Should Marijuana Be Legalized

Annually 100 people die from peanuts. So far, no deaths have been recorded directly due to marijuana. Yet peanuts are legal, and marijuana is not. This begs the question: should marijuana be legalized? Contrary to popular opinion, Marijuana has many health perks, pecuniary benefits, and would rid America of much of the black market and thus much crime. In a studied experiment with rats, cannabis(the technical term for marijuana) boosted andandimide levels appearing to protect the rats from memory loss. This could be a great pro-active safeguard against Alzheimer’s. Glaucoma is a disease in which the pressure inside your eye increases, eventually causing impaired vision and even blindness. Using medical Marijuana has been shown to lower intraocular pressure (IOP.) This reduces and even eliminates Glaucoma. Marijuana is frequently used as a non-narcotic pain reliever. In other words, people suffering from severe pain, can use small doses of marijuana without the addiction and other negative side effects of narcotic drugs. For many, Medical Marijuana is also a much less expensive pain relieving drug. Marijuana also has many economical advantages. If it were legalized, the …show more content…
If marijuana makes people happy, wouldn 't banning marijuana be unconstitutional? One argument for the legalization of marijuana quotes Genesis 1:29 where God says that all plants bearing seed are for our benefit. Marijuana is a Cannabis plant. It is not chemically processed; It is simply grown; Shouldn 't all people have the right to enjoy a plant? We are allowed to drink peppermint tea and use homeopathic remedies made from different herbs. How is marijuana any different? Our judicial system has people swear on the Bible to tell the truth. Evidently, they consider scripture to be credible. Yet people are still trying to go against Genesis by keeping marijuana illegal and out of the hands of the