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Please write 6 pages of this research. For this research you must choose an issue related to the “world of drugs” (i.e., the scandal "Iran-Contra", the death of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, the relationship between the growth of Miami and drug trafficking, the production of Opium in U.S. controlled war zones in Asia) and compare critically how this issue is documented by popular culture (book, documentary, television series, etc.).
I already have a topic which is the history of marijuana, you can write more on that and find some more scholarly resources online in this research paper.
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Running head: HISTORY OF MARIJUANA
History of Marijuana
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History of Marijuana
Thousands of years ago, Marijuana plant was majorly used as medicine and from the
reports, it is stated that it was mostly under usage by 500 B.C in Asia and was tracked back to the
Emperor of China Shen Nung in 2727 BC. Cannabis Sativa as it also called is widely used across
the different cultures including; the Muslims, Indians, Romans, Persians and the ancient Greeks.
In the earlier ages it was largely taken as a medicinal plant; in curing ailments like malaria,
depression, gout, inflammation, nausea; used as an anesthetic drug, it causes a reversible loss of
sensation or loss of consciousness and its possibly applied during surgery to prevent the patient
from feeling pain; also used to reduce desire for sex (McCoy, 2000). Among other cultures, they
used the Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of the constituents of Marijuana, in religious events
or rituals. In late 1500, the Spanish most likely brought Marijuana in North America and the
nations earlier colonized by the United States also planted Marijuana and used this weed in
various applications such as; its fibers were used in the textile industries in making ropes, paper,
and other products. California was on the forefront in legalizing Cannabis Sativa through the
Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and it was officially used in the health sectors by patients
suffering from chronic diseases. By 2010, almost 16 states had legalized the medicinal use of
Cannabis. Later it was legalized in various states for recreational use. However, it was limited to
only be used by those above 21 years of age and business sales (McCoy, 2000). Different kinds
of Marijuana are used for various purposes and they have been legalized in numerous states and
are used across the world.
The Iran-Contra affair was a secret deal in the US where weapons and missiles were
traded to set free the Americans, who were in bondage in Lebanon, funds that were obtained
from this arms deal was used to support the war in Nicaragua. The political climate in the early
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1980s spurred the creation of this Iran-Contra affair. The president at that time, Reagan Ronald,
could not manage the political drive for his Republican colleagues. Thereafter Ronald had taken
control of the Congress an amendment was passed by the Democrats by the name Boland
Amendment, which limited the activities of the Department of Defense (DoD) as well
as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) concerning foreign clashes (Byrne, 2014). This
amendment explicitly targeted Nicaragua, in which the Contras, anti-communists were fighting
with the communist government known as Sandinista. Ronald mentioned the Contras as “the
moral equivalent of the Founding Fathers” and a bigger portion of their capital was
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