Legalization of Marijuana Today there is a lot of material which are considered as an illegal by most authorities but not all of these materials should be banned for instance a plant called cannabis, also known as marijuana. The word of “Marijuana” do not have specific origins but is according to Oxford English Dictionary the word derives from Aztecan word “mallihuan” which means prisoner.(1) As we can understand, the discovery of this plant is nothing new. Marijuana has been used for ages with different kinds of uses and people form that times did not made it illegal. When we looked its history the first restrictions were started approximately in 1930 's. Since then, it is still prohibited by some countries. However, today we have governments that allowed consumption of marijuana under some conditions such as taxing, allowing just for medical use or even using the way whatever you want. Why we need it to be banned today. What is the logical explanation behind this? Who made this decision that it should not be consumed? Today there is a lot of material way worse than marijuana and they are legal. There is no reason that a matter which can use in medical ways considered as illegal. Illegality of marijuana does not makes it unreachable and there is still a lot of people using and selling it. The using marijuana is not harmful than drinking alcohol and smoking cigarette. Illegality of marijuana does not makes it unreachable and
Let me begin by warning you, this is an extremely controversial topic. Legalizing recreational marijuana should be a top priority for the state of Florida. When put on a scale the benefits outweigh the cons. For one, the crime rate in our state will lower. Secondly, many people cannot afford prescription drugs, recreational marijuana can be used for various ailments and its health benefits exceed expectation.
Legalizing marijuana can make the state some money and there are many benefits to it. Legalizing marijuana won’t benefit at all for the big corrupt pharmaceutical companies, if the cannabis is passed as a drug for health issues. Maybe that’s why lawmakers haven’t maybe won’t pass the law to legalize Marijuana. Yes the companies can get involved but then somehow it will get corrupt and won’t benefit the citizens.
Millions of people around the world are consumers of marijuana. The demand for legalizing marijuana has grown throughout the years. Users of marijuana pledge for it to be legalized to avoid the prison life. For now, marijuana is an illegal drug in almost all countries. With the demand of it increasing, the legalization of marijuana has grown to be a very controversial topic recently.
With the pressure to legalize marijuana rise for government officials, protesters argue that decriminalizing marijuana would help society and benefit the people living in the Unites States. In states that have already legalized marijuana, it has been documented and proven that marijuana usage has been higher than before legalization, even if the consequences were very severe (“Marijuana Decriminalization”). If people are so highly dedicated to continuingcontinue using marijuana, even with their lives and future at stake, what could stop them? Marijuana has been proven to be a “gateway” drug, therefore, if marijuana were to be legalized, eventually other harmful substances could be legalized as well causing many deaths and various forms of
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Marijuana, morphine, heroin, and cocaine continued to be used when the Prohibition was over in 1933. In 1937, 46 states decided to ban the use of marijuana for the reason that it was dangerous and a potential drug for addiction. Fast forward 60 years, states
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The use of marijuana in the U.S. has become a concern to many American. For many years Americans has really had a drug use and abuse problems that has affected their families and the future of our county. Every year thousands of people die from drug overdose or some sort of violence related to drugs. Marijuana has been considered a drug for a very long time but some American believe that is should be legalize because it is not a drug. All across the United States many states have begun to legalize Marijuana after years of protest and citizens demand.
Marijuana should remain illegal in the United States, and states that have passed laws to make it legal should reverse those laws. Marijuana is addictive and a gateway drug. Legalizing marijuana will make it generally more available to the public, which will also make it more likely to be used by young adults and children that are not old enough to make smart decisions regarding drug
Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a plant that is commonly used by teenagers and adults to relieve some medical illnesses and most instances just to get “high”. Some use marijuana by smoking it thru pipes and bongs or consuming it as ingredients for baked goods. For as long as I can remember, marijuana has also been an illegal drug. Mostly every day we hear from the news how dangerous and harmful it is to us and our society to be associated with marijuana. Some people lose their freedom when caught having a certain amount of marijuana in their possession and on some cases, some people lose their lives from an illegal drug deal gone wrong.
Starting from the beginning, I will tell you what marijuana - also called grass, ganja, pot, and various other slang terms - is. Marijuana comes from the Indian hemp plant and is the greenish-brown mixture of the dried flowers of cannabis sativa. When I was younger I used to believe that speaking positively about Marijuana, makes you look like a bad personage or either worse, a criminal. This opinion was based on the false information media produced and on the government laws of my country. However, by enhancing my knowledge, I have decided that cannabis offers so much to humanity, that not only it has many benefits, it has to be legalized.
Some reasons are for America's economy, health and crime. People that are anti marijuana legalization will say that it is unhealthy and bad for you. But all of these assumptions are made based off opinion on the drug and its bad image people get from it. They also immediately
Like everything in this world, there are both pros and cons to marijuana. Marijuana has been apart of our world’s history for as long as anyone can remember. It has been used as medicine, food, and materials such as clothes and furniture. Even tho it has all these meaningful uses, why is it still illegal? There are many conspiracies involving weed.
Marijuana has a positive side to it, but till this day I get a constant reminder that drugs are bad for you, yet I see drugs continuously being used illegally everywhere. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States and people still go against the law to consume it knowing the consequences if they ever got caught. Marijuana has always been seen as a bad drug but marijuana is misunderstood by the nation. Why is marijuana illegal? Marijuana has been illegal since the 1970’s but marijuana should be made legal, it has been proven that legalizing marijuana has been beneficial to the American society as in Washington and Colorado.
From 1920-1933 America had a prohibition on alcohol. Let me tell you what that did for our country. It created disrespect for the law, it introduced organized crime, hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, it increased the amount people drank, and it was expensive for our government. There is a prohibition on marijuana and it has the same negative effects on our country today. It’s a problem that needs to be addressed.