Introduction: While most college students legitimately suffer when attempting to complete their studies, some students revert to misusing prescription drugs to help confront the overloaded assignment schedules. The misuse of prescription drugs, such as Adderall, has provided some college students the edge over others. Being a full-time college student and employee, I feel the full effect of an overloaded work schedule. I have often thought about ways to overcome heavy workloads and the misuse
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People against marijuana often use the point that marijuana is addictive. While this is not fully true, it is one of the main problems marijuana is not legal. Again, ignorance. No one has ever recorded that they had withdrawal symptoms after using cannabis, like people get from drugs
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harsh penalties for tobacco use and the Roman Catholic Church threatened excommunication to parishioners caught using it. Tobacco smoking became a fad among socialites and celebrities. Advertisements that glamorized smoking went up all over the country and smoking became a socially acceptable addiction. In more recent years stricter sanctions have been put in place, advertisements have been banned, and warning labels have been added to packaging to try and control tobacco use. Caffeine is not really
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cognizant of all of its effects on the human body. More research still needs to be done on the long term affects. This will become increasingly less difficult now that marijuana has been legalized in 23 states and the District of Columbia for medicinal use. It is also legal to purchase in four states and the District of Columbia as a recreational drug. We must keep in mind that even though the restrictions on marijuana have become less stringent, it can still be miss used which can lead to a slippery
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marijuana has never caused death by overdose like many legal drugs do year after year. I will also discuss how not only the marijuana plant can be used for medical, and recreational use, but the plant is also a relative of hemp which can be used to produce, rope, clothing, paper and many other resources . We can use nearly every part of the Cannabis Sativa, or marijuana plant. The plant grows rapidly and has been known to reach heights in excess of 20 feet. It is a plant that very few natural pests
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effects towards the human body. Depressants, and their true implications of abuse. Alcohol, Barbiturates, and opiates such as morphine and heroine all relax neural activity and slow body functions categorizing them into the depressants. People who use these drugs are likely to experience temporary pleasure along with anxiety relief, these short term fixes are what lead to addiction because of the need and craving for the drugs effect. Biological effects while using depressants consist of slow neural
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marijuana should be legalized to gain control over it. There are many ideas on how to control the use of marijuana, but one will never know the result of this until government makes it happen. First of all, marijuana has been used since ancient times when it was discovered by Chinese emperors around the fifth century B.C. These emperors discovered the narcotic benefits of the plant and allowed their subjects to use it as a painkiller. By the 1200s, Asians introduced marijuana to Europeans. During that time
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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
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Affordable Health Care Act and the attacks on the United States Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, public policy regarding legalization of recreational and medical marijuana has reached a boiling point in most state legislatures. However, possession and use of marijuana is still viewed by many as comparable to consuming an alcoholic beverage. Regardless, it (marijuana) is still classified as a Schedule I Controlled Substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Introduction After prohibition
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teenagers have probably explored with alcohol use in high school before college. The problem with underage drinking is a problem throughout all high school and colleges around the country. A lot of people don’t understand the consequences or the impact it can have on their lives, as they get older. Most of the time parents are unaware of the risks that their children face when they are involved in underage drinking. According to the National Survey on Drug Use, it is approximated that 24% of the population
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