No on Prop. 64
When people hear the word drugs a thought comes to mind; that thought is don't do drugs because they're detrimental towards health. The drug marijuana is currently legal only for medical purposes but is also being suggested to be legalized for recreational use. Most of the voters are supporters of Proposition 64 but all they want to do is get high, yet they don't understand the outcome of this act. The supporters of this proposition don’t focus or pay attention to the effects of this gateway drug and its contribution to the collapse of public health. Many people don't know the results of legalizing marijuana for recreational use and the consequences of using the drug itself. The Proposition 64 needs to rethink what it's suggesting and focus on the negative effects of marijuana. There should not be a legalization of recreational use of marijuana since it will crucially affect the health of the american people, become a distraction and interruption towards education, and increase highway fatalities and more impaired driving.
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Drugs are addictive and steal the user from free will. A drug user is unable to make an informed and rational decision to continue using drugs. For the reason that the use of drug eliminates the user’s ability to think logically. The use of marijuana is not only dangerous to the user but to the other people as well. As in drinking and driving, the driver under the use of alcohol puts the life of other people in risk. The author asserts that “ When people are very high, they become impaired and start to take more risks, just like drunk drivers.” (Ghose, 2015). The author explains how being under the use of marijuana can be the same as under the influence of alcohol, leading to similar outcomes. Furthermore, the legalization of marijuana will put the lives of more people in danger, possibly resulting in
When people hear the word drugs a thought comes to mind; that thought is don't do drugs because they're detrimental towards health. The drug marijuana is currently legal only for medical purposes but is also being suggested to be legalized for recreational use. Most of the voters are supporters of Proposition 64 but all they want to do is get high, yet they don't understand the outcome of this act. The supporters of this proposition don’t focus or pay attention to the effects of this gateway drug and its contribution to the collapse of public health. Many people don't know the results of legalizing marijuana for recreational use and the consequences of using the drug itself. The Proposition 64 needs to rethink what it's suggesting and focus on the negative effects of marijuana. There should not be a legalization of recreational use of marijuana since it will crucially affect the health of the american people, become a distraction and interruption towards education, and increase highway fatalities and more impaired driving.
The use …show more content…
Drugs are addictive and steal the user from free will. A drug user is unable to make an informed and rational decision to continue using drugs. For the reason that the use of drug eliminates the user’s ability to think logically. The use of marijuana is not only dangerous to the user but to the other people as well. As in drinking and driving, the driver under the use of alcohol puts the life of other people in risk. The author asserts that “ When people are very high, they become impaired and start to take more risks, just like drunk drivers.” (Ghose, 2015). The author explains how being under the use of marijuana can be the same as under the influence of alcohol, leading to similar outcomes. Furthermore, the legalization of marijuana will put the lives of more people in danger, possibly resulting in