Essays about: "marijuana"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the word marijuana.
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6. Does Medical Marijuana Availability Reduce Prescription of Anxiety Medication and Improve Mental Health?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The number of drug prescriptions has increased dramatically over the past 20 years, benzodiazepine prescriptions being a prime example with an increase of 67 percent between 1996 and 2013. Benzodiazepines are usually prescribed for anxiety; a disease marijuana has been proven to have a small yet observed effect on. READ MORE
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7. The alcohol and narcotic use among adolescents in a medium size city in Sweden : Prominent risk factors and prevalence among females and males
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of alcohol and narcotic use among adolescents in the age of 16-19 in private schools in a medium size city in Sweden. The aim was also to identify important risk factors for the use of narcotics. READ MORE
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8. Cannabis in Uruguay : A case study of the regulated cannabis market in Uruguay
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionenAbstract : This study deals with the impact of the legislative bill that enabled the creation of a regulated cannabis market in Uruguay as a means to combat organized crime in the country. This study will also explore the hypothesis that this legislative bill changed the legal character of criminality as well as reformulating narcotic issues from being a criminal issue into a public health issue. READ MORE
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9. It’s a Man’s Weed : Mainstream Online News and Visibility During America’s New Marijuana Legalization Era
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to shed some light on the emerging mainstream news discourses connected to marijuana’s legalization in parts of the United States by asking who is most involved in these discourses, what connections involvement may have to social status and social factors, most significantly gender, as well as what a few discursive themes in marijuana-related coverage might be, and what further research could be most needed. The literature review focused on critical theory, as well as feminist journalism studies, celebrity studies, and other research connected to emerging discourses, in an effort to approach a topic with limited prior social scientific research from a social scientific viewpoint. READ MORE
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10. Legitimacy and Drug Policy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper represents an endeavor to describe the ways in which the United States Government currently is responding to growing changes in public opinion – running counter to existing policies – with regards to drugs, most specifically to marijuana, and to therein establish the context of the debate over drug policy. The paper is not, however, a critique of any particular policy, or an attempt to advocate the legalization of any drug or drugs. READ MORE