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I support the Legalization of Marijuana
  • By Becky Beauchamp
  • Section 621

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Introduction
  • I support the legalization of Marijuana. I
    believe that it is not as harmful as other legal
    mind altering agents such as alcohol, and that it
    should also be legal for medicinal purposes.
  • "Prohibition...goes beyond the bounds of reason
    in that it attempts to control a man's appetite
    by legislation and makes a crime out of things
    that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a
    blow at the very principles upon which our
    government was founded" -- Abraham Lincoln
    December, 1840 (Paranoia 1).

3
What is Marijuana?
  • Also called cannabis sativa or cannabis indica
  • Contains a psychoactive chemical called
    tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in its leaves, buds,
    and flowers

4
Similar PlantsTHC Amounts
  • Marijuana 2-5
  • Hemp (aka cannabis sativa L) 1
  • Hashish 8-14

5
Good uses of Marijuana
  • Medicinal purposes for such diseases as
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Epileptic Seizures
  • Cancer
  • Crohns Disease
  • Alcoholism!
  • 92 Northern Californian patients who used
    cannabis to treat their booze addiction reported
    very effective or effective results (Damuzi
    44).

6
States Supportive of Medicinal Marijuana
  • Alaska
  • Montana
  • Oregon
  • California
  • Missouri
  • Michigan
  • These states are trying to get marijuana made
    legal to have for adults 21 and over, medicinal
    marijuana made legal, or possession punishments
    lowered in their states.

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Myths About Marijuana
Its More Harmful than Alcohol
  • Not a depressant
  • A non-violent reaction ( test patients actually
    became non-violent and pacifistic)
  • Impossible to over-dose
  • User isnt a danger to others simply by doing the
    drug

8
Myths About Marijuana
Its Worse than Cigarettes
  • Marijuana and tobacco smoke are nearly
    identical (Exposing_04).
  • Most cigarette smokers consume 10-40 cigarettes a
    day, marijuana smokers smoke 3-5 or less, so the
    lung damage is less.
  • Marijuana users smoke less at a time, so theyre
    smoking less.
  • You could eat it, and avoid this health risk
    altogether.

9
Myths About Marijuana
Its Addicting
  • In 1993, 34 of Americans 12 and over had used
    marijuana sometime in their life, only 9 the
    past year, 4.3 the past month, and 2.8 the past
    week.
  • For a drug to be addicting, many users have to
    continuously fail in their attempts to quit
    this doesnt happen.
  • Marijuana is less habit forming than either
    sugar or chocolate (Paranoia 1).

10
Myths About Marijuana
It Can Kill You
  • No one has ever died from marijuana, ever.
  • THC is one of the few chemicals for which there
    is no known toxic amount (Paranoia 1).
  • In a study, people were given 15-20 joints per
    day. The only symptoms experienced were
  • disturbed sleep, restlessness, nausea, decreased
    appetite, and sweating.

You Can Overdose
11
Myths About Marijuana
It Makes You Lazy
  • Large-scale studies of high school students
    have generally found no difference in grade-point
    averages between marijuana users and non-users
    (Exposing 11).
  • In a college study, marijuana users were found
    to have higher grades, and to score higher on
    "achievement values" scales than non-users (11).

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Myths About Marijuana
Its a Gateway Drug
  • Most users of heroin, LSD and cocaine have used
    marijuana. However, most marijuana users never
    use another illegal drug (Exposing 13).

14
How Marijuana Would Help Us if Legalized
  • We would boost the economy by using more paper
    products, to plastics as tough as steel
    (Ratical 1).
  • We would get fuel that can replace all oil,
    gas, coal and nuclear power consumption, to a
    rich source of vegetable oil and protein, to all
    manner and form of fabrics and textilesto 100
    non-toxic paints and varnishes, to lubricants, to
    building materials that can replace dry wall and
    plywood, to carpets, rope, laces, sails, . . .
    the list rolls on (1).
  • It is estimated that methane and methanol
    production alone from hemp grown as biomass could
    replace 90 of the world's energy needs. (1).
  • Hemp for Bio-Mass will produce ten to thirty
    tons per acre, or the equivalent of 1,000, to
    3,000 gallons of fuel (Hemp 1).

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Works Cited
  • Cannabis Health. 9 November 2004
  • http//www.cannabishealth.com/issue203-1/index.ht
    ml
  • Damuzi, Reverend. (2004, October). Pot for
    alcoholism. Cannabis Culture, pp. 44.
  • Marijuana.com. 9 November 2004
  • http//www.marijuana.com/Exposing_04_1095.htm
  • http//www.marijuana.com/Exposing_09_1095.html
  • http//www.marijuana.com/Exposing_11_1095.html
  • http//www.marijuana.com/Exposing_13_1095.html
  • http//www.marijuana.com/pdf/factsheet-mj.pdf
  • Marijuana Facts. 10 November 2004
  • http//paranoia.lycaeum.org/marijuana/facts/10.thi
    ngs.to.know.about.mj
  • Moore, Debbie. Resolving Our Energy, Paper, and
    Future Employment Needs With Hemp. 10 November
  • http//www.hempforus.com/17.htm
  • Renewables. 10 November 2004
  • http//www.ratical.com/renewables/hemp.html
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