Marijuana is currently an illegal drug that is widely used in the United States. It is very popular with adolescents and young adults, who may actually use the substance on a day to day basis. The substance is still not legal in majority of the States, although recently there were some States that got the law passed to have Marijuana legalized in their region. Even though some States legalized the drug, there are still States that would never want to legalize Marijuana. Which causes a major issue right now in this society of whether or not the entire United States should pass this legalization law. Society is not unanimous because they have mixed feelings about the issue. There are several reasons as
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I believe that Marijuana should be legal in the United States and the reasons people fear of this legalization is because they are not familiar with the drug but …show more content…
The substances that people are truly addicted too and even harms themselves and others around them. Yet, people are more comfortable with alcohol and tobacco being legal rather than having Marijuana legal. With this being said people still don’t believe Marijuana should be legalized since they would associate Marijuana with crime levels and death rates. Honestly, how many times do you hear about any crime or tragedy that was caused by Marijuana? Do you ever turn on the news and hear about a car wrecks that happened because a person was under the influence of Marijuana? How about any horrific stories of people who overdose on Marijuana? No, you never hear that because it never happens. There was research done by Paula Derrow where she given participants who currently use Marijuana and those who used the substance before. It was stated that “Indeed, while you may have a bad reaction to a toke, most experts agree that you won’t die of a pot overdose. ‘Compared that to the 300 people a year who die from acetaminophen”. Which acetaminophen is just a regular pain killer. Not
I believe that Marijuana should be legal in the United States and the reasons people fear of this legalization is because they are not familiar with the drug but …show more content…
The substances that people are truly addicted too and even harms themselves and others around them. Yet, people are more comfortable with alcohol and tobacco being legal rather than having Marijuana legal. With this being said people still don’t believe Marijuana should be legalized since they would associate Marijuana with crime levels and death rates. Honestly, how many times do you hear about any crime or tragedy that was caused by Marijuana? Do you ever turn on the news and hear about a car wrecks that happened because a person was under the influence of Marijuana? How about any horrific stories of people who overdose on Marijuana? No, you never hear that because it never happens. There was research done by Paula Derrow where she given participants who currently use Marijuana and those who used the substance before. It was stated that “Indeed, while you may have a bad reaction to a toke, most experts agree that you won’t die of a pot overdose. ‘Compared that to the 300 people a year who die from acetaminophen”. Which acetaminophen is just a regular pain killer. Not