For years, the dangers of marijuana have been drilled into our heads. The fact of the matter is alcohol (a legal drug), is far more dangerous than this outlawed drug. The legalization of marijuana could significantly benefit the public good. I will explain the "dangers" of marijuana and the possible benefits of its legalization in this paper.
Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is a less dangerous drug than our government and right-winged politicians have previously preached. In fact, in the United Kingdom, it has been proposed to change marijuana from a class B drug to a class C drug because it is far less destructive than the class it is currently in represents. Alcohol is in fact more dangerous for humans than marijuana. It is nearly impossible for one to overdose on marijuana and die. Alcohol poisoning kills more people every year than all illegal drugs combined. An analysis on deaths in the United States from 1971 to 1998 has shown that of all illegal drug related deaths, marijuana is responsible for 0.000054% of all deaths. Out of the 44,727 drug related deaths (which include glue sniffing, use of opiates, etc.), 23 were related to marijuana (meaning that marijuana was present either at time of death or in the system). To help put this number into perspective, in the same timeframe 30,150 people have died from choking on food while 378,960 people died from alcohol related circumstances. With statistics like these, it is a wonder that we still have this substance prohibited. Marijuana has even been hailed as one of the safest therapeutic substances known to man. .
One big misconception that many people use against marijuana is the fact that it is a "Gateway Drug". Study after study has found that this claim about marijuana was highly inconclusive. There is no evidence that trying marijuana will lead to using more potent and harmful drugs. Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug used in the United States.
Legalization would also increase countries revenue. ... Weed should be heavily taxed to increase revenue. Legalizing alcohol did not increase alcoholism, so why would legalizing marijuana elevate drug abuse? ... When dealing with glaucoma, weed can alleviate pressure within the eye, thereby reducing pain and slowing the progress of the condition. ... Even though many reasons present why weed should become legal, it is illegal for good reasons also. ...
Many people consider legalization unnecessary. ... Legalization is an option that has not had a chance, but really should be given one. ... A woman in New York was incarcerated for growing a ten-foot tall weed plant in her front yard. ... Legalization will be profitable to global economies in two ways. ... Legalizing drugs would also increase countries revenue. ...
I think that Marijuana should be legalized for a number of reasons. ... If it is legalized then the price of marijuana would decrease. Right now in order to buy weed you need to buy it from someone who deals it. ... There is a lot of violence around marijuana because if people really want the weed they will kill people to get the drug. By legalizing weed, we can decrease the violence around the drug. ...
Indeed, smoking marijuana can bring a short pleasure and fantasy feelings, but we cannot ignore the fact that weeding out has numerous problems. ... It seems that weeding out can release them from stress and reduce social pressure. ... Let us take the legalization of marijuana in Colorado as an example. Nowadays, we can witness the result of the weed experiment in Colorado----less crime and more profits, cash crops become more profitable and crime rates have sharply declined. ... When comparing and contrasting the benefits/problems of legalizing marijuana, we should not vote for the legalizati...
However this might all change because the government is considering the legalization of marijuana. Legalizing Marijuana would be a terrible decision on many levels. ... Also, legalizing "pot" could influence non-users to smoke it. ... The most obvious reason as to why weed should not be legalized is the fact that it kills brain cells and is damaging to your health. ... If we let bright young students legally smoke up then we are throwing away our future, this is especially true if they turn to other drugs after trying weed, which would add to their decrease in knowledge. ...
Legalization of marijuana should be done because it has been and still is used widely all over the world. ... Popular indeed, it is widely known that weed is a low-cost, and obviously low-risk adventure, which makes it very appealing. ... Marijuana should be legalized because it can be used for medical purposes. ... Everyone knows that after you smoke weed, you get very hungry. ... None of his doctors or nurses discouraged him from smoking weed to keep the food down. ...
But as Richard Lowery points out in his essay for the National Review, just "because a cocaine addict used marijuana first doesn't mean he is on cocaine because he smoked marijuana" (Lowry, "Weed Whackers"). ... His friend's advice, Shapiro says, came in a six-word package: "Cancer is grim, man, get weed."" ... Legalization of marijuana has many economical benefits. ... Whether one agrees with the legalization or not, the legalization of marijuana would offer benefits in the medical field, favorable economical implications and a valuable criminal agenda. ... "Marijuana legali...
They also say that legalizing marijuana could destroy many families. ... Hopefully this paper will give knowledge to the common man about the legalization of marijuana. ... A middle-aged man who does not have much time to live so he chooses to smoke a little weed to help ease the pain? ... The tax could help pay for any problems that the legalization of marijuana would cause. ... After reviewing the facts, legalization seems to make the most sense. ...
Since the 1930's the government has made this drug illegal for US> citizens despite many attempts to legalize the drug. ... Legalization of marijuana should occur not only because of its harmless recreational use, but also for its medical purposes, and because of the way it was wrongly banned in United States in 1937. ... Many against marijuana legalization argue that marijuana is a gateway drug. ... It is also said smoking weed may raise the risk of lung cancer, but smokers of anything are taking that risk. ...
