Around town I am known as the "Weed Guy." Now I know what some might think, but I am not referring to that type of weed. My business venture involves the removal of unwanted plants that infiltrate gardens not high schools.…
Attack on Legal Marijuana Not Sobering One of the most debated topics of discussion in American media is the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. William J. Bennett and Robert A. White, a former director of the National Drug Control Policy and attorney, respectively, weighed in on the debate with their essay “Legal Pot Is a Public Menace.” They argue that legalizing pot will have adverse effects on America’s youth and the general population at large, and specifically users’ cognitive function and well-being. Although Bennett’s expert authority in this subject of interest gives the article credibility, his argument ultimately fails because of the logic used, much of which is founded on unrepresentative and insufficient samples throughout…
Hanna Tarbell Professor Branca Final Essay December 7, 2015 Weed Chronicles What comes to your mind when I say the words: marijuana, weed, bud? Do you think about the positives and how it helps people get through the day or do you just think about the “stoners” or the “abusers”? Way back in 1820’s marijuana had become mainstream in the medical world. A researcher found it cured headaches, and increased appetite, and helped some people to sleep. But nowadays it is close to becoming one of the go to medicines for the health world.…
The purpose of this article is to educate readers about the effects of chronically using cannabis. It explains that cannabis has been associated with errors in dysfunction in the human body. One type of error is hyperactivity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (DACC). Researchers conducted a study to see if chronic cannabis users would have poorer learning from errors. To test the hypotheses fifteen chronic cannabis users and fifteen control participants…
23 Apr. 2015. The University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute’s Factsheet What is Cannabis? makes science-based information about the cannabis sativa plant available for the public. The Factsheet informs the reader about the composition of cannabis and how it is produced into its three most common forms: marijuana, hashish and hash oil, as well as the drugs long term and short term effects. The Factsheet also uses information from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health giving the reader not only a good idea of how many people in the united states use a form of cannabis regularly, but also the average ages of when these people first started to use the drug. The factsheet also mentions concerns “...about the link between cannabis use and…
It was a Friday night here at Keene State College. My friends and I were staying in for the night to just watch movies, get high and munch out. I was getting all my stuff together to go for a drive with the girls to smoke a blunt like usual, until Taylor came into my room with a brownie, saying that she got one for me, and everyone else. “We're all gonna eat one of these tonight instead of smoking. They are cooked in cannabis oil and will make us feel great!”…
Taishi Painter Ms. Hallford CCSS, Period 3 20 October 2015 Annotated Bibliography Carroll, Aaron E. "How 'Medical' Is Marijuana. " The New York Times. The New York Times, 20 July 2015.…
This article mainly focuses on the topic of marijuana vs opiates and if it decreases the use of opiates. Opiates are drugs that when taken, don’t help that much with some serious medical conditions, and they cause you too feel very ill after usage. This article says that marijuana is an all-natural remedy that has a much more prominent and stronger effect on the users conditions, has no side effect, and no risk of overdose. Patients in the…
The Legalization of Marijuana Annotated Bibliography Terry, Lynne. " Cannabis Use Dulls the Brain, But are Effects Long-Term?. " Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) 03 Feb. 2016:…
Even though marijuana does not contain long-term effects with adults, it does however impact an adolescent's brain when used. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 44% of high school seniors have smoked pot at least once in their lifetime whereas 6% smoke on a daily basis. During the adolescent stage, or young adulthood, the brain is undergoing many important changes as it is maturing and transitioning from concrete to abstract thinking. The marijuana, when used by an adolescent, is interfering with the brain's growth, it is stopping the necessary changes for the person to transition from childhood to adulthood. Studies have shown that the interference can cause permanent issues with the child’s memory and ability to learn, and…
Many people do not really know what marijuana does to their body. "When marijuana users begin using as teenagers, the drug may reduce thinking, memory, and learning functions and affect how the brain builds connections between the areas necessary for these functions" ("Marijuana"). The above effects worsen over long periods of use. "A study of 129 college students found that, among those…
Legalize Pot In Canada: Change in Canadian society Legalization of marijuana may bring changes to Canadian society now the big question is whether it would be a positive step or not. By marijuana, I am referring to dried leaves and flowers from hemp, which is smoked as drugs. Spithoff , Emerson and Spithoff notes, “Cannabis policy will be a topic of debate in Canada in the lead-up to the federal election in October. The governing party favors the status quo, one of the competing political parties has promised decriminalization, and another party supports legalization” (1211).…
The control group was forty-eight, age and gender matched individuals who have used marijuana less than five times in their life and had not used it in the past ninety days. The participants were found by advertising and were part of a larger study. Members of the groups completed semi-structured interviews, self-report questionnaires, toxicology tests, and neurocognitive testing. Participants completed the California Verbal Learning Test, Second Edition (CVLT-II), five times over a ninety day period. The test consists of the presentation of a sixteen-word list with four non adjacent words from four different semantic categories.…
Marijuana Freedom The criminalizing of marijuana use in the United States affects all of us, whether we realize it or not. The casual users of marijuana are still being sentenced to prison, taking the cell of a violent criminal. For decades the United States has decided that marijuana is an evil drug that must be illegal to buy, sell, grow, or partake in. This plant has negative consequences for the people that like the way it makes them feel, or try to make a profit by supplying it to consumers.…
There are references towards marijuana all around us. Try re -watching Scooby Doo. Shaggy always had the munchies and even had a love interest named Mary Jane. I mean what do you think Shaggy and Scooby were always doing in the back of that van!…