The great ethical debate of the legalization of marijuana has been a popular topic since the 1960’s at both the state and national level. Marijuana is a mixture of dried shredded flowers and leaves that come from the hemp plant. Farmers would grow hemp and exchange it in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. It’s popularity in the 19th century was in the form of medicinal products and was openly sold in public pharmacies.
The recreational use of marijuana began after the Mexican Revolution in the year of 1910, when Mexican immigrants came into the United States. Americans felt fear and prejudice among these newcomers and their idea of the recreational use of weed. They associated terrible crimes to Mexicans and marijuana. As the result of …show more content…
Some of these things include social anxiety disorders, and ADHD. In the case of social anxiety, it helps to calm the patient down and interact better with people. In the case of ADHD, it helps to calm the patient down as well, but for a different reason. It helps to calm them down so that they can function and focus on what needs to be done.
There are two ethical systems that we found that help the argument of why marijuana should not be legalized. These systems include, divine command theory and virtue ethics. Divine command theory is “God said it, believe it, that settles it”. Virtue ethics says “The goal is to be a good person”. Both of these ethical views can back up how I feel about marijuana. They make good …show more content…
Evolutionary ethics states “Environments… are never static” (Wilkens, 78). Utilitarianism states “The greatest happiness for the greatest number” (Wilkens, 98).
Evolutionary ethics is the biological approach to ethics based on evolution. It is derived from the views of Charles Darwin and discusses survival of the fittest from the ethical side. In order to progress in this world, we need to advance our system of ethics and what we find acceptable and unacceptable, legal and illegal. This system states that the legalization of marijuana is a progression of evolution. It is becoming less of a negative thing and more socially acceptable in public places. This all started with the legalization of medical marijuana and has progressed to recreational
The recreational use of marijuana began after the Mexican Revolution in the year of 1910, when Mexican immigrants came into the United States. Americans felt fear and prejudice among these newcomers and their idea of the recreational use of weed. They associated terrible crimes to Mexicans and marijuana. As the result of …show more content…
Some of these things include social anxiety disorders, and ADHD. In the case of social anxiety, it helps to calm the patient down and interact better with people. In the case of ADHD, it helps to calm the patient down as well, but for a different reason. It helps to calm them down so that they can function and focus on what needs to be done.
There are two ethical systems that we found that help the argument of why marijuana should not be legalized. These systems include, divine command theory and virtue ethics. Divine command theory is “God said it, believe it, that settles it”. Virtue ethics says “The goal is to be a good person”. Both of these ethical views can back up how I feel about marijuana. They make good …show more content…
Evolutionary ethics states “Environments… are never static” (Wilkens, 78). Utilitarianism states “The greatest happiness for the greatest number” (Wilkens, 98).
Evolutionary ethics is the biological approach to ethics based on evolution. It is derived from the views of Charles Darwin and discusses survival of the fittest from the ethical side. In order to progress in this world, we need to advance our system of ethics and what we find acceptable and unacceptable, legal and illegal. This system states that the legalization of marijuana is a progression of evolution. It is becoming less of a negative thing and more socially acceptable in public places. This all started with the legalization of medical marijuana and has progressed to recreational