Marijuana: A mind Altering Drug

Marijuana: A Mind Altering Drug When Olympic officials decided to give snowboarder Ross Rebagliati his gold medal back, the cheers drowned out the boos. It was a minor scandal involving a minor sport, but it spoke volumes about the world's shifting relationship with its favorite illicit drug, marijuana. A decade ago, Rebagliati would have been ostracized regardless of whether cannabis was on the list of his sport's banned substances. What's changed today is that our …

…do alcohol. The status of marijuana in 1970 was 11% of high school seniors said they were using marijuana every day. In 1975, about 27% said they had used marijuana sometime in the previous month. Three years later in 1978, the monthly users grew up to 37% and then in 1986, it rose again to 54% (Massing 20). As seen by these statistics, the usage of this innocuous drug is steadily rising. What does that tell you? You make up your mind. ____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**