Seth Dubois
Mrs. Wakeling
World Literature
27 January, 2017
The effects of Pot and how it effects society Pot has the lasting impact to effect society in many wrong ways. The overall problem of this substance is that it can be related to crime and doing bodily harm in a long term sense. Marijuana effects the society in a mixed way because it has medical strengths, yet is associated with long term affects with the youth and crime. There are many things most people don 't know about marijuana. Marijuana, also known as the scientific term for “delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol” (Noonan 2) is something that has a long lasting problem with society. It is shredded leaves and flower buds from the Hemp plant (Cox 1). It is something that when you…show more content… 6.7% of 12-17 year olds have admitted to daily use (International 1). This is a scary fact because the teen brain is still maturing at those ages and can be a very delicate time in that persons life. Since smoking pot can effect the brains memory it can make the teen less intelligent. That can lead to a loss in production and motivation, making it harder to achieve success in life. 94 million people in the US have admitted to trying it once in their life and 62% of them went on to try other drugs (International 1). Pot is considered a “gateway drug” to other drugs. Drugs are bad and if Americas youth goes on to trying different drugs, that can lead to many bad outcomes. Marijuana has a reputation for inciting crime and effecting Americas youth. Marijuana has been used medically for decades now. It is one of the best organic medical herb out there. CBD is a chemical in the plant that makes its medical value significant (Rodriguez 1). Yet since the plant offers a "high" sensational feeling, it can be amongst one of the many drugs that are seen selling from street corner to street corner. It can be seen illegally smuggled from county line and border. Arrests for pot is the most for any drug (Race 2). There is more crime in the states that have not yet legalized pot. The more reason for that is because people who want to use it have to smuggle it into
Pol Pot killed 25% of Cambodia, equivalent to the entire city of Philadelphia. In a four year period, over 1.7 million Cambodians died of overwork, starvation, torture and execution. Pol Pot’s Communist ideals, extremely similar to the Stalinist USSR, called for a total collectivization of agriculture and for a complete nationalization of all sectors of the economy. Pol Pot’s ideology, Socialist Agrarianism, valued farmers, and wanted to rid the country of all other professions. Pol Pot was "creating
parties, relaxation, and many other things that involve leisure. What else do we associate alcohol with? How about drunk driving and the deaths that occur as well. The thought of alcoholism and the destruction of the body as well families might spring in to mind. Now think about marijuana. Pot is something we all have been taught is next to sin. " Pot will make you stupid and lazy." "Pot will ruin your life." These might be a few examples of phrases that accompany the mentioning of the marijuana
The melting pot myth is a belief that America is a society of equality and that racism is not applicable. Although racism is still a major issue in our society and thriving to this day. At a young age, people are taught that whites are greater than any of the other cultures, which causes many of us to create a sense of our own society. The melting pot society may have been an attempt to create equality, but was it ever truly an entity? The melting pot society is only a image for a culture containing
wife and would like to gain more independence and importance, yet she lives in a time when women were generally not as independent as men. The singular effect of entrapment is present throughout aspects of Elisa’s life from her personal identity, to her relationship with her husband, to her interactions with the pot mender. When the travelling pot mender arrives and speaks of his lifestyle, Elisa’s desire to see and do more in life is stirred. In the end he discards Elisa’s importance, which leaves
Drugs, Society & Human Behavior
12 April 2017
Legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Canada
The Federal Government promises to legalize marijuana in Canada. But it should be revised in accounting to those pot legalization strategies and results gained in other parts of the World. I do not agree with the fact that Marijuana should be legalised for recreational purposes in Canada because there are short term and long term effects which affect both the individual and the society in a negative
In 1975, the Communist Party of Kampuchea, led by Pol Pot, invaded Phnom Penh and overthrew Lon Nol’s U.S. supported military dictatorship. The Communist Party of Kampuchea, otherwise known as the Khmer Rouge, was a Cambodian political party that based its ideals on nationalism, communism, and agrarian socialism. The Khmer Rouge first gained attention during communist movement that emerged from the anti-colonial struggle against France. During French rule, Cambodia was under the influence of western
subject in America since the 1970's. The pro-marijuana society in America has made claims as to how marijuana can help cure or lessen the effect of some diseases and that by legalizing the drug; the use of pot will actually decline. The fact of the matter is that marijuana is a drug that can be placed into a similar category as cocaine or heroine. Like these other drugs, pot (marijuana) smoking carries with it serious side effects that can effect the user forever, and sometimes-even cause death. Marijuana
history of the Pol Pot Regime that occurred in Cambodia, there were many conflicts that sparked within the government. In April 1975, Cambodia’s government had gone through significant drastic changes, and many of the citizens were forced to leave their own lifestyles.1 The importance of a changing government could be seen as crucial because during this time period, government reformations created a negative impact towards the citizens. “The Khmer Rouge were Maoist forces led by Pol Pot in Cambodia during
Weed, an outbreak that was quick to be accepted into our society today originated back in 2737 B.C. It initially was used as a medical tool for the Chinese, helping with pain and used to help achieve a state of euphoria. 4,700 years later we are using the same drug, well almost. This drug has come back new and improved giving you a “better high”, and a more severe addiction. Although it has been medically proven that being addicted to THC itself is impossible, it’s the euphoric feeling that gets
items principals identified in this section can be applied to every generation. How does one generation go from being pot smoking hippies to business owns, political leaders, and mentors for today’s youth? The simple answer is reinvention.
To start, what is reinvention? Reinvention is not a get-rich-quick or