergot fungus and he made a new chemical which he called LSD. While he…

…. Hallucinogens—psychedelic drugs such as LSD , mescaline, and PCP thus far have little medical use. They are taken illegally to alter perception and thinking patterns. Marijuana is a weak hallucinogen that may be medically useful in suppressing the nausea caused…

…illegally to alter perception and thinking patterns. Marijuana is a weak hallucinogen that may be medically useful in suppressing the nausea caused by cancer treatments and possibly in reducing eye pressure in certain severe glaucomas. Psychotropic drugs have…

…(or expensive) for kids to get beer, they will get marijuana instead.” Substance abuse is harmful. Yet it is inevitable because we live in the short run, particularly when it comes to what are deemed as guilty pleasures. Laws against substance abuse…

…are HIV-positive or at risk for becoming HIV-positive. The major factors used to determine the dependent measure of adolescent marijuana use include certain drug abusing father attributes (i.e., illegal drug use, HIV status, and methods of coping…

…the purse a pack of cigarettes was found and under it was a pack of rolling papers. In Mr. Choplick’s experience rolling papers are a prerequisite of marijuana use. Upon further inspection he found a pipe, plastic bags commonly referred to as “dime bags…