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- 16471: The Legalizing of Marijuana
- ... effects from smoking marijuana as there are benefits. It slows reflexes, dulls the brain, and sometimes causes hallucinations and/or cancer. There's no mystery about why it is illegal in most parts of the world
including the U.S. There is a simple solution that is not being discussed by the hard- headed bureaucracy. THC is easily removed from the plant and could be administered as medicine in pill form ...
- 16472: Psychodelic Drugs
- ... be novel and fascinating . Because LSD diminishes an individual's capacity to differentiate the boundaries of one object from another, and oneself from the environment, some users report a pleasant feeling of oneness with the world. The description above is one side of the coin, the so-called "good trip." The other side of the coin is the "bad trip," in which hallucinations, loss of boundaries, and perceptual changes are experienced ...
- 16473: Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment
- ... at the beginning of prohibition, but subsequently went back up. Alcohol became more dangerous to consume and crime burgeoned and became ³organized". The courts and prison systems became over crowded resulting in a full blown war on alcohol which costed the government millions of dollars. Political officials began to want a piece of the action and became corrupt. The prohibition of alcohol also resulted in the removal of significant tax revenues ...
- 16474: Charles Lindbergh
- ... and greeted the jubilant crowd that had gathered in front of the embassy. Lindbergh had planned to fly back to the U.S. via Europe, Siberia, Alaska, and Canada, thus completing a trip around the world. However, he reluctantly gave in to pressure from the ambassador to accept President Calvin Coolidge s invitation to return aboard the cruiser USS Memphis. The president presented him with the Distinguished Flying Cross and the ...
- 16475: Pass The Weed
- ... dangerous effects. However, earlier and more primitive cultures were able to safely explore marijuana's usage for both medicinal and hallucinogenic properties. The usage of marijuana has existed for thousands of years in many countries world wide and can be documented as far back as 2700 BC in ancient Chinese writings. In the earlier cultures, marijuana usage was accepted and its effects documented. However, the United States government overlooked all of ...
- 16476: Mary Jane: The Devil Weed
- ... marijuana and what problems are associated with its use. The paper examines briefly the history of marijuana legislation, marijuana's known effects, and conclusions about its danger. Early in this century, the government waged a war of terrorism on marijuana, or cannabis sativa. "By 1937, forty-six states had laws against the use of marijuana, and its use had already been made a criminal offense under federal law" (Jaffe, 659). Andrews ...
- 16477: Charles Manson Aka Jesus Christ
- ... than some finatic priest. Manson knows and has expierenced hardships in life too. Your society has caused Charles Manson to become what he is today. If you'd listen to him in the beginning, the world wouldn't have a Charles Manson. To put a long topic short, man is known to create gods. Man has then created Jesus Christ, man has also created Charles Manson. Therefore, Charles Manson IS Jesus ...
- 16478: LSD and PCP Use
- ... potential for abuse. During the "turn-on, tune-in, drop-out" time of the 60's LSD became the thing for social and political movements to freedom, creativity, self-discovery and opposition to the Vietnam War. Some freaked out during bad trips as LSD caused panic and advansded mental illnesses. Most are curried with flashbacks that are recurrences of hallucinations. Some people thought they could fly, and jumped to their deaths ...
- 16479: Chris Lansid
- ... a loan from her brothersand bought this company. The company was tha maker of the best trains for over 30 more years. She made over 15 million dollars and is in the genusis book of world records for the most transportation devices produced in the United States! Now think about that a train versus a car on a assembly line versus a hand built train? She was good at what she ...
- 16480: Hemp: A Help or a Hindrance?
- ... to it as a drug called azulla that was used for making rope and cloth, and which was also used for experiencing euphoria. Hempen sails brought the Spanish, Dutch, and British conquerors to the new world (Charpentier 18). In North America, hemp was planted near Jamestown in 1611 for use in making rope. In order to keep a constant supply of hemp available, a law was passed in Massachusetts in 1639 ...
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