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The Legalization Of Marijuana
Title: The Legalization Of Marijuana
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 4581 | Pages: 19.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Legalization Of Marijuana
Marijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having “a high potential for abuse” and “no currently accepted medical use.” Marijuana is therefore classified more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as …showed first 75 words of 4581 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 4581 total…NORML plotted. The article should be must reading for state legislature facing the issue of legalizing “medical marijuana.”
The views shared by many critics of marijuana is: Using marijuana for illness would be like prescribing moldy bread (containing penicillin) for phenomena or suggesting cigarette smoking for weight loss. Prescribing marijuana for any medical condition is totally irresponsible. Some doctors do and are either naïve about the damage marijuana causes or perhaps are users themselves.
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