p.s. I Love Jeanelle!
The beginning of my term paper on The Leagalization of Marijuana
Marijuana has been used for many purposes throughout the past thousands of years. Its uses range from a variety of things such as; medical, religious, and recreational, as well as clothing, ropes, and war supplies. Marijuana is a leading source in the foundation of America and with a large number of benefits and small number of repercussions, should still be legal to this day.
Marijuana is classified, by the government, as a schedule 1 drug. In order to be a schedule 1 drug, the substance must fall under the following categories;
• The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
• The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
Although marijuana is rarely habit forming, it is still considered a schedule 1. There are many other drugs, such as alcohol and nicotine, which are far more habit forming than T.H.C. (TetraHydroCannabinol) and are not classified as a schedule 1. According to The Science of Marijuana a book by Leslie L. Iverson, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Cambridge in England, after reviewing both laboratory and survey research he found that between 10 and 30% of regular users will develop dependency for relaxation and social purposes. Only about 9% will have a serious addiction. When compared to other substances, marijuana is not very addicting. It is estimated that 32% of tobacco users will become addicted, 23% of heroin users, 17% of cocaine users, and 15% of alcohol users.
Marijuana also reaps many medical benefits. It has been known to help relieve depression, anxiety, insomnia, anorexia, stress and pains. Many aids and cancer patients use marijuana to help them in ways listed above. In 1974 researchers at the Medical College of Virginia, who had been funded by the National Institute of Health to find evidence that marijuana damages the immune system, found instead that THC slowed the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice — lung and breast cancer, and a virus-induced leukemia. The DEA quickly shut down all cannabis/tumor studies. It wasn’t until February 2000 that researchers in Madrid announced that they had destroyed incurable brain tumors by injecting them with THC.
Other than its medical uses the marijuana plant has many other benefits. Hemp (the stem of the marijuana plant) has many beneficial uses. Although the products that can be made from hemp number over 25,000, hemp is deemed illegal in the U.S. To name a very few uses of hemp would be sails, rope, paper, and art supplies. In fact most famous paintings are painted with hemp oil on hemp linen. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp and Ben Franklin owned a hemp mill that made hemp paper, which he later wrote The Declaration of Independence on. Hemp can produce 3-8 dry tons of fiber per acre. This is four times what a forest can produce. Hemp can displace wood fiber and save forests for watershed, wildlife habitat, recreation and oxygen production, carbon sequestration (reduces global warming), and other values. Because of its low lignin content, hemp can be pulped using less chemicals than with wood. Its natural brightness can obviate the need to use chlorine bleach, which means no extremely toxic dioxin being dumped into streams. A kinder and gentler chemistry using hydrogen peroxide rather than chlorine dioxide is possible with hemp fibers. It can also displace cotton which is usually grown with massive amounts of chemicals harmful to people and the environment. 50% of all the world’s pesticides are sprayed on cotton. Hemp grows well in a variety of climates and soil types. It is naturally resistant to most pests, precluding the need for pesticides. It grows tightly spaced, out-competing any weeds, so herbicides are not necessary. It also leaves a weed-free field for a following crop. Using hemp we can make bio degradable plastics and fuel and reap numerous other benefits, but until marijuana is made legal, hemp will remain illegal to.
so apparently I’m not as much of a light weight anymore haha I stopped drinking for like half a year and after that I was an extreme light weight but I just killed a 32 and I’m not even buzzed.. lol kinda sucks but whatevs.
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