Benefits Of Legalizing Marijuana

Should Marijuana not be legalized?
Marijuana. Commonly known to its users as herb, Mary Jane, and weed among other names depending on the place refers to the dry leaves and flowers and the flowers of Cannabis sativa pant. Its users mainly smoke it as cigarettes traditionally rolled by the hands. The use of Marijuana has had a lot of controversies in the past when it said to be harmful to the human body through its side effects that were not yet clear. It was later discovered that it has medicinal benefits that allowed people to use it in brewing tea, and as an additive in edible foodstuffs such as cookies and candies. It is on record as the most widely used illegal drug in the world. It is mainly used and abused by the youths to alter feeling …show more content…
The current amendments in the bill of rights state that every American citizen has the right to pursue his or her happiness. It has been proven beyond doubt that most of marijuana user and smokers do it for the sake of them becoming happy. They get some sense of self-actualization when they smoke marijuana. Making the use of this drug illegal is, therefore, in contravention of their constitutional right and such a move can be challenged in a court of law by any human rights activities. It contravenes the rights of these individuals as the move to make the illicit drug washes away their source of happiness. In the case, banning the use of marijuana is unconstitutional (Pacula et al. …show more content…
It is a clear indication that there are no health problems that are caused by marijuana. It does not create addiction as other drugs do. Additionally, if the drug use is legalized, it will reduce the way people use it to a large scale. It will reduce drug trafficking and reduces the number of dealers within the country. Marijuana does not cause lung cancer, disease. On the contrary, it is used for medical purpose as a prevention to glaucoma and Alzheimer. In the same manner, it is used as stress reliever alongside helping physicians to retard the growth of tumor and such related diseases. It also has applications in hospital theaters where it is used during minor operations as a pain reliever. Legalizing the drug and the plant will come at a good time for the state when it is grappling with unemployment issues for the youthful generation. How? The government will be motivated to come up with cannabis farms which can be a source of employment to its citizens through harvesting, cultivation, and processing. The county’s GDP will shoot upwards through the revenues it will collect as tax from the business revolving around marijuana. It will, therefore, do the country more good than harm to legalize marijuana (Sagar et al.