Case For Legalizing Marijuana
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What Is Marijuana?
Marijuana, a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the
ubiquitous hemp plant Canabis sativa (or Cannabis indica). Smoked by
rolling in tobacco paper or placing in a pipe. It is also otherwise
consumed worldwide by an estimated 200,000,000 persons for pleasure, an
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as an euphoriant. Only once in a while will it produce actual
hallucinations. More potent preparations of cannabis such as hashish can
induce psychedelic experiences identical to those observed after ingestion
of potent hallucinogens such as LSD. Some who smoke marijuana feel no
effects; others feel relaxed and sociable, tend to laugh a great deal, and
have a profound loss of the sense of time. Characteristically, those under
the influence of marijuana show incoordination and impaired a ....
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