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Why Marijuana should not be legalized The proponents for legalization of marijuana also known as “pot,” usually base their argument on assumptions not confirmed that it is a medicine, and continues to argue that marijuana can be controlled as alcohol and cigarettes. However, it is a common knowledge that its legalization would lead to the increase of the population smoking or using it in other means and this could lead to negative impacts on the health and social lives of most American families.…

Millions have died from smoking cigarettes, yet they’re still sold at stores. The same goes with alcohol, people constantly buy liquor knowing it causes medical issues and death, but they don’t care. Who has died from marijuana? Not one person. So what’s wrong with making it legal if there’s harmful things that cause death being sold in stores legally?…

5 INCREDIBLE FACTS TO INSPIRE THE INNER STONER You might be a stoner/newbie or someone who detests pot. You’ve probably smoked it in a joint/ cross joint or maybe even a DIY bottle bong or maybe even gotten high of some delicious weed brownies but we are sure that you’ve never heard about these 5 insane facts about pot: 1.Patriotism= Growing marijuana? In 1969 when America consisted of just 13 colonies, a law established required farmers to grow hemp.Earlier its uses were very different from…

Aside from a reduction in traffic fatalities and limiting teen use of marijuana, legalization can also bring about larger economic benefits. Advocates for legalization argue that even if the policy results in an increase in marijuana consumption, costs of treating marijuana dependence, and all related problems, they are still smaller than the savings in criminal justice system savings8. Additionally, if alcohol and marijuana are substitutes – which this paper suggests – then the decrease in…

However, this is incorrect because scientists have proven that marijuana is one of the least dangerous drugs. “Reports at the end of January, compared the potential of death from the typical, recreational use of 10 drugs: marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, diazepam, amphetamine and methadone. Marijuana was, by far, found to be the safest, even when compared to alcohol and cigarettes”…

The Legalization of Cannabis Paradox For four and a half decades, the United States has fought and spent billions on the “War on Drugs.” Most recently, cannabis (marijuana, weed, THC) has been the focal point of this costly war. Since 1990s, twenty-three states, with California being the first, have legalized cannabis for personal, medicinal, and recreational usage. However, controversy over this not-so-new public enemy remains because it is still illegal under federal law. The War on Drugs is…

Recreational Marijuana “Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” ― Bill Hicks Marijuana has been a hot topic for many years. Science has come a long way in the discoveries of what marijuana can do. The use of marijuana has become popular and helpful for people with tumors, glaucoma and many other diseases. Marijuana should be legalized because it would bring in revenue to the…

Marijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. THC is the mind altering compound found in marijuana. Research states that it is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. People use marijuana in several ways including rolling it up like a cigarette, using water pipes, in empty cigar papers called “blunts”, and some people also use vaporizers. Others have also used marijuana in foods like cookies, brownies, and candy.…

Marijuana and the Effects Marijuana is a commonly used drug in America (Downes 1). Its use has been around for a long time now. Recent results from research on the use of marijuana indicate that its use by young people increases by almost ten percent per year (Philip 1). These results coincide with the positive attitude by youths towards the effects and risks of consuming marijuana (Lane 2). The marijuana tree grows in many parts of the world. The Cannabis Sativa is the plant, which produces…

Dr Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, and Dr W. Samuel Yancy, MD, members of the Committee on Substance Abuse and Committee on Adolescence both asserted that “the morbidity, mortality, and economic costs to society associated with alcohol and tobacco use in the United States dwarf those associated with marijuana use.” Alcohol abuse is a proven culprit of chronic and incurable liver diseases like hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. And to make matters worse, both can lead to liver cancer too. Newborns can…