Marijuana-revised

Marijuana is strongly used around the world and with its continued use strikes the argument that it should be legalized in the world we live in today. It is believed that the long-term use of Marijuana can have a negative harmful effect on a person. It is believed and not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that marijuana’s adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off. However, this may only be the effect of some of its heavy users. Since there are no deaths related to the illicit use of such drugs, people don't think it could be so bad.

Although the direct use of marijuana may seem OK, the effect of being intoxicated from the drug may strike the argument; maybe a motorist has a loss of perception due to marijuana, which caused an accident. But you’re going to tell me that the use of alcohol doesn’t have a more deadly and dangerous affect with around 17,000 deaths per year. Alcohol related car crashes kill someone every 30 minutes and injure someone every 2 minutes, as marijuana has a 0 death rate.

Marijuana in some cases is used medically to treat patients with severe illness and/or eating disabilities. Cancer patients are prescribed with the drug to help endure the pain of chemotherapy, as others use it to help give them an appetite. It is also used to relax ones nerves, too calm them down. Marijuana is currently illegal, but if it becomes legalized, it would definitely serve a better purpose than it's used today.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2007, 14.4 million Americans aged 12 or older used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed, which is similar to the 2006 rate. About 6,000 people a day in 2007-used marijuana for the first time—2.1 million Americans. Of these, 62.2 percent were under age 18. We can conclude here that the use of Marijuana is widely spread and its use will continue to grow. If the drug became legal the government would be able to charge a tax and I think the economy would greatly benefit from this, primarily because the use of the drug use will continue to grow. As hard as the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) tries to cut down on the sales of such drugs, there will always be more. Even kids in middle school could get their hands on it. Just by walking down the street in bad neighborhoods one may find a man on the street selling the drug. It’s NOT that hard.

As one uses the substance more often, they tend to believe that they are not addicted to its use and that they can stop whenever they want. The question is when do you stop. A number of people that I have encountered in my life have told me they have had a continued use of the substance, and they are still the same successful people that they are, my little experiment. The use of the drug has had no apparent physical affect on there bodies. Many of these people I know who smoke have told me they had been smoking daily for 9 years. Still the same person as they were before. No alterations to their personality at all and just something used for personal pleasure and maybe to help one get through a hard rough day at the office. Remember, there has never been a death related or caused by the direct use of the drug. I believe it was put on this earth for a reason otherwise it wouldn't be here. Everything in it's own way serves a purpose. Many of use dislike the creation of honeybees, but without them we would have no honey. Wouldn't that not be so sweet...

Marijuana was used in the ancient times as well. It had been introduced into European medicine shortly after the invasion of Egypt by Napoleon and had become a minor trend as an intoxicant for a time in France. Napoleon used the substance as a military advantage. His troops were using the drug and as a result, were able to basically be superhuman. Battling off different climates, and being able to walk through different types of terrain with no problem. They seemed to be invincible. They were just given this external power somehow, and this was primarily due to the use of cannabis, known as marijuana.

Marijuana has been around for quite a while, with it being popular and well known, this drug will continue to be used for medicines and other uses of the drug may never end. In California it’s already making way to legalizing the drug. In California there is no state regulation or standard of the cultivation and/or distribution of medical marijuana. For example, Sonoma County permits possession of three pounds of marijuana and allows cultivation of 99 plants. In Marin County they allow up to 6 mature plants. One can easily obtain a medical card allowing the permitted sales of the substance to those whom “need” it medically, for whatever the reason may be.

Even when anti drug campaigns kicked in making the substance illegal, and even after burning a whole lot of the drug in NYC back in the 70’s, it's use is still widely spread and doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. Nor can it be stopped!!! As illegal as it is today, the availability to obtain it and use it recreationally is at an even greater high than all time. Make it Legal!

For Fun:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Addiction-Drugs-1319/Long-Term-Effects-Smoking.htm

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

http://www.justice.gov/dea/ongoing/calimarijuana.html

http://www.edgarsnyder.com/drunk-driving/statistics.html

Marijuana

It is believed that long term use of Marijuana can have a negative harmful effect on a person. It is believed and not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that marijuana’s adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wears off. However, this may only be the effect of some of it's heavy users. Since there are no deaths related to the elicit use of the such drugs, people don't think it could be so bad. Although the direct use of marijuana may seem OK, the effect of being intoxicated from the drug may strike the argument, maybe a motorist has a loss of perception due to marijuana which caused an accident.

Marijuana in some cases is used medically to treat patients with severe illness and/or eating disabilities. Cancer patients are prescribed with the drug to help endure the pain of chemotherapy, as well as others using it to give them an appetite. It is also used to relax ones nerves, too calm them down. Marijuana is currently illegal, but if it becomes legalized, it would definately serve a better purpose than it's used today.
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According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2007, 14.4 million Americans aged 12 or older used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed, which is similar to the 2006 rate. About 6,000 people a day in 2007 used marijuana for the first time—2.1 million Americans. Of these, 62.2 percent were under age 18. We can conclude here that the use of Marijuana is widely spread and it's use will continue to grow.

As one uses the substance more often, they tend to believe that they are not addicted to it's use and that they can stop whenever they want. The question is when do you stop. A number of people that I have encountered in my life have told me they have a continued use of the substance, and they are still the same successful people that they are. My little experiment. The use of the drug has had no apparent physical affect on there bodies. Many of these people I know who smoke have told me they had been smoking daily for 9 years. Still the same person as before. No alterations to there personality at all and just something used for personal pleasure and maybe to help one get through a hard rough day at the office. Remember, there has never been a death related or caused by the direct use of the drug.I believe it was put on this earth for a reason otherwise it wouldn't be here. Everything in it's own way serves a purpose. Many of use dislike the creation of honey bees, but without them we would have no honey. Wouldn't that not be so sweet...

Marijuana was used in the ancient times as well. It had been introduced into European medicine shortly after the invasion of Egypt by Napoleon and had a minor vogue as an intoxicant for a time in France. Napoleon used the substance as a military advantage. His troops were using the drug and in result, were able to basically be superhuman. Battling off different climats and able to walk through different types of terrain with no problem. They seemed to be invincible. They were just given this external power somehow, and this was primarily due to the use of cannabis, known as marijuana.

Marijuana has been around for quite a while, with it being popular and well known, this drug will continue to be used for medicines and other uses of the drug may never end. Even when anti drug campaigns kicked in making the substance illegal, and even after burning a whole lot of the drug in NYC, it's use is still widely spread and doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. Nor can it be stopped!!! As illegal as it is today, the availability to obtain it and use it recreationally is at an even greater high than all time.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Addiction-Drugs-1319/Long-Term-Effects-Smoking.htm

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

Thesis

It is believed that long term use of Marijuana can have a negative harmful effect on a person. It is believed and not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that marijuana’s adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wears of. However, this may only be the effect of some of it's heavy users. Since there are no deaths related to the elicit use of the such drugs, people don't think it could be so bad. Although the direct use of marijuana may seem OK, the effect of being intoxicated from the drug may strike the argument, maybe a motorist has a loss of perception due to marijuana which caused an accident.

Marijuana in some cases is used medically to treat patients with severe illness and/or eating disabilities. Cancer patients are prescribed the drug to help make it through the pains of chemotherapy, as others use it to help curb there appetites because they have no urge for food. It is also used to relax ones nerves, too calm them down. It is currently illegal, but if used in the right ways, shown above, than maybe perhaps if it were legal it would serve a greater purpose than used today.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2007, 14.4 million Americans aged 12 or older used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed, which is similar to the 2006 rate. About 6,000 people a day in 2007 used marijuana for the first time—2.1 million Americans. Of these, 62.2 percent were under age 18. We can conclude here that the use of Marijuana is widely spread and it's use will continue to grow.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Addiction-Drugs-1319/Long-Term-Effects-Smoking.htm

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

New Literacy

Literacy is heading in a new direction. It is believed to be that, but it is said that new technology is being a factor with kids being able to write. Essays have been replaced by power point and facebook sort of things. Andrea Lunsford, a professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University set up the Stanford Study of Writing and found kids are writing far more than generations before them.

Before the internet came along it was found that people never really wrote something unless it was a school assignment, or a job requiring you to produce text. In a way the internet is good. Writing for a larger kind of audience is another example. Writers have there work read by large amounts of people and it is believed that online media is heading in a cool direction.

I think Internet use really could be to our advantage. We can access vital information at the convenience of a push of a button. Able to read just about anything with an easy search. There is also a broader audience and more ideas can be shared in a good well manor.

R U Really Reading?

The article "R U Really Reading" raises a few good points. Is the internet era the same or even better than one with only just plain traditional texts. Most kids nowadays choose the internet more than reading books. That doesn't necessarily mean there not reading but it is believed that there may be shorter attention spans due to the continued use of internet. Recent study shows the use of internet in kids is no at 1 hour and 44 minutes in 2004 as apposed to just 45 minutes in 1999. Is the increase good or bad? I believe it to be just "the way of the future." I find internet as a gateway to the world, with everything right at your finger tips, use it the right way and you may learn a thing or two. If you just log on to your computer and use things such as instant messenger all the time, that has minimal reading comprehension involved and you wont really gain much from doing so. However, “What we are losing in this country and presumably around the world is the sustained, focused, linear attention developed by reading. Ones mind can be all over the place on the internet, choosing certain parts of an article to read as apposed to a full beginning middle and end of a book. Books bring a reader into a whole knew light sharing personal views and seeing the world from a whole new perspective, as internet uses blogs and such to broaden the mind of the reader but not exactly shed new light... I know less kids choose books than adults, but hey you never know what to expect in this kind of world we live in today!

“New Media and the Slow Death of the Written Word”

In the “New Media and the Slow Death of the Written Word”, we see that the author advocates old text and even admits to wanting to advocate “print on paper rather than computers” at first but then eventually realized that these old texts had some issues that needed to be resolved. So, even though he still loves the old text, he realized that the New Media had a new way of communicating with his audience, as Birkert and Postman, opponents who believed that New Media would be taking away appreciation of old text, had to realize.

Technology in the 21st century has greatly influenced the ways in which we work and communicate in our everyday lives. Whether it is seen by the increase in use of computers or the decline of the interestingness of the newspaper, we have now entered an era where the “New Media” has prevailed and for those who need to adapt to this change, there are rules that can be adhered to for a better transition into this computer-ruled time period. The New Media has made it possible to not only enhance but also appreciate old texts. To allow this connection to even happen, Mark Zeltner developed ten basic rules, using what he learned through experience, to serve as a guide for students learning to write for the new-media.

Rule number one and two both compliment each other in that number one states that in writing online , writers should stick to cold hard facts and not digress into lengthy explanations which is going to draw the reader away. Rule number two helps the write control the amount which is being written by making the text only being about a screenful and no more. I agree with both rules because the whole attraction of the internet is not to read long lengthy paragraphs and to just get the facts desired ,fast. Rule number three falls into the same category as one and two do, to keep it short and sweet. He expresses that you should still create an outline for your work , but to rule out the information that is unnecessary. I agree in the sense that you should keep some tactics that are used in writing printed texts into new media but just more modified and shorter.

Rules number four details that adding pictures can further help explain what you are writing about and help the reader further understand. Rule number five is about adding audio to the text so that certain sayings aren't interpreted wrongfully. Rule number six consists of attaching videos to an article as he explained with the John F. Kennedy video that some words can't quite explain a certain topic without having to experiencing it for yourself. Although Zeltner makes it clear that the pictures, audio and video should be relevant to the text and should be put there to enhance the reader's experience and help the reader understand better rather than to distract the reader. I agree with these rules because if there is an example of a speech that was made or a painting or a speech in the text and i have never heard of it then i would have to google it. It saves a lot of time for the reader and it gives your eyes a break from reading even though the text shouldn't be long regardless if the writer followed rules one through three.

Rule number seven deals with hyperlinks which is a link that take you to the definition of words and for footnotes that are in the article. Rule number eight includes adding in hyperlinks to other pages of the same topic but to add them on the bottom , that way when the reader is done they can go to the other pages instead of putting the link in the middle of the page and then losing your read to another site.Rule number nine states that the writer should add sidebars with additional information about the topic being addressed and the main function of the sidebar is to redirect the reader to the main article. I don't agree with these three rules as much because if your trying to convert paper readers to the internet all of the extra links can get confusing, the only rule I would keep out of these three would be the side bar just because it redirects you back to the main page so that the readers doesn't venture off to other sites.

The last rule , rule number ten is the most important because it explains how to properly use all of the previous rules like where the necessary rules should be applied and how. I agree with this rule the most because even if you have the right tools, but you don't know how to use them , then they become useless.

Overall I agree with all of the rules. Zeltner devised a well organized format for any new New Media writers to follow if they are trying to transition from paper writing to the computer. I can't think of any other rule that should be added since he covered most of the desirable features the internet has to offer. In Zeltner's conclusion he expresses that the written word is not dying but it's modernized and being used in ways it hasn't before. Also that isn't not destroying the future generation's potential to understand and read lengthy articles. Technology is constantly advancing which to some equals the death of the written word , but I believe it's the birth of a new way of writing

Research Ideas

Video Games

Video Games may enhance ones maximum brain capacity and knowledge. Recent studies show, video games have a more positive than negative affect on the brain itself. More games have been created especially ones intended for use of children. New and improved baby toys are getting us humans to learn more quickly than others. Little babies are playing with toy cell phones, learning and now able to function a telephone at a way earlier age than expected.

Gatorade Test

Gatorade vs. Powerade, the truth in results. Our study show that the use of gatorade in an athlete can help boost performance in an athlete by 58 %. The result is the larger widely vast use of gatorade all around the sporting industry. From the NHL, to NFL, to the NBA, more teams trust in gatorade than powerade.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/413298/gatorade_versus_powerade_which_is_the.html