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- 5231: Why I Think They Should Legalize Pot
- ... After all, it's not like it's cocaine or something, which should still be illegal. Second, marijuana is not even as bad as some of the stuff that's legal. You are more in control of your senses than when trashed, and not nearly as violent. Nobody has ever died directly from getting stoned. Smoking a joint is not as likely to cause cancer as a cigarette, and weed isn ...
- 5232: Weed
- ... useful to help people who cannot sleep. Another is taken from premature buds and is called cannabidiolic acid. It is a powerful disinfectant. Marijuana dissolved in rubbing alcohol helps people with the skin disease herpes control their sores, and a salve like this was one of the earliest medical uses for cannabis. The leaves were once used in bandages and a relaxing non-psychoactive herbal tea can be made from small ...
- 5233: Animal Farm: Political Satire
- ... make his actions appear legal, the law had to be interpreted differently, which Napoleon arranged. In defiance of the original laws, Napoleon befriends Mr. Pilkington, the human owner of a nearby farm. Napoleon had such control over the other animals that they accepted such a blatant disregard of their law about fraternizing with humans. The book ends with the pigs sitting at a table, eating with humans. Napoleon announces to those ...
- 5234: Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution
- ... in relationships with other people. He hated anyone who was not German or was classified in a lower social class than him. He could always take advantage of any situation and he used propaganda to control what many people thought. Hitler also believed that the greatest enemy of Nazism was Communism. There were rumors that Fredrick tortured his animals. During the 1930’s, there were rumors that Hitler was sending Jews ...
- 5235: Mary Jane: The Devil Weed
- ... of 1970 (O'Brien, Cohen, Evans, and Fine, 177). A Schedule 1 drug means there is no known medical use. Recently "a new drug application was approved for THC (Marinol) to be used therapeutically for control of nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy" (Jaffe, 663). This moved THC from Schedule 1 to 2 (medical use despite potential for abuse). How dangerous is marijuana? Jaffe notes that "any performance test shows ...
- 5236: Marijuana: A Horticultural Revolution, A Medical and Legal Battle
- ... if there are so many benefits, then why is marijuana not legal? Many states contend that the ban on medical marijuana is necessary to prevent drug abuse and the availability of illicit drugs and to control the purity of medicinal drug products. These states have no compelling interest in intervening to needlessly prolong terminal patients' suffering. States should allow the medical use of marijuana under strict regulations, rather than uphold an ...
- 5237: LSD
- ... the crystals until1943. (LSD can be absorbed through the skin.) Hoffman then sent LSD around the world to be tested and investigated to find medical uses. Lysergic acid deviates were found to relieve migraines and control postpartum hemorrhage because it causes veins to contract, but also caused gangrene of the limbs, and so further experimentation with the drug was abandoned. In the late 50's, however, LSD was used by the ...
- 5238: A Separate Peace: Truth, Lies, and Violence
- ... things in which no one ever thinks of. An example of this is when he comes up with "Blitz Ball". He made up the rules as he went along. He likes to be in complete control of everything. He acts before he thinks. An example of this would be when he gets a sudden urge to jump from a tree and so he does. He likes to be the best that ...
- 5239: Body Images In The Media
- ... made. Many methods of weight loss being used today are harmful to health. For the first time in history, the smoking rate of girls now surpasses that of boys, with the inviting motivation of weight control. This increased rate of female smokers will increase the number of women who die of a disease caused by smoking. Another common method to lose weight is to diet. This can lead to bulimia and ...
- 5240: Lord of the Flies: Opportunity
- ... of violence when disciplining the children. Therefore, the children when left without adult authority figures turn to others who can replace that adult authority figure. In this case, Jack has taken that role, and has control of the boys. In addition to seeking adult-like authority figures, children lose their purity of heart and stray towards savagery when not around adult influence. When the boys have been on the island for ...
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