...and an Ozone generator (neutralise the fragrance.) Air conditioner water (don't leak outside, the water contains cannabis fragrance.) Hot air into water then sink/toilet Pro-cannabis arguments DEA and FDA criticise the use of herbs as medicine, they say that plants contain a variable mix of compounds and cannot provide a precisely defined drug effect. According to the pharma industry, medicines are synthetic, single-ingredient “silver bullets” that focus upon solitary metabolic pathways in our physiological systems. Herbalists, however – applaud the poly-pharmacy of herbal remedies and claim two advantages over single-ingredient drugs: The multiple mechanisms may work to improve therapeutic activity in a cumulative or synergistic manner. Herbs may also contain compounds that mitigate the side effects of their predominant active ingredients. Thus, cannabis has been characterised as a “synergistic shotgun” in contrast with synthetic, single-ingredient “silver bullets.” The many ingredients modulate our health via several metabolic pathways, gently nudging our system towards homeostasis. This kind of “multitasking” makes cannabis impossible to evaluate, according to the pharma industry. But multitasking avoids the unbalanced distortion of solitary metabolic pathways as produced by synthetic, single-ingredient silver bullets such as Virox. Cannabis list of ingredients: THC – Tetrahydrocannabiol is a “new” molecule that evolved within the past 34 million years...
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...Economic Benefits of Cannabis Legalization * Excise Taxes $2.2 - $6.4 Billion * Sales Taxes $0.2 - $1.3 Billion * Enforcement Savings $6 - $9 Billion * Hemp Industry $6 - $10 Billion * Others: Spinoff industries, Reduced hard-drug and alcohol abuse untaxed free market In an untaxed free market, cannabis ought to be as cheap as other leaf crops. Bulk marijuana might reasonably retail at the price of other medicinal leaf herbs, around $.75 -$1.50 an ounce. Premium grades might be compared to fine teas, which range up to $2 per ounce, or to pipe tobacco, which retails for $1.25-$2.00. High grade domestic sinsemilla might however cost somewhat more, due to the relatively lower yield of cannabis compared to tea and tobacco, and the high level of U.S. labor costs. Cultivation expert Ed Rosenthal estimates that domestic labor costs could be as high as $5 per ounce. Advertisements from medical catalogs indicate that cannabis cost about $2.50-$5 per pound in 1929-30. [01] Adjusting for inflation, this works out to $1.20-$2.40 per ounce, a breathtaking 100- to 300-fold reduction from today's illicit prices, which range from $100- $200 per ounce for low-grade Mexican to $400- $600 per ounce for high-grade sinsemilla. Abstract: Marijuana legalization offers an important advantage over decriminalization in that it allows for legal distribution and taxation of cannabis. In the absence of taxation, the free market price of legal marijuana would be extremely low,...
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...Investigating the Incline of Marijuana Usage among Adolescents Dashaun Fails COMM/112 2/12/2013 Karen Hamilton Within the last several years there has been a slight increase of marijuana usage nationally amongst adolescents ranging from the ages of eleven to eighteen. Youth tend to be easily pressured or influenced into smoking marijuana by entertainment such as movies and music, as well as friends and family members that condone the habit. Since it is nearly impossible to overdose on marijuana alone, it is most favorable among adolescents because it does not pose an immediate threat to their immune system compared to other drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy. According to http://www.guide4living.com, marijuana has an active ingredient in it called Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, which causes many temporary side effects such as fatigue, distorted perceptions, rise in blood pressure, and hunger. Once the THC is inhaled it only takes a several seconds to travel to the user’s brain then it gradually flows throughout the remainder of their body. When adolescents frequently use marijuana it causes a significant decline in their cognitive skills, because their brains are still in a premature state and still has ample time to reach its optimal potential, when marijuana is continually smoked throughout the early adolescent stage until early adulthood, the chances of becoming addicted rises. Now that the some states has made it legal to use marijuana for medicinal purposes...
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...The use, sale and cultivation of cannabis/marijuana are prohibited in Australia and all other countries that have signed the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The prohibition of the drug is justified on the grounds that drug use presents a serious danger to health. Despite the prohibition of the drug, cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Australia. The question of whether it should remain illegal or become legalized remains open for discussion. Hence, this report explores the advantages and disadvantages of cannabis use throughout society, through the following messages; the alternative use for medicinal purposes, the negative affects the drug has on the individual, and their possible harm to community concluding with the...
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...Legalization of Cannabis Research Paper Cannabis has been around for thousands of years and served different cultures in various ways. Throughout the last decade Marijuana has been adapted to fit our lifestyles. Marijuana is now used for medicinal purposes and has the potential to be the plant that saves America. Unless the risks of marijuana overpower the many great benefits then we should not make a plant that comes from the earth illegal. Instead we should look at it from a logical point of view and use it to boost America out from the ditch it is in. Cannabis Sativa or Marijuana dates all the way back to 2900 BC. Emperor Fu His believed that marijuana was a popular medicine that contained both yin and yang. The Chinese used it to sooth the stressed people to make them peaceful. The Jamestown settlers brought cannabis to America in 1611. In the Jamestown civilization it was illegal to not grow a hemp plant because there was so many benefits it provided for the society. The Jamestown people created hemp fibers and they exported it to other civilizations, hemp was one of their biggest exports during the colonial period. Even our first president George Washington grew hemp for 30 years at his plantation in Mount Vernon. He records in his diary that he separated the male and female plants, and also produced a hemp plant with a high THC content (Procon.org). Recreational Marijuana use came into play back in the “olden” days when alcohol was scares. Marijuana is the most...
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...Summary In conclusion, when concerned with the topic of cannabis, one should not underestimate the issue as it affects so many Canadian, especially the youth. Substance abuse is the highest among users ages 18 to 29 years old at 40% of usage and considering the fact that 33% of Ontario undergrads used cannabis in the past year (CAMH) this interest group is of the uptmost importance. Cannabis use is not simply amongst a small group of people in Canada, as 45.3% of Canadian citizens used cannabis in their lifetime and although cannabis consumption has been somewhat stable since 2005, it has almost doubled between 1996 and 2015, with an increase rate jumping from 8.7% to 14.5 respectively. Also, adolescents who use cannabis are more likely to...
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...Over the last century, the use of cannabis for medical use has been a topic sparking immense controversy. Since 1996, twenty-nine states have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes and countless studies have been comprised proving of the effectiveness of cannabis and cannabis derived substances in treating otherwise untreated or difficult to treat illnesses. Many still protest such substances for medical use, though their reasoning is typically unfounded and based on morality. Medical professionals have found cannabis to be effective in treating medical cases ranging from sclerosis to even some cancers. Not only can medical marijuana be used for treat diseases, it can be used to treat mental illness as well. The use of cannabinoids...
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...Cannabis, is the world’s most famous illicit drug. Many of young adults today use cannabis for recreational purposes. Culturally, cannabis has influenced a majority of the youth to become a part of a taboo. Socially, cannabis has its impact; individuals suffer from peer pressure from their friends. The use of marijuana is less harmful than other, legal drugs, such as alcohol and tobacco. However, marijuana is the most widely used in the world; it remains illegal almost everywhere in the world. Since the past decade, there has been a large number of movements for the decriminalization, or the legalization of marijuana. Politicians, on the other hand, often refuse to take a stand on the issue. Also, in the rare instances when a politician does attempt to address the problems with prohibitionist attitudes towards marijuana, they face harsh opinion from their peers, which is a result of their fear of losing the support from their board. Cannabis is not just a drug cannabis also brings technological, health and economic benefits to the world. When people hear the word hemp or marijuana they believe in the medical aspects but it also has a vast amount of usefulness for example; hemp is able to produce plastic and medicine it is said that one acre of hemp is to produce more oxygen than twenty-five acres of forest. One important use of cannabis is the use as bio fuel with the plant’s ability to grow in infertile soils also reduces the need to grow it on primary croplands, which can then...
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...Zadler 12/27/16 Assignment 3 Word Count: 916 New Green to be Made Legalization of the recreational use of marijuana products is becoming an increasingly popular topic for debate. In November of this year, the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Initiative will be proposed for the California ballot. According to a poll conducted in June of 2015 from the Public Policy Institute of California, around 54% of California’s voter population in favor of legalization of marijuana, so theoretically it should pass. The complete legalization of a decriminalized industry is going to have a major impact on the state of California. Other states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use have vastly benefitted from this change economically as well as socially. The State of California, a progressive state comprised of a diverse population with an array political standpoints, should benefit from this change immensely. Colorado made a bold move to become the first jurisdiction to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In February of 2014, about a month after legal recreational sale commenced, the Colorado Legislative Council (CLC) projected that marijuana taxes would generate $55 million. At the end of the fiscal year which concluded in June, the actual figure was $66 million in tax revenue, which represented .3% of the state’s $23.1 billion budget. Revenue is only to grow with $75 million last fiscal year and almost $90 million in 2016-2017. These fairly...
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...Cannabis and Health Real Facts Executive summery Cannabis is a very prominent and controversial issue in society today. Although many slanderous claims have been made about cannabis in recent history, the truths are slowly starting to resurface. Unfortunately, these truths are under heavy criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as the typical “pot smoker.” People use cannabis for many different reasons. Using cannabis for medicinal purposes is not a recent discovery. Today, thousands of patients are able to use cannabis as an effective method of treatment for their ailments. Cannabis is also not as addictive as most media outlets would lead you to believe. The most addictive drug, even above heroin, is nicotine. After nicotine and heroine comes cocaine, and then alcohol. Below that is caffeine, and at the very bottom of the chart is cannabis. In this article we have mainly focused on the medical use of cannabis, its side effects and also a brief argument over its legalization and also some interesting facts about cannabis. Contents Introduction 5 What is Cannabis or Cannabis? 5 Medical Cannabis 6 Methods of consumption 6 The Positive Effects of Cannabis 6 Health Benefits Of Cannabis 7 Negative Effects of Cannabis 8 What are the effects of recreational Cannabis? 9 Some Interesting funny Facts About Cannabis 9 Should Cannabis be legalized? 10 Conclusion 11 Introduction Cannabis is a very controversial issue with a lot of information...
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...settlements, which was a first at that point in time. The Cannabis plant often came in contact with Neolithic bands, as it invaded the fertile clearings (such as campsites, road sides, fields or garbage heaps) that occurred...
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...Why to decriminalize cannabis? More and more people are using it, so there is no point to control something that is uncontrollable it is as dangerous and sometimes with even with less consequences then alcohol and tobacco it is better to give a person a ticket for possession rather then destroying their life by sending them to jail pure cannabis is not proven to be addictive or harmful to a person, they just have more tar then cigarettes. Why to have cannabis illegal? In 1999 29% of students form grades 7 to 13 in Ontario admitted smoking cannabis at some time in their lives, compared with 13% in 1993. We should try to make cannabis illegal so our kids would not get addictive experts report that marijuana is 50% more cancer causing then ordinary cigarettes. Why to have cannabis legal? The percentage of students using marijuana is the same percentage as students using cigarettes, about 20 percent, and alcohol is over 60 percent, why not then make alcohol and tobacco illegal to, because they are as dangerous an cannabis most of the people who use the narcotic use it to relieve stress, or just for fun, the popular stereotype is that people use it to fit in, but its actually not true in the Netherlands people can buy as much as 5 grams of marijuana in a coffee shop. The murder rate in the Netherlands is 1.81% per 100,000 people, 14% smaller than in the U.S, and it also has a smaller homicide rate than Canadian rate. All of these reasons show that marijuana will not increase the...
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...Legalization of Cannabis and Marijuana By: Angelita Balderas English 101 Mr. Chris Dietz 8 MAY 2016 There are many people who might disagree with legalization of marijuana, however as far as facts show, states that have legalized marijuana have significantly improved in multiple ways. There is an overflowing list of health issues that can be treated by consuming marijuana. The availability and distribution of hemp, and let’s not forget about the insane overflow of cash in tax revenue. This is not your average ‘dirty money’, this is supporting, providing, and bettering the lively hood for its resident’s type of money. It is time to throw away that stereotypical pot head image, and start understanding actuality. Let’s face it, when most people think about legalizing marijuana they probably are not thinking about how it can better their state. The profit that can be made is a major part of legalization that should not be ignored. Only 4 of states have legalized recreational marijuana and have taken advantage of all of the benefits, and then there are 24 states that are starting to get on board by having legalized marijuana medically. Take Colorado for example, one of the 4 states that has fully legalized recreational marijuana. When the state asked its people what they should do with all of the additional taxes gained from the sales of marijuana, they chose the less selfish road. The options they were given was to either return the $66 million of tax revenue back to...
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...Medicinal Cannabis….what’s all the hype? Medicinal Cannabis Jennifer L. Mello COM/156 Abstract I am writing this research paper not just to inform you, but to help educate you. There are many proven scientific trials and methods of medicinal cannabis. The research that I have found has truly enlightened my way of thinking. Segal, Ph.D. (2012), "The Jamestown settlers brought the marijuana plant, commonly known as hemp, to North America in 1611, and throughout the colonial period, hemp fiber was an important export. Indeed, in 1762, 'Virginia awarded bounties for hemp culture and manufacture, and imposed penalties on those who did not produce it.” (Jamestown Settlers Bring Marijuana to North America). Booth (2005). Medicinal Cannabis….what's all the hype? The therapeutic qualities are marvelous. Cannabinoids offer the following for patient’s antipastic, analgesic, antiemetic, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory actions. People who suffer from psychiatric diseases have found relief with their conditions ranging from depression, anxiety, bipolar, and similar mood disorders. The National Institute of Health, also known to many people as NIH. This organization states that medical marijuana helps a great deal with chemotherapy, and nausea. Letting the cancer patient consume food. They have also found that people who suffer from epileptic seizures that use medicinal cannabis helps to prevent them altogether. (Potter, 1998). Cancer patients who are going...
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...dispensaries are not allowed to conduct business within 100ft of any school, church or public parks. These rules are enforced in most states. The law is not a new one either; it had been implemented for bars and clubs for decades. Also the sale to pregnant women is thought to be un-ethical. Some may argue about the benefits for pregnancy but the reality is not such, yet. We have not been allowed to do the proper research on cannabis to know the exact effects on pregnancy. Therefore we have a moral obligation to learn all we can before we experiment. It will be explained in further detail on our legal issues section. We, as responsible adults have to ensure that legal cannabis becomes a choice and not an obligation or saturation. Just like humans choose to drink or not to drink. Would you pass a 40oz bottle of malt liquor to a child? Same goes for cannabis and cannabis by-products. Keep in mind; these issues are pertaining to recreational legalization. Some children can benefit from medical cannabis for example, metastasis cancer patients. Not smoking cannabis but consuming (edibles and balms). B. Legal Issues The beginning of the legalization of medical marijuana was a very rocky one. It was riddled with many unclear legal issues at a state and federal level. When you take an illegal substance and make it legal, supply and demand becomes a daunting task. Some of the dispensaries choose to collaborate with un-authorized growers and were indirectly funding criminal activity...
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