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- 331: Cocaine
- ... people have suffered from seizures, strokes, heart attacks, and death. If cocaine is taken through the veins, unsterile needles can cause infections and diseases. These diseases can include Hepatitis B, blood poisoning, and of course, AIDS. Cocaine use is extremely dangerous to a pregnant mothers because it causes miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight (2 lbs.), stroke/death, malformation, syphilis, and disturbed behavior. The penalty for cocaine use or possession is ...
- 332: How Decriminalisation Could Solve The Drugs Problem
- ... decriminalisation and a more relaxed attitude to drugs would not make them less of a danger to young lives. Actually, it would. If heroin could be administered to addicts under controlled conditions, the risks from AIDS, drug-related accidents, and unintentional overdoses would be virtually eliminated. The Swiss have already realised this, and are experimenting with a programme under which doctors can prescribe heroin freely to those addicts who physically need ...
- 333: Marijuana Should Be Legalized
- ... the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man." Cannabis and hemp are the same. Cannabis can be used as a medicine to treat nausea, pain and muscle spasms. It alleviates symptoms of Glaucoma, Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, Migraines, and other debilitating ailments. Thirty-six states have passed legislation permitting medical use of Marijuana, (welcome California!)· Legalize it * Marijuana is the name given to any drugs made from the hemp plant, Cannabis. Forms ...
- 334: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Grew It, Why Cant We?
- ... delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). Marijuana has higher levels of THC than the hemp crop plants do. There is a long list of ailments and diseases that hemp is used for such as multiple sclerosis, cancer treatment, AIDS, glaucoma, depression, epilepsy, migraine headaches, asthma, sclerdoma, severe pain, and systonia. This doesnt even consider the other medicines that could be made out of the 60 or more chemicals found in Marijuana. It is ...
- 335: Applied Litigation Research
- ... of sociological methodologies and critical perspectives in the field of law. Through an analysis of key patterns during multiple stages of data collection, sociologists can provide lawyers with an understanding of human behavior which then aids in the development of strategic themes for and during trial. Issues in Courtroom Observation Observational techniques used to support a plaintiff or defendant in a trial present a unique challenge to qualitative methodologies, both ethically ...
- 336: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... both immediate and long-term benefits. This change in the law would greatly improve the quality of life for many people in need of the herbs medicinal properties (Stempsey 14). Victims of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief, for example, would find quality marijuana readily available. Also, the cloud of suspicion over marijuana would disappear, and doctors could get ...
- 337: Marijuana: The Untold Story
- ... with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08g%. Lately an alternative to synthetic medicine has come forward. Medical Marijuana has suddenly flourished with helping to aid people with chemotherapy, cancer patients, people suffering from AIDS, glaucoma, arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, stress and many more aliments. Some states in the United States have legalized the use of medical marijuana, against federal laws. The Canadian government will be starting medical marijuana testing early ...
- 338: Marijuana
- ... a book called Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine (1993). In his book, Grinspoon provides evidence that smoking marijuana can relieve the nausea associated with chemotherapy, prevent blindness induced by glaucoma, serve as a appetite stimulant for AIDS patients, act as an anti-epileptic, ward off asthma attacks and migraine headaches, alleviate chronic pain, and reduce the muscle spasticity that accompanies multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and paraplegia. Thirty-six states allow the medicinal ...
- 339: Marijuana: The Drug That Could Help Stop the Pain
- ... medical use, and lack of safety) in the eyes of the government. In the eyes of the medical world it's a miracle drug. It can be used therapeutically help people with such ailments as AIDS, asthma, arthritis, cancer, chronic pain, depression, epilepsy, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, migraine headaches, insomnia and many others. The governments' lack of support for medical research of the drug is the major obstacle between the drug being ...
- 340: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
- ... very strong evidence that marijuana works as a medicine. Marijuana is often useful in the treatment of the following diseases: Cancer: Marijuana alleviates the nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by the chemotherapy treatment. AIDS: Marijuana alleviates the nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite caused by the disease itself. Glaucoma: Marijuana by reducing intraocular pressure alleviates the pain and slows the progress of the disease. This disease damages vision by ...
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