Why Marijuana should not be legalized
The proponents for legalization of marijuana also known as “pot,” usually base their argument on assumptions not confirmed that it is a medicine, and continues to argue that marijuana can be controlled as alcohol and cigarettes. However, it is a common knowledge that its legalization would lead to the increase of the population smoking or using it in other means and this could lead to negative impacts on the health and social lives of most American families. Hawkins (2014) gives an example of Amsterdam city as an example of how legalizing pot led to their children reported to have reduced their education concentration, as some could come to class “high” and could be disrespect their teachers. Therefore, he asks whether the 58% of the people who voted for the legalization of pot in Florida would expect such negative mental and …show more content…
Marijuana legalization would lead to addiction and this would make the users need to stay high by using even more “hard” drug substance to maintain their levels of “highness.” The users of pot in most cases get used to getting high while using marijuana that they cannot manage to withdraw from using it, leading to addiction. In the U.S., marijuana leads in the most commonly abused drugs that is illegal and in the world as a whole. The persons, who support for the legalization of marijuana for medical purpose, do not account for the cost that the government incurs not for its prohibition but for its use. According to (Duke, 2012), marijuana can act as a gateway to crime within a country. According to a survey done on the inmates in jail in 2002, 29 percent of them were using illegal drugs, and marijuana had the highest number of users compared to other illegal drugs. Therefore, it is understood that most criminal activities are linked with the illegal use of marijuana or any other illegal
The proponents for legalization of marijuana also known as “pot,” usually base their argument on assumptions not confirmed that it is a medicine, and continues to argue that marijuana can be controlled as alcohol and cigarettes. However, it is a common knowledge that its legalization would lead to the increase of the population smoking or using it in other means and this could lead to negative impacts on the health and social lives of most American families. Hawkins (2014) gives an example of Amsterdam city as an example of how legalizing pot led to their children reported to have reduced their education concentration, as some could come to class “high” and could be disrespect their teachers. Therefore, he asks whether the 58% of the people who voted for the legalization of pot in Florida would expect such negative mental and …show more content…
Marijuana legalization would lead to addiction and this would make the users need to stay high by using even more “hard” drug substance to maintain their levels of “highness.” The users of pot in most cases get used to getting high while using marijuana that they cannot manage to withdraw from using it, leading to addiction. In the U.S., marijuana leads in the most commonly abused drugs that is illegal and in the world as a whole. The persons, who support for the legalization of marijuana for medical purpose, do not account for the cost that the government incurs not for its prohibition but for its use. According to (Duke, 2012), marijuana can act as a gateway to crime within a country. According to a survey done on the inmates in jail in 2002, 29 percent of them were using illegal drugs, and marijuana had the highest number of users compared to other illegal drugs. Therefore, it is understood that most criminal activities are linked with the illegal use of marijuana or any other illegal