Legalization of Marijuana :: Weed Drugs Argumentative Essays

For many years the use of marijuana for medical purposes has been an issue of controversial discussion. Many claim that marijuana is a drug that has proven itself to be of no medical value in the treatment of terminal illnesses. Those who feel this way, usually ignore the long history of marijuana’s medical uses; a history that goes back thousands of years ago. The drug has aided many people with the coping of terminal diseases. The use of marijuana as a medicinal herb has allowed many with no hope, to enjoy life more fully and lead rather decent life-styles. Marijuana has been erroneously classified as an addictive drug that causes unrepairable psychological side effects. This may be true if marijuana is taken in heavy doses and for recreational purposes. The real fact however, is that this condition could occur with the abuse of any drug, whether it is legalized by the Medical Board or not. If marijuana is abused, it is being used in an abnormal manner, therefore possibly le ading to severe emotional reactions and personality changes. Marijuana should be classified as a non-addictive drug thereby being legalized for medical purposes. The use of marijuana, under medical observation and through proper doses, in fact will not create a drug-addict, but rather it will enhance and increase the chances of a better life style.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  All throughout the different epochs of this world’s history, cannibis sativa and cannibis indica, more commonly known as marijuana, has verified to its users its medicinal powers. Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the most active ingredient out of the already known 460 compounds found in cannibis. It is present in large amounts and is extremely psychoactive (Grinspoon and Bakalar). The first known record of marijuana use for medical purposes was in 2737 B.C. by a Chinese emperor by the name of Chen-nung. He recommended it for the treatment of malaria, constipation, rheumatic pains, absent-mindedness, and female disorders. After Chen-nung discoveries, many cultures acquired the emperor’s knowledge and accepted the therapeutic benefits of the medicinal plant. For example, in India, â€Å"Cannabis has been recommended to quicken the mind, lower fevers, induce sleep, cure dysentery, stimulate appetite, improve digestion, relive headaches, and cure v eneral diseases† (Grinspoon and Bakalar). Other places where marijuana began to make a big impact were Persia, Assayria, Greece, Africa, South America, Turkey, and Egypt. Within the realms of Western medicine, cannibis began to demonstrate its abilities from 1840 to 1900.

The Golden Lily Chapter 8

GOING OUT AGAIN didn't really happen until the weekend. Brayden and I were both overachieving enough to manage weeknight outings and still finish homework – but neither of us liked to do it if we could avoid it. Besides, my weeknights usually had some other conflict with the gang, be it a feeding or the experiments. Eddie had given his blood this week, and I'd made a point to not be around when it happened, lest Sonya try to pitch to me again. Brayden had wanted to go out Saturday, but that was the day I'd promised to drive Adrian to San Diego. Brayden compromised on breakfast, catching me before I hit the road, and we went out to a restaurant adjacent to one of Palm Springs' many lush golf resorts. Although I had long since offered to pull my share, Brayden continued picking up the bills and doing all the driving. As he pulled up in front of my dorm to drop me off afterward, I saw a surprising and not entirely welcome sight awaiting me: Adrian sitting outside on a bench, looking bored. â€Å"Oh geez,† I said. â€Å"What?† asked Brayden. â€Å"That's my brother.† I knew there was no avoiding this. The inevitable had happened. Adrian would probably cling to Brayden's bumper until he got an introduction. â€Å"Come on, you can meet him.† Brayden left the car idling and stepped out, casting an anxious glance at the NO PARKING sign. Adrian jumped up from his seat, a look of supreme satisfaction on his face. â€Å"Wasn't I supposed to pick you up?† I asked. â€Å"Sonya had some errands to run and offered to drop me here while she was out,† he explained. â€Å"Figured we'd save you some trouble.† Adrian had known what I was doing this morning, so I wasn't entirely sure his motives had been all that selfless. â€Å"This is Brayden,† I told him. â€Å"Brayden, Adrian.† Adrian shook his hand. â€Å"I've heard so much about you.† I didn't doubt that but wondered who exactly he'd heard it from. Brayden gave a friendly smile back. â€Å"I've actually never heard of you. I didn't even know Sydney had another brother.† â€Å"You never mentioned me?† Adrian shot me a look of mock hurt. â€Å"It never came up,† I said. â€Å"You're still in high school, right?† asked Adrian. He nodded toward the Mustang. â€Å"You must have a side job to make those car payments, though. Unless you're one of those slackers who just tries to get money off of their parents.† Brayden looked indignant. â€Å"Of course not. I work almost every day at a coffee shop.† â€Å"A coffee shop,† repeated Adrian, managing to convey a million shades of disapproval in his tone. â€Å"I see.† He glanced over at me. â€Å"I suppose it could be worse.† â€Å"Adrian – â€Å" â€Å"Well, it's not like I'm going to work there forever,† protested Brayden. â€Å"I've already been accepted to USC, Stanford, and Dartmouth.† Adrian nodded thoughtfully. â€Å"I guess that's respectable. Although, I've always thought of Dartmouth as the kind of school people go to when they can't get into Yale or Harv – â€Å" â€Å"We really need to go,† I interrupted, grabbing hold of Adrian's arm. I attempted to tug him toward the student parking lot and failed. â€Å"We don't want to get caught in traffic.† Brayden glanced at his cell phone. â€Å"Traffic patterns should be relatively light going west this time of the day, but being a weekend, you never know how tourists might alter things, especially with the various attractions in San Diego. If you look at traffic models applying the Chaos Theory – â€Å" â€Å"Exactly,† I said. â€Å"Better safe than sorry. I'll text you when I get back, okay? We'll figure out the rest of this week.† For once, I didn't have to stress about handshaking or kissing or anything like that. I was too fixated on dragging Adrian away before he could open his mouth and say something inflammatory. Brayden, while passionate about academic topics and me disagreeing with him, tended to otherwise be pretty mild-mannered. He hadn't exactly been upset just now, but that was certainly the most agitated I'd ever seen him. Leave it to Adrian to work up even the most easygoing people. â€Å"Really?† I asked, once we were safely inside Latte. â€Å"You couldn't have just said ‘nice to meet you,' and let it go?† Adrian pushed back the passenger seat, managing the most lounging position possible while still wearing a seatbelt. â€Å"Just looking out for you, sis. Don't want you ending up with some deadbeat. Believe me, I'm an expert on that kind of thing.† â€Å"Well, I appreciate your insider knowledge, but I'll manage this on my own, thanks just the same.† â€Å"Come on, a barista? Why not some business intern?† â€Å"I like that he's a barista. He always smells like coffee.† Adrian rolled down a window, letting the breeze ruffle his hair. â€Å"I'm surprised you let him drive you around, especially considering the way you freak out if anyone touches the controls in your car.† â€Å"Like the window?† I asked pointedly. â€Å"When the air conditioning's on?† Adrian took the hint and raised the window back up. â€Å"He wants to drive. So I let him. Besides, I like that car.† â€Å"That is a nice car,† Adrian admitted. â€Å"Though I never took you for the type to go for status symbols.† â€Å"I don't. I like it because it's an interesting car with a long history.† â€Å"Translation: status symbol.† â€Å"Adrian.† I sighed. â€Å"This is going to be a long ride.† In actuality, we made pretty good time. Despite Brayden's speculations, traffic moved easily, enough that I felt I deserved a coffee break halfway through. Adrian got a mocha – â€Å"Can you spot me this one time, Sage?† – and maintained his usual breezy conversation style throughout most of the trip. I couldn't help but notice, when we were about thirty minutes out, he grew more withdrawn and thoughtful. His banter dropped off, and he spent a lot of time gazing out the window. I could only assume the reality of his seeing his dad was setting in. It was certainly something I could relate to. I'd be just as anxious if I was about to see mine. I didn't really think Adrian would appreciate a shared psychotherapy session, though, so I groped for a safer topic to draw him out of his blue mood. â€Å"Have you guys learned anything from Eddie and Dimitri's blood?† I asked. Adrian glanced at me in surprise. â€Å"Didn't expect you to bring that up.† â€Å"Hey, I'm curious about the science of it. I just didn't want to participate.† He accepted this. â€Å"Not much to tell so soon. They sent the samples off to a lab – one of your labs, I think – to see if there's anything physically different between the two. Sonya and I did pick up a†¦ oh, I don't know how to describe it. Like, a ‘hum' of spirit in Belikov's blood. Not that him having magic blood should surprise anyone. Most people seem to think everything he does is magic.† â€Å"Oh, come on,† I said. â€Å"That's unfair.† â€Å"Is it? You've seen the way Castile worships him. He wants to be just like Belikov when he grows up. And even though Sonya's usually the spokesperson for our research, she won't breathe without checking with him beforehand. ‘What do you think, Dimitri?' ‘Is this a good idea, Dimitri?' ‘Please give us your blessing so that we can fall down and worship you, Dimitri.'† I shook my head in exasperation. â€Å"Again – unfair. They're research partners. Of course she's going to consult him.† â€Å"She consults him more than me.† Probably because Adrian always looked bored during their research, but I figured it wouldn't help to bring that up. â€Å"They've both been Strigoi. They've kind of got a unique insight to this.† He didn't respond for several moments. â€Å"Okay. I'll give you points for that. But you can't argue that there was any competition between me and him when it came to Rose. You saw them together. I never had a chance. I can't compare.† â€Å"Well, why do you have to?† Part of me also wanted to ask what Rose had to do with this, but Jill had told me numerous times that for Adrian, everything came back to Rose. â€Å"Because I wanted her,† Adrian said. â€Å"Do you still want her?† No answer. Rose was a dangerous topic; one I wished we hadn't weirdly stumbled into. â€Å"Look,† I said. â€Å"You and Dimitri are two different people. You shouldn't compare yourself to him. You shouldn't try to be like him. I mean, I'm not going to sit here and rip him apart or anything. I like Dimitri. He's smart and dedicated, insanely brave and ferocious. Good in a fight. And he's just a nice guy.† Adrian scoffed. â€Å"You left out dreamy and ruggedly handsome.† â€Å"Hey, you're pretty easy on the eyes too,† I teased, quoting something he'd told me a while ago. He didn't smile. â€Å"And don't underestimate yourself. You're smart too, and you can talk yourself out of – and into – anything. You don't even need magical charisma.† â€Å"So far I'm not seeing a lot of difference between me and a carnival con-man.† â€Å"Oh, stop,† I said. He could make me laugh even with the most serious of topics. â€Å"You know what I mean. And you're also one of the most fiercely loyal people I know – and caring, no matter how much you pretend otherwise. I see the way you look after Jill. Not many people would've traveled across the country to help her. And almost no one would have done what you did to save her life.† Again, Adrian took a while to respond. â€Å"But what are loyal and caring really worth?† â€Å"To me? Everything.† There was no hesitation in my answer. I'd seen too much backstabbing and calculation in my life. My own father judged people not by who they were but by what they could do for him. Adrian did care passionately about others underneath all of his bravado and flippancy. I'd seen him risk his life to prove it. Considering I'd had someone's eye cut out to avenge my sister†¦ well. Devotion was definitely something I could appreciate. Adrian didn't say anything else for the rest of the drive, but at least I didn't get the impression he was brooding anymore. Mostly he seemed thoughtful, and that wasn't so concerning. What did make me a little uneasy was that I often caught sight of him studying me in my periphery. I replayed what I'd said over and over in my mind, trying to figure out if there'd been anything to warrant such attention. Adrian's father was staying at a sprawling San Diego hotel with a vibe similar to the resort Brayden and I had eaten breakfast at. Businessmen in suits mingled with pleasure seekers in tropical prints and flip-flops. I'd almost worn jeans to breakfast and was glad now for my choice of a gray skirt and short-sleeved blouse with a muted blue and gray print. It had a tiny ruffled trim, and the skirt had a very, very faint herringbone pattern. Normally, I wouldn't have worn such contrasting textures together, but I'd liked the boldness of the look. I'd pointed it out to Jill before I left the dorm for breakfast. It'd taken her a while to even find the contrasting textures, and when she did, she'd rolled her eyes. â€Å"Yeah, Sydney. You're a real rebel.† Meanwhile, Adrian was in one of his typical summer outfits, jeans and a button-up shirt – though of course the shirt was untucked, with the sleeves rolled up and a few top buttons undone. He wore that look all the time, and despite its casual faà §ade, he often made it appear dressy and fashionable. Not today, however. These were the most worn-out jeans I'd ever seen him wear – the knees were on the verge of having holes. The dark green shirt, while nice quality and a perfect match for his eyes, was wrinkled to inexplicable levels. Sleeping in it or tossing it on the floor wouldn't achieve that state. I was pretty sure someone would have to actually crumple it into a ball and sit on it for it to look that bad. If I'd noticed it back at Amberwood (and hadn't been so distracted getting him away from Brayden), I would've insisted on ironing the shirt before we left. He still looked good, of course. He always looked good, no matter the condition of his clothing and hair. It was one of the more annoying things about him. This rumpled look made him come across as some pensive European model. Studying him as we took the elevator to the second floor lobby, I decided it couldn't be a coincidence that the most disheveled outfit I'd ever seen Adrian in had fallen on the day he had a father-son visit. The question was: why? He'd complained that his dad always found fault with him. Dressing this way seemed like Adrian was just providing one more reason. The elevator opened, and I gasped as we stepped out. The back wall of the lobby was almost entirely covered with windows that offered a dramatic view of the Pacific. Adrian chuckled at my reaction and took out his cell phone. â€Å"Take a closer look while I call the old man.† He didn't have to tell me twice. I walked over to one of the glass walls, admiring the vast, blue-gray expanse. I imagined that on cloudy days, it would be hard to tell where sky ended and ocean began. The weather was gorgeous out today, full of sun and a perfectly clear azure-blue sky. On the lobby's right side, a set of doors opened up onto a Mediterranean style balcony where diners were enjoying lunch out in the sun. Looking down to ground level, I caught sight of a sparkling pool as blue as the sky, surrounded in palm trees and sunbathers. I didn't have the same longing for water that a magic user like Jill possessed, but I had been living in the desert for almost two months. This was amazing. I was so transfixed with the beauty outside that I didn't notice Adrian's return. In fact, I didn't even notice he was standing right beside me until a mother calling for her daughter – also named Sydney – made me glance aside. There, I saw Adrian only inches away, watching me with amusement. I flinched and stepped back a little. â€Å"How about some warning next time?† He smiled. â€Å"I didn't want to interrupt. You looked happy for a change.† â€Å"For a change? I'm happy lots of times.† I knew Adrian well enough to recognize the sign of an incoming snarky comment. At the last second, he changed course, his expression turning serious. â€Å"Does that guy – that Brendan guy – â€Å" â€Å"Brayden.† â€Å"Does that Brayden guy make you happy?† I looked at Adrian in surprise. These kinds of questions were almost always a setup from him, but his neutral face made it hard to guess his motives this time. â€Å"I guess,† I said at last. â€Å"Yeah. I mean, he doesn't make me unhappy.† That brought Adrian's smile back. â€Å"Red-hot answer if ever there was one. What do you like about him? Aside from the car? And that he smells like coffee?† â€Å"I like that he's smart,† I said. â€Å"I like that I don't have to dumb myself down around him.† Now Adrian frowned. â€Å"You do that a lot for people?† I was surprised at the bitterness in my own laugh. â€Å"‘A lot?' Try all the time. Probably the most important thing I've learned at Amberwood is that people don't like to know how much you know. With Brayden, there's no censoring for either of us. I mean, just look at this morning. One minute we were talking Halloween costumes, the next we were discussing the ancient Athenian origins of democracy.† â€Å"I'm not going to claim to be a genius, but how the hell did you make that leap?† â€Å"Oh,† I said. â€Å"Our Halloween costumes. We're dressing Greek. From the Athenian era.† â€Å"Of course,† he said. And this time, I could tell the snark was about to return. â€Å"No sexy cat costumes for you. Only the most dignified, feminist attire will do.† I shook my head. â€Å"Feminist? Oh, no. Not Athenian women. They're about as far from feminist as you can – well, forget it. It's not really important.† Adrian did a double take. â€Å"That's it, isn't it?† He leaned toward me, and I nearly moved back†¦ but something held me where I was, something about the intensity in his eyes. â€Å"What?† I asked. He pointed at me. â€Å"You stopped yourself just now. You just dumbed it down for me.† I hesitated only a moment. â€Å"Yeah, I kind of did.† â€Å"Why?† â€Å"Because you really don't want to hear about ancient Athens, any more than you wanted to hear Brayden talk about Chaos Theory.† â€Å"That's different,† said Adrian. He hadn't moved away and was still standing so, so close to me. It seemed like that should've bothered me, but it didn't. â€Å"He's boring. You make learning fun. Like a children's book or after school special. Tell me about your†¦ um, Athenian women.† I tried not to smile. I admired his intentions here but knew he really wasn't up for a history lesson. Again, I wondered what game was going on. Why was he pretending to be interested? I tried to compose an answer that would take less than sixty seconds. â€Å"Most Athenian women weren't educated. They mostly stayed inside and were just expected to have kids and take care of the house. The most progressive women were the hetaerae. They were like entertainers and high-class prostitutes. They were educated and a little flashier. Powerful men kept their wives at home to raise children and then hung out with hetaerae for fun.† I paused, unsure if he'd followed any of that. â€Å"Like I said, it's not really important.† â€Å"I don't know,† said Adrian thoughtfully. â€Å"I find prostitutes vastly important.† â€Å"Well. How refreshing to see that things haven't changed,† a new voice cut in. We both flinched and looked up at the scowling man who had just joined us. Adrian's father had arrived.

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Apparatus and Material: evaporating dish, Bunsen burner, wood splint, test tubes, micro spatula, dropper, mortar and pestle, test tube holder, safety goggles, lab apron. Piece of paper, NaCl (sodium chloride), water, 6 M HCL (hydrochloric acid), 0. We will write a custom essay sample on Physical and Chemical Changes or any similar topic only for you Order Now 1 M AgNO3 (silver nitrate), Mg ribbon, 6 M HCL (hydrochloric acid), CuSO4 5 H2O, 0. 50g iron fillings, 0. 50g of powdered sulfur, magnet, copper sulfate solution, zinc metal Safety: When heating a substance in a test tube, be sure the open end of the test tube points away from yourself and others. Handle all acids with extra caution. Always wear safety goggles when handling acids. Report all acid spills to your teacher, and flush with cold water and a dilute solution of sodium bicarbonate. Give heated glass ample time to cool before handling it. Glass retains heat. Wear your lab apron and safety goggles at all times during the lab. Procedure: 1. Tear a piece of paper (about 5cm x 10cm) into small pieces. Set an evaporating dish on an insulating square and place the pieces of paper on the glass. Ignite the paper with a mater and allow to burn. 2. Add a micro spatula scoop of NaCl (sodium chloride) to 5 mL of water in a test tube. Shake the contents of the tube. Next, use a dropper to add 10 drops of 0. 1 M AgNO3 (silver nitrate) to the NaCl water. 3. Obtain a piece of magnesium ribbon about 5 cm long from your teacher. Place the ribbon into a test tube and add a few drops of 6 M HCL (hydrochloric acid). Touch the bottom of the test tube and record your observations. Invert another test tube above the mixture to collect any gas that may form. Using a lighted splint, test for the presence of hydrogen gas. Record your observations. 4. Use a mortar and pestle to grind several crystals of CuSO4 5 H2O into a uniform powder. Place one micro spatula of the powder into a test tube. Heat gently over the burner flame until the color changes. Allow the sample to cool and then a few drops of water. Record your observations. 5. Using a lab balance, measure out the following samples: 0. 50g iron fillings and 0. 50g of powdered sulfur. Mix the two samples thoroughly in a test tube. Run a magnet along the outside of the test tube. Record your observations. 7. Add 5mL of copper sulfate solution to a test tube. Add a piece of zinc metal and watch for 5 minutes. Record your observations. Observations and data: 1. The paper appears white, odorless, thin, two-dimensional, and very smooth; length – 5. cmx10. 0cm. When lighted, the pieces of paper change from white to dark brown, then to black; the paper also shrinks as it shrivels up. An energy release (exothermic reaction) takes place as the burning material releases heat. After the paper turns black the fire goes off, leading to gas emission and a burning smell. The burned paper appears to be light-grey, cool and ex tremely soft at touch; in fact, it turns into ash immediately after contact. 2. Sodium chloride is a white crystallized solid, small and rough. Sodium chloride seemingly disappears when added to water, dissolving in it. Addition of colorless AgNO3 to the NaCl water solution produces a white, milky precipitate that has higher viscosity than water. When exposed to sunlight, the solution separates into 2 parts with the silver precipitate on the bottom and a purple-grayish substance on top. The latter gradually changed from silver to purple, then to dark-grey with a purple tint. 3. Magnesium ribbon is a light-silver, small (length – 5cm) and shiny solid with a very light mass. Addition of hydrochloric acid to the magnesium ribbon resulted in an exothermic reaction – it rapidly released heat, making the tube extremely hot, and created white foam with fizzing. The magnesium ribbon partially dissolved. The presence of hydrogen gas as the product of the reaction was confirmed when a lighted splint, when submerged into the gas, made a loud popping sound. 4. CuSO4 5H2O crystals are small turquoise solids; when grinded, it is a light-blue powder. Heated crystals change color from blue to white; water vapor forms on the walls of the test tube. Addition of water turns the heated crystals from white back to dark-blue, almost teal color. 5. Sulfur appears as yellow powder; iron is dark-brown powder; mixed together, they look like dirt. Iron becomes attracted to the magnet, following it if it’s close enough; sulfur does not. Magnet can be used to separate the two mixtures. 6. On heating the iron-sulfur mixture, the sulfur melts and reacts with the iron exothermically to first evaporate into a yellow gas, then form a reddish-orange, solidified substance that â€Å"glows†. The substance releases an unpleasant odor of rotten eggs. The iron on the bottom turns black and does not react with a magnet. The glowing substance turns out to be a soft solid when probed. 7. Zinc is a silver solid with a light mass. Addition of zinc metal to copper sulfate solution results in an exothermic reaction that produces a brown-reddish precipitate (copper). Zinc becomes coated with the copper precipitate, thus becoming dark. Conclusions and data: 1. a) tearing paper – physical change; retaining of properties, no new substances created b) burning paper – chemical change, gas and heat given off (evidence of chemical reaction) c) dissolving NaCl – physical change; solution formed, but individual properties retained; separation possible by distillation. ) mixing NaCl and AgNO3 – chemical change; white precipitate, or new substance, is formed e) tearing Mg ribbon – physical change; retaining of properties, no new substances created f) adding HCL to Mg – chemical reaction; exothermic reaction by release of heat, which is evidence of a chemical reaction. g) grinding CuSO4 H2O – physical change; ground crystals retain their properties and molecular arrangement. h) heating CuSO4 H2O – physical change; evaporation of water is a change of state (phys. rop. ) i) mixing Fe and S – physical change; no new properties are formed. j) heating a mixture of Fe and S – chemical reaction; new substance is formed that has different properties from that of iron (no reaction to magnet). 2. Giving off of heat and formation of gases is an indicate that a chemical reaction occurred. Some examples are a reaction of Mg and hydrochloric acid (giving off heat and production of H2), and the burning of paper (production of CO2 gas and heat release). 3. New substances in the burning of paper are gases (CO2) and water (H2O). NaCl and AgNO3 produce a silver precipitate, or new substance (NaNO3 + AgCl). HCL and Magnesium produce MgCl and hydrogen gas. Iron-sulfur mixture produce an orange-red glowing substance and black iron sulfide on the bottom. Copper sulfate and zinc react to produce a dark-red copper precipitate. 4. a) Change of color resulted in heating of CuSO4 5H2O crystals, but it only resulted in evaporation of water and didn’t change the chemical composition of crystals. ) tearing of paper resulted in its mass loss, but it retained its original properties c. ) NaCl seemingly â€Å"disappeared† when mixed with water; the salt dissolved, but two compounds retained their chemical properties and could be separated by distillation. 5. Substances in a mixture can be separated by magnetic separation; substances in a compound can be separated by distillation. Magnetic separation separated the iron-sulfur mixture. Di stillation of CuSO4 5H2O separated the compound by evaporating the water. How to cite Physical and Chemical Changes, Papers

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Ellis Island Essay, Research Paper Ellis Island Ellis Island has a long and exciting. History was the # 8220 ; Gateway to America # 8221 ; from 1892 until it closed in 1954, The island was called Gull Island by the Indians and Oyster Island by the Dutch people. Subsequently the English made it a topographic point for hanging felons and so the island became known as Gibbet Island. The Indians sold it to the Dutch East India Company for bangles. The company subsequently sold it to Mynheer Paauw who besides bought land along the New Jersey coastline. Samuel Ellis, a colonial merchandiser bought the island and it became at last Ellis Island. After the Revolution, the island was sold to New York State and in 1811, Fort Gibson was built on it to fix for the War of 1812. No contending took topographic point at Fort Gibson it was chiefly a weaponries storage garrison. When immigrants began coming into New York City, New York State processed them at an old garrison known as Castle Clinton ( one bet it was called palace Clinton because it was easy to acquire into ) on the Battery at the tip of Manhattan. We will write a custom essay sample on Ellis Island Essay Research Paper Ellis IslandEllis or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page When that it became excessively little for the big figure of immigrants geting in the state, they chose Ellis Island as the new in-migration centre. After doing new wooden edifices, it opened in 1892 but those edifices burned in 1897. New edifices were built in 1900 and it opened once more. Finally the control of in-migration was turned over to the Federal authorities. Ellis Island was the federal in-migration station ( The Gateway to America ) in the United States from 1892 to 1954. More than 12 million immigrants were processed here. Over clip, the in-migration station spread over 3 affiliated islands with loto edifices including a infirmary. It is estimated that over 40 per centum of all citizens can follow their lineage to those who came through Ellis Island. After go throughing a clump of in-migration Torahs in the 1920s it was used more for deporting foreigners. Immigrants were required to go through a series of medical and legal reviews before they could come in America. Those who did non go through these reviews were returned to their state on the boats that brought them here. Even though merely 2 per centum of those coming to America were turned off at Ellis Island that came out to over 250000 people whose hopes and dreams turned to cryings and messed up lives. Ellis Island has nt effected my life tramendusly but it did consequence it somewhat in ways of my ascendants might hold came through it. It was the Gateway to America, it was needed, and it was built. Ellis Island.