The article “ Sharing One Skin” is about sanity, place, and the four capacities of self. This article is really diving into the topic of identity. The four capacities of self are physical, emotional, thinking-intellectual, and spiritual self. The physical self is the part that depends entirely on the parts of us that exist beyond the skin. The emotional self is connected to everything by our hearts. Thinking-intellectual self is sticking to “the spark that ignites”.  The spiritual self refers to both The individual and the larger self, this shows that in a community you still have an identity in yourself and a larger point of view. An important quote I believe really captures the idea of identity this article gives is “ We survive by the continuous interaction between our bodies and everything around us.” 

The article "How Place Names Impact the Way We See Landscape" is about how the names of Western landscapes are divided by personal memories, ancestral teachings, mythic events, and colonial disturbances. It mostly speaks on the Diné values and beliefs. How Diné people respect the mountains and water because it has spirit. Also, they keep the respect of the dead people by adding yęę to the end of the name. Unlike Western glorifying the dead by naming buildings or statues after them.

The article " And Then I Went to School" is about the memories of a Cochiti Pueblo childhood. He talks about life before electricity on the pueblo. Then he talked about how close the Pueblo people were, and the sense of familiarity they have with each other. The article talks about how hard it was to go from home to boarding school and how hard it was to see the difference in the people of Cochiti. 

This article gives information about how marijuana was used in the past either for medical or recreational use. It also talks about the timeline of the regulations on marijuana. Another thing this article talks about is the repression of marijuana when films became popular. 

Over the course of history, marijuana was used as medicine. Starting as early as 2737 B.C. marijuana tea was prescribed for the treatment of gout, malaria, and poor memory. Although it was used as medicine it was also used as rope, sails, and clothing. Marijuana has been a controversial debate on being illegal and harmful or a medical improvement. 

This article talks about the different surveys they used to gather how US adults feel about the use of marijuana. All survey was conducted in October 2022. With the data collected only one in ten adults say marijuana should not be legalized at all. 30% vote for legalization for medical use only. In total 88 out of 100 adults say marijuana should be legalized. 

Marijuana in college students is popular because it enhances and gives a confidence boost to go out and meet new people. The amount of college students using marijuana is about 25% which is inaccurate due to people not reporting. Smoking marijuana tends to lower GPAs, more skipping, and a longer time to graduate. Although there was not a clear answer if there were any academic benefits, I don't believe there are. 

The use of marijuana in Mexico is ruled to be a constitutional right but has not yet been legalized. The legalization has been getting dragged out because Mexico's Supreme Court says the use of marijuana is unconstitutional to grow cannabis for personal use. A major view on this is the people's. A twenty-five-year-old named  Sergio Valenti believes marijuana should stop being seen as a problem. The person interviewing Carrie Kahn believes the government has bigger problems like murder and kidnap to worry about other than small-time marijuana users.

The status of medical marijuana benefits for cancer patients and the risks and side effects of marijuana are described in the article. In medical marijuana there are multiple active ingredients known as cannabinoids, two are being used for potential therapies. CBD and THC are used in medical marijuana in either a pill, cream, or other forms. For cancer patients, it helps with pain, neuropathy, nausea and etc.