Legal and medical status of cannabis

legalizing cannabis is a polarizing topic that many people want to resolve. Should marijuana be legalized? This is a question that seeks an answer for many people around the world. Despite marijuana 's negative implication, the support for the marijuana industry is growing. Several points, facts, and statistics in legalizing this plant exist such as its medical ability, how beneficial it would be for jobs and the economy of this country,…

medicinal purposes. Many people now have come to believe that the best thing to do is legalize and tax marijuana thus ending unnecessary spending and instead produce jobs and revenue. Still not everyone is happy with the idea of marijuana becoming a legal substance many still hold on to their beliefs that marijuana is a dangerous narcotic. An examination of a few articles on marijuana legalization follows. Scott Martin gives a quick synopsis of marijuana laws throughout the decades in his…

Perla Nunez Alvarez Advance Language Arts November 17, 2017 Tobacco Should be Illegal Tobacco is an agricultural plant that has been around for over thousands of years and is still widely used to this day. It is also classified as a stimulant drug that makes the central nervous system work faster than usual. In order to deny the spread of tobacco usage, scientists have been warning the public about the dangers of using the stimulant drug. The reason for them to do so is, because in The United…

only do these sources state that the drug is not addictive, they also state that it has medical benefits and is much less dangerous and addictive than legal substances like alcohol and tobacco. Owen Poindexter states that “Opinions on medical marijuana have shifted dramatically in the last two decades: this year, a slew of mostly conservative states passed laws permitting epilepsy patients to use strains of cannabis high in CBD.” (6 Powerful reasons to Legalize…

Introduction Around the world the criminalization of cannabis use has been revised in recent years to become more lenient and Canada is no different. As the Government of Canada will attempt to “legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana” by spring 2017 (“Marijuana”, 2016), it is crucial to examine the impact on the health, social, and economic aspects of society (“Toward”, 2016). As prevalence and accessibility of the drug to the population continues to increase, a negative health…

these last few years and it has mainly been positive. People really seem to be getting comfortable with the idea of legal pot for recreational use. Should marijuana really be legalized for recreational use in the united states? Well, marijuana has been used wherever it grows for medicinal and spiritual reasons before Christ was born. Recently marijuana has been being used for medical reasons, usually, pain, anxiety, appetite, and in some rare cases, marijuana is used as the actual treatment or…

Marijuana Legalization Throughout history marijuana is the most commonly used drug worldwide and according to Millhorn, one third of the United States reported they have used marijuana once in their life. Marijuana is defined as a drug that comes from the hemp plant and can be smoked or eaten. The legalization of this plant has been a controversial topic over the past few decades. It has gained a negative view because it is seen as a gateway drug and impacts our youth negatively (Millhorn 126).…

thing to do. Cannabis, also known as marijuana is the most abused illegal drug in the United States. The debate on the legalization of recreational marijuana has gone on for many years. As always, there are two sides to a debate. In the marijuana debate there are individuals who want marijuana to become legal and then there are the individuals who want marijuana to remain illegal. Recreational marijuana should remain illegal due to there being too many health risks. With marijuana being legal…

Miracle or Menace: Why Should Cannabis be Legal? A miracle or a menace to society? One of the biggest controversial topics of today, "should marijuana be legalized?". To define "legalize", meaning recreationally and medically in all 50 states in the U.S. Many people tend to argue the affects, the impact of people's health, the economy, etc. What is Marijuana? Marijuana is the dried buds of the Hemp plant. Marijuana is the active part of the Hemp plant that includes the psychoactive compound…

views; from legalization of both recreational and medical reasons to being illegal as a whole. Some may argue that marijuana would ineffectively decrease crime rates in the United States, but statistically this is not the case. Some may also argue that marijuana should not be legalized for the sake of this generation's future, because they would become a “guinea pig generation,” marijuana should most definitely be legalized nationally for both medical and recreational purposes because the drug…