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Cannabis has recently been downgraded from a class B drug to a class C drug. This assignemnt will discuss how the downgrading of cannabis is a detrimental step.
Cannabis is described in the dictionary as “a narcotis drug obtained from the hemp plant” (Geddes & Grosset, 1999, pg 46) The dictionary also states narcotic as meaning, “a drug, often addictive” (Geddes & Grosset, 1999, pg 216).
Cannabis contains more than four hundred active ingredients, including sixty cannabinoids which are compounds related to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) which is the main mind-altering ingredient. ... Cannabis is made by drying out the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant.
Cannabis is also known as marijuana, hashish, weed, dope, grass aswell as countless other names. Cannabis is usually smoked through pipes, bongs (special pipes where smoke is filtered through water) and through joints which are made with cigareete papers and tobacco. ... Cannabis can also be taken orally by eating.
The downgrading od cannabis from class B drug to a class C drug is sending out the wrong message to young people and non-users.
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