Antonella Portocarrero
Professor Nora Kabaji
English 100
Academic Essay
30 July 2017 Guiding The Inevitable For thousands of years, human beings used cannabis for its nutritional value in its seeds, ability to be converted into oil for cooking and its capability to be used for housing insulation. It was also customarily utilized as a means to remove toxins and contamination from soil and water. Although the cannabis plant, more commonly known as hemp or marijuana, can now be used as alternative textiles, paper, or a manner of replacing plastics to a friendly biodegradable option, many people choose to use it for recreation. The legalization of retail marijuana sales and broadening the use of this plant can have a profound impact on many …show more content…
Areas such as public beaches, parks, and schools as well as playgrounds are prohibited zones for smoking or consuming marijuana edibles due to the possibility of jeopardizing others. Due to some of the adverse health effects brought about by using cannabis the distinction of where the employment of its drug form can be used is crucial in order to protect expecting mothers, those choosing to abstain from the substance and children who can accidentally ingest edibles along with becoming exposure to smoke. Similar regulations to tobacco control laws for smoke-free consequences such as fines, tickets, and arrests should be implemented but because of how recent this movement is some discrepancies between state and federal consequences have been noted (Cork, 5). Many individuals object to this restriction by the reason of blaming non-users and fear of banning outdoor usage; This disagreement for the right to utilize marijuana in any setting does not provide ample justification to imposing this substance’s negative health effects onto others; adhering to these rules will not eliminate outdoor smoking but specify areas in which it doesn’t compromise the wellbeing of …show more content…
While this plant has the potential for long term damaging effects on the human body and mind, its alternative uses have the potential to benefit people from all over the globe. It can aid the reduction of deforestation by its ability to be using as hemp paper, lower pollution through the conversion to hemp biodegradable plastics and can reducing greenhouse effects from livestock used for clothing material via the use of hemp fibers. If managed properly with evident rules to its users and retail sales, hemp can be accepted and tolerated within society more easily enabling for a safer industry of the plant as well as less of a danger to its users. Factors dealing with the suitable age allowed of obtaining the drug, directions on redistribution and the appropriate settings where one can practice the use, are vital points to ensure a functional system for
Professor Nora Kabaji
English 100
Academic Essay
30 July 2017 Guiding The Inevitable For thousands of years, human beings used cannabis for its nutritional value in its seeds, ability to be converted into oil for cooking and its capability to be used for housing insulation. It was also customarily utilized as a means to remove toxins and contamination from soil and water. Although the cannabis plant, more commonly known as hemp or marijuana, can now be used as alternative textiles, paper, or a manner of replacing plastics to a friendly biodegradable option, many people choose to use it for recreation. The legalization of retail marijuana sales and broadening the use of this plant can have a profound impact on many …show more content…
Areas such as public beaches, parks, and schools as well as playgrounds are prohibited zones for smoking or consuming marijuana edibles due to the possibility of jeopardizing others. Due to some of the adverse health effects brought about by using cannabis the distinction of where the employment of its drug form can be used is crucial in order to protect expecting mothers, those choosing to abstain from the substance and children who can accidentally ingest edibles along with becoming exposure to smoke. Similar regulations to tobacco control laws for smoke-free consequences such as fines, tickets, and arrests should be implemented but because of how recent this movement is some discrepancies between state and federal consequences have been noted (Cork, 5). Many individuals object to this restriction by the reason of blaming non-users and fear of banning outdoor usage; This disagreement for the right to utilize marijuana in any setting does not provide ample justification to imposing this substance’s negative health effects onto others; adhering to these rules will not eliminate outdoor smoking but specify areas in which it doesn’t compromise the wellbeing of …show more content…
While this plant has the potential for long term damaging effects on the human body and mind, its alternative uses have the potential to benefit people from all over the globe. It can aid the reduction of deforestation by its ability to be using as hemp paper, lower pollution through the conversion to hemp biodegradable plastics and can reducing greenhouse effects from livestock used for clothing material via the use of hemp fibers. If managed properly with evident rules to its users and retail sales, hemp can be accepted and tolerated within society more easily enabling for a safer industry of the plant as well as less of a danger to its users. Factors dealing with the suitable age allowed of obtaining the drug, directions on redistribution and the appropriate settings where one can practice the use, are vital points to ensure a functional system for