Search Essays

…). The British medical journal Lancet could not have said it better by saying, “When used in a social setting, it may produce infectious laughter and talkativeness” (qtd. in Lowry). The effects of marijuana do not affect anybody else except for the user…

…is a brief opening of the bronchial tubes. That is why marijuana has been tested for possible medical uses. (Wyander, Ernst) It was not approved because there is a rebound reaction, which closes up the user's airways. Marijuana also irritates lung tissue…

…by the National Academy of Sciences determined that, “marijuana’s active components are potentially effective in treating pain, nausea, the anorexia of AIDS wasting, and other symptoms.” As found on the CNN web site, “Weed Wars,” there are other medical benefits…

…a problem of public concern in the 1930s. Regulatory laws were passed in 1937, and criminal penalties were instituted for possession and sale of the drug. "Marijuana" refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the non…

…a problem of public concern in the 1930s. Regulatory laws were passed in 1937, and criminal penalties were instituted for possession and sale of the drug. "Marijuana" refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the non…

…during the 1930s. Laws were passed in 1937 instituting criminal penalties for possession and sale of the drug. The word marijuana refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the non-narcotic chemical delta-9…

…and have great difficulty in stopping its use. Many countries such as the United States, and Canada have laws that prohibit the distribution, possession, and even the use of marijuana. In Canada, marijuana use has been prohibited by state and local laws since…

…The Case for Not Medicalizing Heroin “The Case for Medicalizing Heroin” by Alan Dershowitz is an absurd idea for so many reasons that this reader is infuriated. Dershowitz believes that forced treatment to addicts may eliminate some of the problems…

…to the effects of smoking marijuana cigarettes. Indeed only one physician was called to testify at the 1937 Congressional hearings of the proposed federal anti-marijuana law, he was a member of the American Medical Association and he opposed the bill Brecher…

…Poll recently reported that seventy-three percent of Americans are in favor of removing the federal law against marijuana (Gallup Poll, 1996). Numerous studies show that marijuana has positive therapeutic uses for people suffering from AIDS, cancer…