Essays About Smoking

According to government figures, nearly 70 million Americans have smokedmarijuana at some time in their lives. 18 million have smoked marijuana within the lastyear, and ten million are regular smokers. Almost all of the people arrested for marijuanaare arrested for possession. And because of harsh federal and state penalties, these peoplemay be sentenced to lengthy…

Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been thought tobe an illegal and very harmful drug for many years. But asyou read this report you will learn that marijuana has beenaround for many years (most years legal) and isn’t asharmful as some people may think. Marijuana has beenused for many things in the past, including medicine, hemprope, crude…

SmokingStudies of ex-smokers show that their risk of dying from smoking-relateddisease decreases with each year of non smoking. Encouraged by such evidence,more than 40 million people in the U. S. quit smoking in the year following the1964 surgeon general’s report. The proportion of males who smoke decreased frommore than 60 percent to about 25 percent;…

s never been a major test though. The ones theyve used have shown very different things. I have been very surprised by what I have been reading. I cannot believe the difference in what different scientists think. One says, “It’s hard to know for sure whether regular marijuana use causes cancer. But it is known…

Teens and SmokingAbstractCigarette smoking is of interest to the National Institute on Drug Abuse bothbecause of the public health problems associated with this form of substanceabuse and because this behavior represents a prototypic dependence process. Inthe past few years the government has made every effort to reach the masses, inan attempt to curb the exploitation…

ys Research PapersMarijuana in the Past and Present Marijuana is a mixture of leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis, it may be smoked or eaten for its hallucinogenic and pleasure-giving effects. Marijuana has not been proven to be physically addicting but, psychological dependence can develop. Many users describe two phases…

ause of illness and premature death in North America. In the United States alone, more than 500,000 deaths are attributed to tobacco use each year. This exceeds the total number of American lives lost in all of the wars fought since the country was founded. In 1962 the Royal College of Physicians of London had…

Everyday more and more people are trying the very unhealthy drug, marijuana. People that you think would never use this drug are using it or have used it before. Actress, Drew Barrymore began abusing marijuana and other drugs at the age of nine. It was not until the age of fourteen when Drew began to…

inMARIJUANAS SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS ON THE BRAINMillions are abusing marijuana every day. In fact, 1 out of 7 high school students smokemarijuana more than once a day. Marijuana is taken very lightly and is the most highly usedillegal drug. For this reason, society should know its short and long term effects on the…

Marijuana PlantMarijuana, also called hemp, bhang, and ganja, is used as an intoxicant in many parts of the world, the leaves or dried flowers being either smoked or eaten. It has also been used as a sedative and analgesic. Hashish, a resin obtained from the top of the flowering plant, is five to eight times…

S/AIts shocking to some, but not to others! Marijuana is a substance that hasbecome very much a part of American culture, nearly 65 million Americans haveeither used it occasionally or regularly. The use of marijuana hit mainstreamAmerica about thirty years ago and it has been accepted by a large segment ofsociety ever since. The debate…

Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Marijuana is often called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, reefer, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. HISTORY: Cannabis was acknowledged as early as…

dment RightsMarijuana Prohibition is a Violation of First Amendment Rights”Let me ask you something if you had a choice, what would it be:Marijuana or Martinis?”This question appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, May 12th, 1998. Due to the “Marijuana Tax Act” of 1937 the only legal choice that you and the 18 million…

One of the biggest issues argued about all over congress, the media, and in public resides in our country’s War on Drugs. One of the primary focuses of the War on Drugs targets the controversial drug marijuana. Marijuana remains the most widely used illegal drug and stirs up constant debate everywhere. Starting in the early…

Some call it the demon weed some call it just plane fun well here is the official statistics on the plant known as Marijuana. For starters well go with the healthy part of the plant. ManyEducational and or other health videos in school have you believe that marijuana is going to ruin your life and…

Marijuana is a mixture of leaves and the flowering tops of the Indian hempplant Cannabis Sativa, smoked or eaten for its hallucinogenic andpleasure-giving effects. The psychoactive ingredient of marijuana,tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is concentrated in the flowering tops of thehemp plant; hashish, a drug prepared from the plant resin, has about eighttimes more THC than marijuana. Hemp…

When and where will the senseless persecutions of America’s Marijuana users end? These Marijuana smokers are typically middle class males, between the ages of 17 and 39, and one in three have no prior felony charges on their records. (HRW World Report) However, each year, hundreds of thousands of them are arrested and thrown into…

Marijuana also called cannabis is a leafy plant, which grows wild in many of the tropic areas of the world. The most commonly used form of cannabis are the leaves and flowering tops called buds which may be either smoked or eaten. It can be also concentrated to form called hashish, and as a sticky…

Is there anyone who does not know someone who smokes? Everyone has a family member, friend, or co-worker who smokes. They have chosen to smoke, but by just being around them you are also smoking, only you have not made that choice. Before you choose to take this risk you should think about what may…

Marijuana in the New WorldThe first definite record of the marijuana plant in the New World dates from 1545 AD, when the Spaniards introduced it into Chile. It has been suggested, however, that African slaves familiar with marijuana as an intoxicant and medicine brought the seeds with them to Brazil even earlier in the sixteenth…

Cigarette smoking is of interest to the National Institute on Drug Abuse both because of the public health problems associated with this form of substance abuse and because this behavior represents a prototypic dependence process. In the past few years the government has made every effort to reach the masses, in an attempt to curb…

Essay Question: Outline the use of marijuana and identify the acute and chronic harmful biological and psychological effects of marijuana on individuals. The use of marijuana is widespread by all classes, races, and cultures. Marijuana has been used for a multitude of purposes over thousands of years, and is still, today, is being used for…

According to the American Lung Association, there arean estimated 50 million people who smoke. For some reasonpeople just do not fully understand the risks they take bysmoking. Cigarette smoking is a frequent cause for manyhealth problems with smokers. To begin with, there are many hazardous ingredients incigarette tobacco. Some of the ingredients are poisonous oraddictive….

How Secondhand Smoking Affects UsAs most of you know, smoking is bad for your health, but what some of you might not know is that you don’t actually have to smoke to be harmed by smoking. Lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women, is mainly caused by cigarette…

Americas Teens Up in SmokeOn every street corner in America, you will find a teen smoking. Even though a number of commercials and school orientations have given the effects of smoking, the kids feel they are invincible to the effects smoking can cause. Tobacco companies have targeted the youth, ages eleven to seventeen, because they…

The Effects of SmokingIntroductionSmoking cigarettes damage the body in a number of different ways. Over several years, the American Council on Science and Health and many others have documented the effects of smoking. Everyone knows that it is bad for you, but not many know how it affects the body. There are many myths about…

Marijuana, mixture of leaves , stems, and buds of the indian hemp plant Cannabis sativa, Smoked or eatin for its hallucinagenic and pleaure giving effects. The main ingrediant of marijuana is THC is concentrated in the flowwering tops of the plant, Hasish a drug prepared from the plant resin, has about eight times more THC…

smoking: Smoking in public places should be illegal, and today, we theaffirmative team, will giveyou many reasons to prove why. People have been smoking cigarettes for hundreds of years, but it wasn’tuntilrecently that people started to realize exactly how bad cigarette smoking is. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Category:Social IssuesPaper Title:smokingText:Smoking in public places should be illegal, and today, we…

Marijuana is a drug that has been used for thousands of years. Marijuana wasused in ancient China, as far back as 5000 B. C. The Incans and Mayans usedmarijuana in religious ceremonies. Marijuana also has roots in this country. TheIndians of the plains used marijuana in their peace pipes as a sign offriendship and peace….

A. Chronic Marijuana users become more aggressive during withdrawal. People who have smoked marijuana daily for many years display more aggressive behavior when they stop smoking the drug, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, is…