Omar Villarreal Annotated Bibliographies
Website
"Cannabis Addiction Symptoms - Cannabis Abuse, Is Marijuana Addicting?" The Good Drugs Guide - Honest Drug Information on Use and Treatment. Web. 07 Oct. 2010. <http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com/cannabis/addiction.htm>.
The author of this website informs the reader the dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal symptoms. This article related to my topic by informing the audience about addiction on marijuana and the consequences. The author gives some facts about the addiction and explains the difference between the addiction of marijuana to alcohol and nicotine. Gives a detail explanation of the tolerance of this drug. Provides information to the public about the drug and its addiction.
Journal
"Cannabis Medical Dictionary." Addiction (2008). Print.
The author of this medical journal gives a precise and clear explanation of what this does to your body while your consuming it. He explains the medical effects of this drug and names specific chemicals, which make you, feel the symptoms of this drug. The author also put many statistics, which are related to the drug, and he explains the significance of the statistics. He bases his facts on actual studies and experiments done by professionals and gives a brief explanation of the experiment. The author elaborates on many of the uses of marijuana and there effectiveness. The author also clarifies how this drug could be used as a gateway drug for other drugs but also alcohol and psychopathologic etiologies.
Book
Dixon, Patrick. The Truth about Drugs. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. Print.
Patrick Dixon gives the audience a brief explanation about the drug and its symptoms. He explains other facts about this drug like its potency, dependency, effects (short term & long term) on your brain, the motivation to do this drug, and some statistics. He also emphasizes on the disease schizophrenia and how this drug could be a positive trigger factor to this disease. The author gives a description of the drug and its chemicals. He also talks into more detail about this drug being used medically and how it could help in the medical field to reduce pain.
Website
Guy, By Recovery. "Marijuana Addiction." HubPages. Hubpages. Web. 07 Oct. 2010. <http://hubpages.com/hub/about-Marijuana-Addiction>.
The author is a recovered addict of the drug marijuana. He explains how the drug can consume your life and how it could be self medicated. This means that this drug is used for recreational purpose or when in need to zone out. The author explains how the drug consumes your lifestyle little by little and how you become dependent to the drug. He provides information about a specific type of treatment that may help addicts. This author also provides a video, which gives you a strategy to stop smoking.
Article
"Marijuana Addiction, Abuse and Treatment." ADDICTION TREATMENT SEARCH - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Resource Guide for Recovery, Research, and Rehabilitation. 01 Oct. 2010. Web. 02 Oct. 2010. <http://www.addictionsearch.com/treatment_articles/article/marijuana-addiction-abuse-and-treatment_25.html>.
The author of this article explains why people use marijuana, how they get it, how they abuse it. The author clearly made this article to inform the audience on a specific subject, which has an amount of sub-subjects about it. The author explains the symptoms, the dangers, why people do the drug, addiction on the drug, medical marijuana, legalization of marijuana and others. This article was created with a purpose to inform the audience about the drug and to talk about in depth about the problems and consequences of this drug.
The author of this article explains why people use marijuana, how they get it, how they abuse it. The author clearly made this article to inform the audience on a specific subject, which has an amount of sub-subjects about it. The author explains the symptoms, the dangers, why people do the drug, addiction on the drug, medical marijuana, legalization of marijuana and others. This article was created with a purpose to inform the audience about the drug and to talk about in depth about the problems and consequences of this drug.
Website
Miller, Michael. "Marijuana: Addiction and Other Issues." UW-Madison: University Health Services. 05 Apr. 2005. Web. 07 Oct. 2010. <http://www.uhs.wisc.edu/display_story.jsp?id=736&cat_id=38>.
Dr. Michael Miller provides the audience with a brief history of marijuana and its medical effects on humans. He compares the marijuana dependence between people in the 60’s and 70’s with people from this generation. Dr. Miller also explains his thoughts on the drugs dependency and addiction. In addition, Dr. Miller explains the difference of marijuana in the two generations and its effects in the population.
Website
"Weed Addiction." Spiritual River | How to Stop Drinking Alcohol and Get the Addiction Help You Need. Web. 02 Oct. 2010. <http://www.spiritualriver.com/weed-addiction/>
The author in this website is trying to inform the audience about marijuana addiction. The author emphasizes on other problems that marijuana addiction bring upon. He explains some of the characteristics of an addict on marijuana, and what they do to deny that there addicted. He also informs the audience that weed causes a lot of problems in your social, financial, personal, family and professional life.
