Marijuana Policy: Not As Detrimental
Today, the United States of America is faced by rising demand for health care at lower costs with increasing population; is faced with increasing demand for education at affordable costs beside the huge bulk of unpaid student loans; and it is concerned with the high costs of living in the country. It is therefore feasible to devise ways to stabilize the country's economy and increase supply of these highly required services at affordable costs to all citizens. Many policies have been legislated and implemented with little or no success at meeting their intended purposes. One just has to look at Affordable Health Care policy, which was intended to make health care accessible to all at affordable costs. In …show more content…
A report by CDC shows that death toll from alcohol use is 88,000 a year in the U. S (Graham 3). On the other hand, there had been no records of death resulting from marijuana use until in 2014 when a research identified only two cases. This is the very reason why pro-marijuana legalization remain optimistic about the drug despite bitter protests by others (Chaloupka & Laixuthai 253-276). In addition, those under the influence of marijuana are less likely to cause traffic accidents. This reasoning gets support from a laboratory finding that those under the influence of THC which is the proactive element found in the drug are able to make proper judgments on just how much their vision is impaired compared to alcohol users (Bédard, Dubois, & Weaver 6-11). Smokers are also likely to stay at home rather than move from one bar to another as is the case with most alcohol consumers. In this light, reducing traffic fatalities is a feasible idea. These perennial problems associated with alcohol use cost the country more than the tax collected from use of the drug in addition to putting unnecessary pressure in the legal and health systems. Legalization of marijuana for personal use would help to mitigate these issues and drastically reduce
Today, the United States of America is faced by rising demand for health care at lower costs with increasing population; is faced with increasing demand for education at affordable costs beside the huge bulk of unpaid student loans; and it is concerned with the high costs of living in the country. It is therefore feasible to devise ways to stabilize the country's economy and increase supply of these highly required services at affordable costs to all citizens. Many policies have been legislated and implemented with little or no success at meeting their intended purposes. One just has to look at Affordable Health Care policy, which was intended to make health care accessible to all at affordable costs. In …show more content…
A report by CDC shows that death toll from alcohol use is 88,000 a year in the U. S (Graham 3). On the other hand, there had been no records of death resulting from marijuana use until in 2014 when a research identified only two cases. This is the very reason why pro-marijuana legalization remain optimistic about the drug despite bitter protests by others (Chaloupka & Laixuthai 253-276). In addition, those under the influence of marijuana are less likely to cause traffic accidents. This reasoning gets support from a laboratory finding that those under the influence of THC which is the proactive element found in the drug are able to make proper judgments on just how much their vision is impaired compared to alcohol users (Bédard, Dubois, & Weaver 6-11). Smokers are also likely to stay at home rather than move from one bar to another as is the case with most alcohol consumers. In this light, reducing traffic fatalities is a feasible idea. These perennial problems associated with alcohol use cost the country more than the tax collected from use of the drug in addition to putting unnecessary pressure in the legal and health systems. Legalization of marijuana for personal use would help to mitigate these issues and drastically reduce