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 …showed first 75 words of 2210 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2210 total…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**