Legalize Marijuana Absolutely Not

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Legalize Marijuana?Absolutely Not!

• Brad R. Barcusky
• Section 605

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The Issue at Hand

• Pros and Cons of marijuana
• What makes marijuana harmful anyway?
• Are there any benefits from using marijuana?
• Statistics involving marijuana usage
• Side effects of using marijuana
• Should marijuana be legalized in the United
  States?

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Marijuana Benefits

• Used to treat terminal illness, severe diseases.
• Appetite stimulant
• Limits severity of incurable diseases.
• Glaucoma
• Cancer
• Has similar effects of Morphine, Codeine, etc.

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Marijuanas Drawbacks

• Has the same addictive qualities that are present
  in cigarettes, tobacco.
• Contains THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol)
• Contains carcinogens
• Affects childbirth
• Affects brain, heart and lungs
• Impairs immune system

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Illegal Drug Use (Survey taken in 2003)Number
of Americans 12 and older had used drugs in the
prior month.
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Marijuanas dangers Chart
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Further Arguments

• Cornering of the market
• Drug Dealers argument
• Government has spent too much money to fight the
  war on drugs

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Further Reading
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Works Cited

• "Infofacts - Marijuana." NIDA Infofacts
  Marijuana. April 2006. NIDA. 30 Oct 2006
  lthttp//www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.htmlgt
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• Pollock, Mike. "Child Welfare and Attendance."
  Drug Use Chart. Orange Unified School District.
  30 Oct 2006 lthttp//www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/date/e
  ffects20of20cannibas.jpggt.
• "Marijuana Fast Facts." National Drug
  Intelliegence Center. 01 Jan 2006. National Drug
  Intelliegence Center. 13 Nov 2006
  lthttp//149.101.1.32/ndic/pubs3/3593/index.htmgt.
• Rowe, Claudia. "Medical marijuana law leave
  patients, police in a fog." Seattlepi.com. 13 Nov
  2006. Bartell Drugs. 13 Nov 2006
  lthttp//seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/292136_medpo
  t13.htmlgt.