A Stand on Marijuana Legalization
In the nineteen- the sixties and seventies, marijuana was used freely and the most widely used. The drug is still used today by people viewing it as a harmless natural substance helping with many mental and health issues. From experience marijuana causes problems with thinking and concentration. And if smoking a batch lace with something it can cause hallucinations and impaired skills. People employ different stances on the legalization of the drug. Some feel the drug is safe and needed for medical and mental issues, and some feel it is dangerous and harmful. Society should take a stand on whether to legalize marijuana and weigh the costs of putting people in jail for making it legal or taxing it with a high …show more content…
are reluctant to legalize marijuana it is still accessible to people just as the harder drugs cocaine, meth, and heroin. Some States are lenient when it comes to legalizing marijuana and other are against the use, so individual wanting to use are moving to use legally. A report described the authorization of legal marijuana for a person's private use. However, the Controlled Substance Act remained unaltered (Garvey, T., & Doyle, C.2014). The issue of drug use has both a moral and legal dimension. For one, even if the use of marijuana does not mean people should use it, especially if there is an issue of addiction. If the law permits people to use marijuana it does not mean everyone should. Second, even if it is immoral to smoke marijuana, we still ask whether the use of such drugs should be illegal. With the legalization of marijuana comes the possibility of addiction. A person who habitually uses any drug substance endangers their health, welfare and safety, increasing their chances of becoming addicted and a high opportunity to using harder drugs. Marijuana is a habit-forming drug and takes control of a person state of mind questioning the possibility of …show more content…
Society needs to look at the money wasted on jailing individual for using, selling or having marijuana in their possession. All States should view marijuana sells as a way to collect a significant amount of tax dollar and save money on legal issues. The choice to use marijuana should be a free choice for individuals, as long as their use does not affect others. People in society are under the assumption that individuals have freedom of choice, but when their choices are not the healthy or smart, the law takes control. The initial confinement should be whether the person's activities cause critical damage to the society. The use of recreational marijuana is a valid example. A feedback of this contention is that most recreational marijuana use has a negative effect on society. Some people believe marijuana is not addictive, and others believe it has the same addictive properties as much harder drugs, yet the most addictive ones result in harmful effects. Politically speaking marijuana is a natural herbal substance with the option of removing it for the controlled substance list so everyone can purchase it (Barnes, R. E.2000). Recreational marijuana makes people joyful and offsets the damages. Numerous choices in life include adjusting pleasures with potential unsafe impacts. If the impact of pleasure is sufficiently enjoyable, people tend to accept the risk. While
In the nineteen- the sixties and seventies, marijuana was used freely and the most widely used. The drug is still used today by people viewing it as a harmless natural substance helping with many mental and health issues. From experience marijuana causes problems with thinking and concentration. And if smoking a batch lace with something it can cause hallucinations and impaired skills. People employ different stances on the legalization of the drug. Some feel the drug is safe and needed for medical and mental issues, and some feel it is dangerous and harmful. Society should take a stand on whether to legalize marijuana and weigh the costs of putting people in jail for making it legal or taxing it with a high …show more content…
are reluctant to legalize marijuana it is still accessible to people just as the harder drugs cocaine, meth, and heroin. Some States are lenient when it comes to legalizing marijuana and other are against the use, so individual wanting to use are moving to use legally. A report described the authorization of legal marijuana for a person's private use. However, the Controlled Substance Act remained unaltered (Garvey, T., & Doyle, C.2014). The issue of drug use has both a moral and legal dimension. For one, even if the use of marijuana does not mean people should use it, especially if there is an issue of addiction. If the law permits people to use marijuana it does not mean everyone should. Second, even if it is immoral to smoke marijuana, we still ask whether the use of such drugs should be illegal. With the legalization of marijuana comes the possibility of addiction. A person who habitually uses any drug substance endangers their health, welfare and safety, increasing their chances of becoming addicted and a high opportunity to using harder drugs. Marijuana is a habit-forming drug and takes control of a person state of mind questioning the possibility of …show more content…
Society needs to look at the money wasted on jailing individual for using, selling or having marijuana in their possession. All States should view marijuana sells as a way to collect a significant amount of tax dollar and save money on legal issues. The choice to use marijuana should be a free choice for individuals, as long as their use does not affect others. People in society are under the assumption that individuals have freedom of choice, but when their choices are not the healthy or smart, the law takes control. The initial confinement should be whether the person's activities cause critical damage to the society. The use of recreational marijuana is a valid example. A feedback of this contention is that most recreational marijuana use has a negative effect on society. Some people believe marijuana is not addictive, and others believe it has the same addictive properties as much harder drugs, yet the most addictive ones result in harmful effects. Politically speaking marijuana is a natural herbal substance with the option of removing it for the controlled substance list so everyone can purchase it (Barnes, R. E.2000). Recreational marijuana makes people joyful and offsets the damages. Numerous choices in life include adjusting pleasures with potential unsafe impacts. If the impact of pleasure is sufficiently enjoyable, people tend to accept the risk. While