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- 91: Legalization of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
- ... Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes In the late 1970’s, Susan Nelson watched her husband, Don, vomit constantly. Don was undergoing chemotherapy to treat his testicular cancer. The body rejects the drugs used in chemotherapy by means of vomiting. The constant vomiting caused Don further tissue damage than he already had. In 1989, Susan discovered she had lymphoma. Susan also went under ... and flowering top of this plant are usually dried and then smoked or eaten. It causes a state of relaxation and does not produce hyperactivity or impair vision like other drugs, such as, cocaine or methanfedamines. Marijuana as opposed to cocaine and methanfedamines is not addictive. Cocaine and methanfedamines are however legal for specific medical uses. When marijuana is mentioned in emergency room episodes, it is only in conjunction with other drugs. This is because marijuana can not induce overdoses like other, more harmful drugs. Harvard psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon describes several possible benefits of marijuana which include, easing nausea and vomiting ...
- 92: Drug Legalization
- ... cause of crime and social disruption. The drug problem has been so enormous that some in our society , misguided by frustration , are listening to the arguments to legalize or decriminalize drugs. The solution to the drug problem is not to repeal the drug laws. The solution requires commitment to a balanced effort on drug education , prevention , treatment, and law enforcement. Softening our drug laws would be a major mistake. Research and data clearly shows the problem is not drug prohibition , but drug use. When drugs are cheap and easily accessible , more people will use them. It is a frightening scenario that envisions more of our citizens, both juveniles and adults, using mind - altering substances that not only affect their own behavior and health, but also endanger innocent people. Experience has already shown a link between illegal drug use and crime; that even the so called " victimless " use of marijuana can cause a disproportionate amount of serious accidents; and other countries , such as South Korea and ...
- 93: Is Drug Testing the Answer?
- ... loved one, or even reading a good book. Conversely, coping can come in the form of substance abuse. Substance abuse can take humans to that alternate reality they seek. Different drugs have different effects on the mind and body. The reason for the effect is the same no matter what drug is used. This reason is to escape reality. Addiction follows this escape from reality. Once addiction comes into play, it is no longer a matter of escaping. People addicted to drugs, such as cocaine, need the drug in order to function. Without the drug they fiend for, basic human functions cannot even be performed. Imagine not even being able to get ... be tremendous. Those addicted to cocaine can have habits costing more than $3000 a week. Since not all cocaine addicts are wealthy, criminal activities are the source of this income. Drugs have taken over the streets of America. Billions of dollars are made each year on the manufacture and sale of drugs. Billions more are spent on trying to stop ...
- 94: American Drug Laws- Do They He
- ... use. It is a social problem, not a criminal one. As a largely victimless crime they should not have their civil rights taken away just because they like to take drugs which we have arbitrarily made illegal. Drugs are very expensive because they are illegal. Their procurement and use fuel crime and violence, which could be largely eliminated if organized crime did not have a monopoly and ...
- 95: Fighting For Our Love Ones
- ... love one? I know I would. There is a need for a change. "I often drove her to the hospital and witnessed the horrendous nausea she suffered after treatment. Prescription drugs were supposed to settle her stomach, but every day we stopped two or three times on the way home for her dry heaves to pass (2)." Richard would drive Dorothy ... diseases for which marijuana can be used for are depression, epilepsy, migraine headaches, asthma, pruritis, sclerdome, severe pain, and dysteria. Marijuana should be treated like morphine, steroids, and valium. An illegal drug can have a legitimate, legal use. There are laws against the abuse of morphine, steroids, and valium, but they are also properly prescribed by doctors everyday. Just as law recognizes that these drugs and many other controlled substances have a legitimate medical uses, it is time to recognize this for marijuana. "It’s absurd that medical decisions are being made by Politician," ...
- 96: Decriminalizing Prostitution And Legalizing Brothels In The United States
- ... and had a list of “regular customers”. The latest type of prostitution is ‘massage parlors.’ Most of prostitutes have pimps who exploit them (“Prostitution” 669). As you know, prostitution is illegal in most parts of America. Even though it has existed for a long time and will never disappear, not everyone agrees with decriminalized and legalized prostitution. In fact, Harry Goldstein ... magazine” (“Prostitution” 669). These so-called models have sex to earn money and even more they show it to many people. I wonder why these so-called models are not illegal although their jobs are similar to today’s prostitutes’. All prostitutes should be treated like professional sex consultants for all males who do not know how to treat their girlfriends ... of the prostitutes says in Lerner’s article, “It’s just plain safer here [the legal brothel].” Furthermore, the close relation between prostitutes and AIDS has something to do with drugs too. According to Academic American Encyclopedia, the main motivation to be a prostitute is financial. Most of (illegal) prostitutes do drugs and are addicted to it. The more drugs ...
- 97: Screening for Drugs By Employers
- Screening for Drugs By Employers Drug testing is the process of screening one's urine (urinalysis), hair, or other parts that would reveal the use of illegal substances. It is often used in corporations and jobs involving the use of machinery. For years now, people have been taking drug tests for the sake of keeping a job ... still arises today: are they really necessary? It is very difficult to determine whether drug tests add or detract from problems in society. In a case where a man uses illegal substance and proceeds to operate a six thousand pound crane, drug tests would be a very good method of preventing accidents from happening. However, some see it very unnecessary ...
- 98: Use of Marijuana As Medicine
- ... you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering, would you resort to the only treatment that allowed you to live normally even though it was illegal? Thousands 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 ... the lack of an effective substitute, marijuana should be reclassified as a Schedule II drug instead of a Schedule I drug, which would allow it for certain medical uses. Other illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin are classified as Schedule II, even though they are considered habit forming and dangerous, where marijuana, classified as a Schedule I, has never caused ...
- 99: Marijuana As A Medicine
- ... you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering, would you resort to the only treatment that allowed you to live normally even though it was illegal? Thousands 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 ... the lack of an effective substitute, marijuana should be reclassified as a Schedule II drug instead of a Schedule I drug, which would allow it for certain medical uses. Other illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin are classified as Schedule II, even though they are considered habit forming and dangerous, where marijuana, classified as a Schedule I, has never caused ...
- 100: Legalization of Drugs
- Legalization of Drugs It is clear that most of the serious problems the public associates with illegal drug use are, in reality, caused directly or indirectly by drug prohibition. Let's assume the war on drugs is given up as the misguided enterprise it is. What will happen? The day after legalization goes into effect, the streets of America will be safer. The American citizens ...
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