8.RP.1.2

About Marijuana By: Alysa Danza Core 4 Marijuana is a very common drug that most people use for either medical reasons or for other reasons. Marijuana comes from a plant called Cannabis. Marijuana has very different names. Those would be Pot, May Jane, Weed, Green, Reefer and ect. Cannabis can be smoke, put into cakes and also been put into beverages. Marijuana is most likely to be smoked in a pipe or rolled into a cigarette. In The United States marijuana is illegal. Although people think it shouldn’t be and they are trying to legalize it. Cannabis is one of the oldest drugs. It was found in a Chinese manuscript as early as the 2700 B.C. During that time it has been used for only medical issues. The hulisination that marijuana gives you was not found until the mid-1960. The ingredient that gives marijuana that side affects is tetrahydrocannabinol also known as THC. A lot of the hallucination was found in all parts of the plant and both male and female. But the greatest concentration in the flower tops. Marijuana has effects on the cardiovascular and central nervous system. The lower the dose it will relax you and make you very sleepy. The higher the dose it gives you short term memory and balance. The physiological reactions to marijuana include and heart increase and dilation of blood vessels to the eye which causes red eyes. A lot of people have reported that you get the munchies. Marijuana is good for you but people take over the situation when they shouldn’t. I think that’s the reason why they don’t want to make it legal. They say that Marijuana is the most commonly used drug with young people. When people use marijuana people have a lot of difficulty concentration and they hallucinate. Marijuana changes your brain message that makes it harder to know what the person is doing around them. Canada became the first state to allow marijuana legal for only medical reasons. Marijuana has what is called stimulates and that means that it makes a person more talkative than usual. Some stimulates are found in caffeine that’s why when you drink caffeine you tend to be more hyper. People who are caught with the possession of marijuana or more than enough of marijuana and people that don’t use it for personal uses are unlikely to be prosecuted. In the Netherlands for many years marijuana was available for tourists in cafes. But yet in 2011 the Dutch government decided that they are going to start banning the tourists from buying marijuana Also in the United Kingdom a person caught with marijuana and it was only small amount that will most likely not get arrested. In 2011 fifteen states allowed to have marijuana for the medical reasons for pain relief, nausea and loss of appetite with people with AID’s. The federal government continues to allow any legalization of marijuana. The battle of marijuana has been in the court for many of years. The Department Of Veterans Affairs said that they will allow prescribing patients with marijuana if their state had it legal. President Barak Obama has suggested some leeway when it comes to medical reasons with marijuana. Most countries around the world with the use of marijuana are illegal. In 1996 the voters in California and Arizona approved to legalize marijuana. They had permit physicians to only prescribe it to vary ill patients who really need it. The same things happen with other states in the late-1990. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United States became a problem with public concern in 1930’s. The regular laws were passed in 1937 and the criminal penalties were instituted for the possessions and sale of marijuana. A survey in the first decade of the 21st century said that over 95 million of Americans have tried the drug. In my opinion I believe that it would be very beneficial for it to be legalized. And every state should have and impendent grower. This should be a nonprofit organization. Which grows and sells and all moneys except for what it takes to pay to run the business. All other money should go to the state for one reason and one reason only to pay for health care. Yes that’s right free health care for all. By doing this we would solve the problem and expense to have health care and I mean the best health care in the world. There would be no more killings over it and everyone would benefit from it. The laws for alcohol would be applied for driving ect. We can do this and it would work. Work Cited Gorodetzky, Charles W. "Marijuana." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Grolier Online, 2012. Web. 2 May. 2012. Gorodetzky, Charles W. "Marijuana." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Grolier Online http://gme.grolier.com/article?assetid=0185200-0 (accessed May 2, 2012). Gorodetzky, C. W. (2012). Marijuana. //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Retrieved May 2, 2012, from Grolier Online http://gme.grolier.com/article?assetid=0185200-0
 * MLA (Modern Language Association) style: **
 * Chicago Manual of Style: **
 * APA (American Psychological Association) style: **

MLA (Modern Language Association) style:
"Drug Abuse." //The New Book of Knowledge.// Grolier Online, 2012. Web. 2 May. 2012.

Chicago Manual of Style:
"Drug Abuse." //The New Book of Knowledge.// Grolier Online http://nbk.grolier.com/ncpage?tn=/encyc/article.html&id=a2008340-

h&type=0ta (accessed May 2, 2012).

APA (American Psychological Association) style:
Drug Abuse. (2012). //The New Book of Knowledge.// Retrieved May 2, 2012, from Grolier Online http://nbk.grolier.com/ncpage?tn=/encyc/article.html&id=a2008340-

h&type=0ta

MLA (Modern Language Association) style:
Gorodetzky, Charles W. "Marijuana." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Grolier Online, 2012. Web. 2 May. 2012.

Chicago Manual of Style:
Gorodetzky, Charles W. "Marijuana." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Grolier Online http://gme.grolier.com/article?assetid=0185200-0 (accessed May 2, 2012).

APA (American Psychological Association) style:
Gorodetzky, C. W. (2012). Marijuana. //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Retrieved May 2, 2012, from Grolier Online http://gme.grolier.com/article?assetid=0185200-0