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Medical marijuana as a treatment for chronic pain and ailments is becoming increasingly common. A recent study published by the International Journal of Drug Policy revealed that 63 percent of 250 chronic pain and mental health patients surveyed preferred cannabis to opioids, in fact. And with 130,000 registered marijuana users and counting in Canada today, it’s easy to see that the stigma around marijuana as a medical treatment has significantly dropped. But with legalization of marijuana still a…
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don't work as well as the medical marijuana. The few that can only use medical marijuana use it to soothe the pain. This may be the only medical attention they get, so I think it should be legal for people who suffer from severe pain. Medical marijuana should be allowed to relieve chronic pain. In review medical marijuana can be the users only medical treatment, doesn't increase a risk of serious side-affects, and controls chronic pain. I believe medical marijuana is being used for the right reasons…
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reason marijuana is illegal and why it should be legal. I. Introduction a. Not many of us think of why some substances are illegal. We think that all drugs are bad and make you do bad things, including marijuana. But if you dig a little deeper you might find something pretty interesting II. Body a. Why marijuana is illegal a.i. The war on drugs, according to HighTimes, has been and will always be about the government keeping there power. a.ii. When an idea of the prohibition of marijuana was…
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My persuasive round two speech topic focused on legalizing marijuana in Oklahoma and how it would not be beneficial to our citizens. I feel as if this topic did pertain to the audience because a lot of the youth smoke marijuana now. My main goal of my speech was to change minds of students who smoke and want marijuana to be legalized in Oklahoma. I chose this topic because I feel strongly about it, and I hoped to show the students at Southeastern Oklahoma State University that marijuana is not okay…
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conviction on the basis of freedom of expression. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 vote in favor of Ohio. The high court said evidence seized unlawfully, without a search warrant, could not be used in criminal prosecutions in state courts. Persuasive essay: In the case of Mapp vs. Ohio, Mapp deserved penalty from the law. The reason being is she was harboring pictures of illegal things she had done, a gun, paraphernalia and other items that were dangerous to herself and others. Such a dangerous…
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I am not making a speech to legalize cannabis. In fact, I wouldn’t dream of legalizing it! Unfortunately, some guy didn’t think so... Ian Barry says he wasn’t being the class clown when he took a spiff of marijuana on June, 2009, nor was he pulling an incredibly stupid stunt. The 17-year-old says he was only standing up for what he believes in but he might have got carried away, in my opinion. He simply wanted to push forward the message of his persuasive speech – marijuana deserves to be legalized…
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Persuasive Speech WHY BOTHER TO VOTE Introduction: Ever since this country was established citizens have fought for a right that often is not exercised by today’s youth; along with many others. This right that I speak of is the right to vote. In the beginning one had to be a white male landowner in order to receive this right. However through the years and many trying battles all citizens of the US that are 18 years and older have earned this right. Voting is something that many of us take for…
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know that a have had a positive influence over my cousins. I am viewed as a role model for them and the fact that I am now drug-free has influenced them to also becoming drug-free. It was in the third grade where I first remember hearing the word "marijuana". I still recall the presentation that day: the warmly lit classroom was full of eight and nine-year-olds, some listening intently while others fidgeted around, already restless. I sat at the edge of the class, slouched in my seat and wondering if…
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in attitudes in response to information provided by another person Elaboration Likelihood Model(ELM)- a model that predicts responses to persuasive messages by distinguishing between the central and peripheral routes to persuasion Central route to persuasion-well educated about a topic(attention) Peripheral route to persuasion-(emotion) apply to the persuasive message itself(# of arguments) or the characteristics of the speaker(celebrity) Social norms-usually unwritten or unspoken rules for behavior…
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WHAT IS MEANT BY DRUG DEPENDENCY? Drug dependence is a situation where an addict feels he/she must have drugs in order to live; this is the term to describe psychological dependence. Physical dependence occurs when the body metabolism adapts to the presence of the drugs, when the drug is removed strong withdrawal symptoms are produced. This withdrawal syndrome is experienced as sickness, stomach upset and muscular pain. Hallucinations and convulsions may also occur. EXPLAIN WHY ALCOHOL IS A…
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