Why Marijuanas Should Be Legal Essay

For many decades’ marijuana has been a very popular recreational drug for a considerable amount of the population. Just recently the push to legalize marijuana has increased more than ever and state governments are being faced with the decision: to legalize or not legalize marijuana. To date, the states that have made the decision to legalize weed include, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Alaska. With seemingly more states to follow, this movement could potentially snowball and result in a…

Release the Green Marijuana is an herb mistaken for a drug and is looked upon as dangerous, when in fact it is anything but dangerous. Because of people’s ignorance and lack of knowledge within marijuana, it has become illegal for all the wrong reasons and should greatly be reconsidered for legalization. There is so much wrong being said about marijuana. However, legalizing marijuana would benefit the country in many ways, such as; taxing marijuana, healing sickness, and the reasoning is not…

use, but also taken as a way to eradicate related to drug trafficking mafias. Marijuana is a generic term used to refer to Cannabis sativa, herbaceous plant with psychoactive properties. There is a history of use of C sativa dating from 4000 years BC in China to treat various conditions. US sale was available in pharmacies without prescription until 1941, and in 1970 the law declared illegal controlled substances. Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried flowers diced Cannabis Sativa plant.…

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the US by teens and adults. Most teens believe marijuana cannot be harmful because it is “natural”, but they couldn’t be more wrong. Not all natural plant substances are good for you, tobacco, cocaine, and heroin, also come from plants Marijuana peaked its popularity in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. However, it’s popularity is growing again. In 2016, around 50% of high school teens had tried or had been using marijuana steadily in the past…

Legalization of Marijuana (Rough Draft) For the past decade one of the biggest debates that has seemed to get everyone taking sides it the idea of the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is not something new to the American government, it has been an ongoing battle to control the seemingly harmless plant that the government deemed illegal with no justification other than we still do not know enough about the plant. It is only due to recent theories of marijuana ability to be used as a useful…

but rather marijuana. As a result of a 2012 initiative passed by 55 percent of voting Coloradans, adults who are 21 or older with a valid Colorado ID could use marijuana recreationally. They could get the drug by buying up to an ounce of marijuana from a licensed dealer, owning up to six plants in a private locked space or being gifted up to one ounce from someone of legal age. Colorado is not alone in its pro-cannabis attitude. On the same day Coloradoans chose to legalize marijuana, the people…

The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana In the United States, some people want to legalize a drug called marijuana. This drug comes from dried leaves from a hemp plant. Marijuana can be used as a cure and also used to harm your body. People have different views about marijuana. Some think that it can be used to help people that suffer from chronic pain and can help create jobs for the people in need of put-ting a roof on their head. Then there 's the people that think it will harm the people…

Marijuana is federally labeled a schedule one drug, meaning that it is illegal under any circumstances and that it has no medical benefits. However, marijuana is still widely used by many Americans; in fact, according to a recent Gallup poll (2013): “38% [of Americans] Have Tried Marijuana,” needless to say that this percentage could be considerably higher because the information is self reported (Saad 2013). States are now taking action to legalize marijuana for medical use and a few states…

The “gateway” drug is not as bad as people make of it. Marijuana is not socially acceptable by the society, people believe it is harmful to the body and that it has no help for anyone. The drug also has health benefits, but people still do not want the drug legalized. Since they have known about the drug, there has not been any scientifically proven facts that it is physically addicting. The only way it hurts the body is if it is abused by the person, but it is the same way with alcohol, or even…

65 million American citizens have smoked marijuana at least once and the number is increasing (Gerber, 65). Is this the time the United States should say yes for marijuana or should they continue keeping it not legalized? For several years, Americans have been going to jail for Marijuana charges and also paying fines. Moreover, from many people’s perspective Marijuana should be treated as alcohol and some say that alcohol is even more dangerous than Marijuana because overdose of alcohol could be…