Medical Marijuana: The Controversy
Marijuana is often called morally and socially wrong, but can we possibly change the public views through medical use? Marijuana is often called a “gateway drug” and users are called “stoners” and “bums.” Time and new research has altered standard public outlook on this widely controversial topic. As time goes on, new research will come out and the younger generations will grow larger, so how will views shift in the future? In my essay, I plan to investigate and broaden my knowledge on the subject, looking over what politics and society has to say about this moral and physical opinion.
To start my investigation into this matter, I looked up the definitions of marijuana and what the difference between it is medically and recreationally. Marijuana is defined by the Webster 's Dictionary as “the dried leaves of the hemp plant used as a narcotic or …show more content…
Marijuana consists of hemp and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol is the reason for most of the psychological effects of marijuana. Marijuana affects the human mind by altering senses and impairing memory. It is also known for changing mood and causing difficulty in problem solving. The effects on the human body include pain relief, giving the mind and body a dose of dopamine, the ability to cause bronchitis and an accelerated heartbeat. If marijuana became legal, the number of drug arrests would lower because people with conditions needing treatment could acquire the drug legally, and state governments would have a larger amount of money. Medical marijuana, since the legalization in half the states within the U.S., has been used for treatments in pain and nausea going hand in hand with multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, treatment for concussions and Crohn 's disease. In the future there are hopes to use it against cancer, Alzheimer 's disease and mental
Marijuana is often called morally and socially wrong, but can we possibly change the public views through medical use? Marijuana is often called a “gateway drug” and users are called “stoners” and “bums.” Time and new research has altered standard public outlook on this widely controversial topic. As time goes on, new research will come out and the younger generations will grow larger, so how will views shift in the future? In my essay, I plan to investigate and broaden my knowledge on the subject, looking over what politics and society has to say about this moral and physical opinion.
To start my investigation into this matter, I looked up the definitions of marijuana and what the difference between it is medically and recreationally. Marijuana is defined by the Webster 's Dictionary as “the dried leaves of the hemp plant used as a narcotic or …show more content…
Marijuana consists of hemp and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol is the reason for most of the psychological effects of marijuana. Marijuana affects the human mind by altering senses and impairing memory. It is also known for changing mood and causing difficulty in problem solving. The effects on the human body include pain relief, giving the mind and body a dose of dopamine, the ability to cause bronchitis and an accelerated heartbeat. If marijuana became legal, the number of drug arrests would lower because people with conditions needing treatment could acquire the drug legally, and state governments would have a larger amount of money. Medical marijuana, since the legalization in half the states within the U.S., has been used for treatments in pain and nausea going hand in hand with multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, treatment for concussions and Crohn 's disease. In the future there are hopes to use it against cancer, Alzheimer 's disease and mental