Marijuana also known as cannabis, is a psychoactive drug that is known for its intoxicating effect or its “high”. Marijuana has been known throughout the streets as weed, herb, pot, grass, ganja, Mary Jane etc. Recreational marijuana is legal in only nine states and medical marijuana is legal in 29 states. Less than half of the U.S. have yet to legalize marijuana. There should be a legalization of marijuana across all 50 states in the U.S. as marijuana has been proven to aid in medical illness.
Despite many studies and scientific proof, marijuana is still listen as an illegal drug under federal law. One average, as much as 600,000 Americans are arrested for possession of marijuana ever year. Unlike other hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin, marijuana is not a drug that is easily addictive and has no damaging side effects. In an interview with CNN, Sanjay …show more content…
In class, Professor Shatkin mentions that both heroin and marijuana use is on a rise. I believe that marijuana usage is on a rise partly because of legalization in some states from recreational and medical use. Heroin is now on arise because of addiction to painkillers. Around the late 1990’s, there were loosened restriction on the amount of pain killers a doctor could prescribe. Before, the idea behind this was to prevent patients from suffering pain. This has led to an over prescription of painkillers leading to addiction. There are now harder restrictions to the access of painkillers such as databases allowing doctors and pharmaceuticals companies can use to see the amount of prescriptions of pain medication a person has. This has led to people going on alternative which is heroin. It has been noted that increase usage or dependence of the drug has led to heroin overdose deaths. Marijuana legalization can and could have prevented painkiller and heroin deaths as marijuana can be used to treat
Despite many studies and scientific proof, marijuana is still listen as an illegal drug under federal law. One average, as much as 600,000 Americans are arrested for possession of marijuana ever year. Unlike other hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin, marijuana is not a drug that is easily addictive and has no damaging side effects. In an interview with CNN, Sanjay …show more content…
In class, Professor Shatkin mentions that both heroin and marijuana use is on a rise. I believe that marijuana usage is on a rise partly because of legalization in some states from recreational and medical use. Heroin is now on arise because of addiction to painkillers. Around the late 1990’s, there were loosened restriction on the amount of pain killers a doctor could prescribe. Before, the idea behind this was to prevent patients from suffering pain. This has led to an over prescription of painkillers leading to addiction. There are now harder restrictions to the access of painkillers such as databases allowing doctors and pharmaceuticals companies can use to see the amount of prescriptions of pain medication a person has. This has led to people going on alternative which is heroin. It has been noted that increase usage or dependence of the drug has led to heroin overdose deaths. Marijuana legalization can and could have prevented painkiller and heroin deaths as marijuana can be used to treat