What is the Truth of Marijuana “There are a lot of unanswered questions about marijuana—questions about its effect on the brain, and on young people—and we think legislators would be wise to look at these questions as they consider the legalization of marijuana.”
This was the answer from Chris Thorne, the vice president of communications, to the question of marijuana legalization.
Colorado and Washington together decriminalized and legalized cannabis by popular vote in 2012. After that, more areas of the country joined this tide, including Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C. Many states followed Washington and Colorado’s approach to impelling their legalization process, such as California, Arizona, and Nevada.
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However, “Acute adverse effects include transient panic reactions and toxic psychoses. The panic reactions are characterized by anxiety, helplessness and loss of control and may be accompanied by florid paranoid thoughts and hallucinations. The toxic psychoses are characterized by the sudden onset of confusion and visual hallucinations.” Even taking lower doses, one might get functional psychoses if he/she was one of the vulnerable people.
The problems brought by marijuana did not stop at a personal physical level. Its derivational problems could be more dangerous. Marijuana itself did not lead the person to the other drugs. However, when the “high” brought by marijuana faded, the unwanted condition or situation returned more frequently tan before. People might try to find stronger drugs since marijuana has no longer “worked.”
Christian said, "I was given my first joint in the playground of my school. I’m a heroin addict now, and I’ve just finished my eighth treatment for drug …show more content…
A study published in the Lancet and reported on by the Economist showed that the combined harms to the user of marijuana were less than the harms posed by alcohol or tobacco. And the cost of all illegal drug abuses to society (about 161 billions) was less than the cost of alcohol (about 185 billions.).
Although the cost of marijuana abuse was comparatively low, it was still expensive to keep it illegal. According to Marijuana Legalization Organization, the U.S. “currently spent billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful people who happened to get high... and taxpayers have to foot the bill.”
If marijuana was legalized, the U.S. could save billions of dollars every year on prisoning. In addition, the government would be able to collect taxes on it, like Colorado, which brought in about $2 million from axes on recreational marijuana in the first month it was legal to sell non-medical marijuana in the
This was the answer from Chris Thorne, the vice president of communications, to the question of marijuana legalization.
Colorado and Washington together decriminalized and legalized cannabis by popular vote in 2012. After that, more areas of the country joined this tide, including Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C. Many states followed Washington and Colorado’s approach to impelling their legalization process, such as California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Marijuana was a grey area …show more content…
However, “Acute adverse effects include transient panic reactions and toxic psychoses. The panic reactions are characterized by anxiety, helplessness and loss of control and may be accompanied by florid paranoid thoughts and hallucinations. The toxic psychoses are characterized by the sudden onset of confusion and visual hallucinations.” Even taking lower doses, one might get functional psychoses if he/she was one of the vulnerable people.
The problems brought by marijuana did not stop at a personal physical level. Its derivational problems could be more dangerous. Marijuana itself did not lead the person to the other drugs. However, when the “high” brought by marijuana faded, the unwanted condition or situation returned more frequently tan before. People might try to find stronger drugs since marijuana has no longer “worked.”
Christian said, "I was given my first joint in the playground of my school. I’m a heroin addict now, and I’ve just finished my eighth treatment for drug …show more content…
A study published in the Lancet and reported on by the Economist showed that the combined harms to the user of marijuana were less than the harms posed by alcohol or tobacco. And the cost of all illegal drug abuses to society (about 161 billions) was less than the cost of alcohol (about 185 billions.).
Although the cost of marijuana abuse was comparatively low, it was still expensive to keep it illegal. According to Marijuana Legalization Organization, the U.S. “currently spent billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful people who happened to get high... and taxpayers have to foot the bill.”
If marijuana was legalized, the U.S. could save billions of dollars every year on prisoning. In addition, the government would be able to collect taxes on it, like Colorado, which brought in about $2 million from axes on recreational marijuana in the first month it was legal to sell non-medical marijuana in the