While the medicinal use of marijuana was becoming less important to physicians due to the new pain-relieving medicines being developed, marijuana gained a new purpose一recreational use. Once marijuana became associated with recreational use, opposition towards the drug began to grow. Rumors about marijuana’s association with violent crimes, as well as information on addiction, began to rise.
With marijuana use being illegal, it leads drug dealers to smuggle the plant. This becomes hazardous to the user if the plant is becoming contaminated by means of smuggling. In addition to the purity of marijuana being jeopardized by the illegalization, crime also feeds off of it 一 exactly what the government wants to stay away from. With legalization of …show more content…
Supporters of marijuana aren’t all recreational users, as some opposers choose to think. A large part of the population that supports the legalization of marijuana are the severely ill patients who have experienced relief from their chronic pain symptoms. Marijuana has been effective in reducing the symptoms they experience and the pain as well, while not completely eliminating the medical condition. These people support marijuana for the right reasons; they support the benefits of marijuana, not the effects it …show more content…
Marijuana is being associated with heroin, cocaine, and ecstasy. This is why the public is led to believe marijuana is a gateway drug. With its association to these other drugs, society has been led to believe that marijuana is just as severe a drug as the other drugs under this group. After a person tries marijuana, this classification of drugs leads the person to believe that the other drugs are just as harmless as marijuana, which leads them to move onto more harmful drugs. Generalizations such as this one need to change. Marijuana should be legal under both state and federal laws. Regulation, taxation, and commercialization of the drug could benefit the country more than harm it. Whether marijuana is legal or not, it will always be around. Smugglers will only seek new methods of smuggling if it remains illegal. Alcohol and cigarettes have been proven to be more harmful and present more dangers than marijuana. With legalization, the amount of crimes related with marijuana will be
With marijuana use being illegal, it leads drug dealers to smuggle the plant. This becomes hazardous to the user if the plant is becoming contaminated by means of smuggling. In addition to the purity of marijuana being jeopardized by the illegalization, crime also feeds off of it 一 exactly what the government wants to stay away from. With legalization of …show more content…
Supporters of marijuana aren’t all recreational users, as some opposers choose to think. A large part of the population that supports the legalization of marijuana are the severely ill patients who have experienced relief from their chronic pain symptoms. Marijuana has been effective in reducing the symptoms they experience and the pain as well, while not completely eliminating the medical condition. These people support marijuana for the right reasons; they support the benefits of marijuana, not the effects it …show more content…
Marijuana is being associated with heroin, cocaine, and ecstasy. This is why the public is led to believe marijuana is a gateway drug. With its association to these other drugs, society has been led to believe that marijuana is just as severe a drug as the other drugs under this group. After a person tries marijuana, this classification of drugs leads the person to believe that the other drugs are just as harmless as marijuana, which leads them to move onto more harmful drugs. Generalizations such as this one need to change. Marijuana should be legal under both state and federal laws. Regulation, taxation, and commercialization of the drug could benefit the country more than harm it. Whether marijuana is legal or not, it will always be around. Smugglers will only seek new methods of smuggling if it remains illegal. Alcohol and cigarettes have been proven to be more harmful and present more dangers than marijuana. With legalization, the amount of crimes related with marijuana will be