Industrial Hemp Legalization Essay

Sort By:
Page 14 of 16 - About 155 essays
  • Good Essays

    In recent years the legalization of marijuana has been broadcasted numerous times. There is much debate on whether or not it should be legalized or used precisely for medical purposes. Legalization of marijuana or cannabis has already occurred in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Should the United States legalize it all together? Marijuana itself is the dried up hemp or cannabis plants which contain THC which is a mind altering chemical. A lot of research has been conducted on the benefits

    • 1770 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Name: Course: Date: Federal Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Marijuana is a very controversial drug that spurs a lot of debate as to whether it should be legalized for recreational purposes or not. Most of the states already have legalized marijuana for medical purposes although the federal government prohibits any use of it. Proponents and opponents to this debate each try to argue their side and to show why recreational marijuana should be or should not be legalized but no consensus has

    • 1975 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    and shredded flowers of hemp plant called Cannabis sativa which is usually a green or gray mixture. Marijuana can be not only smoked in the form a joint, blunt, bowl, bong, etc but can also be eaten. Uses of marijuana can be medically or recreationally and the use of it can be dated back to thousands of years ago in Asia when its effect was discovered for medical and spiritual purposes. “The main mind-altering (psychoactive) ingredient

    • 1510 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    people questioning its benefits and defaults. Whether or not marijuana is a drug this is a subject that is very misunderstood by most people who argue over it today. Marijuana has been outlawed in the United States for almost a hundred years now, Hemp first was encouraged to be sold during the 1600’s to 1890’s by the government of the United States in order to produce rope, clothes, and sails. After the Mexican Revolution of 1910, Mexican immigrants flooded into the United States, introducing to

    • 1515 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    The United States government restricts and makes marijuana illegal, including marijuana for medicinal purposes. However, in June of this year it was reported that 25 states including Washington D.C., have made medicinal marijuana legal, and 3 states have pending legislation or ballot measures (ProCon.org). Using medicinal marijuana on ill patients could help, and possibly, save their lives. For example, medicinal marijuana could help cancer patients, those who suffer from depression, and aids patients

    • 1692 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    There aren't a lot of obvious similarities between marijuana and alcohol, one is drink the other a plant, one smells like skunk the other smells like cleaner. The main things that marijuana and alcohol share are a dynamic history in American society and their associations to trouble. The main differences are not physical, but the effects that marijuana and alcohol have on individuals and society and policies that regard both drugs. Alcohol is the number one abused drug, while marijuana is number

    • 1132 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Hemp Cultivation in China

    • 42289 Words
    • 170 Pages

    International Hemp Association Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Cultivation in the Tai 'an District of Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China Robert C. Clarke Naturetex International B.V. Van Diemenstraat 192 1013 CP Amsterdam The Netherlands Clarke, R.C. 1995. Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Cultivation in the Tai 'an District of Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. Journal of the International Hemp Association 2(2): 57, 60-65. This paper summarizes the history of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) cultivation

    • 42289 Words
    • 170 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Legalize It Recently I found myself a patron of Liquor Barn, a relatively new establishment, and some-what awe-inspiring sight. The idea of this incredibly mammoth collection of adult beverage choices under one roof is dizzying at the least. I personally recommend a visit to anyone who would consider themselves a responsible connoisseur of the finer, adult beverages the world has to offer. I had been listening to a debate on the local National Public Radio station about the recent lifting of the

    • 2782 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Best Essays

    and Cannabis was not yet widely utilized for its stimulating or medicinal effects. Nonetheless, diary entries from George Washington show that he personally planted and harvested cannabis for both the hemp fiber as well as the medicinal qualities, and both he and Thomas Jefferson advocated for a hemp-based economy (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 2003). By the mid-1800’s, Western Medicine finally started to catch up to what ancient Asian cultures long knew, and over 100

    • 2191 Words
    • 9 Pages
    • 8 Works Cited
    Best Essays
  • Decent Essays

    with the state being able to distribute good and services to the HIV patient. Recreational and medical marijuana use has come a long way. States have legalized medical and some states recreational including medical marijuana. The cause of the legalization changes many aspects of society and the justifications of those changes. Federal and states have their own justifications, with the people voting to pass laws in

    • 845 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays