Recently in the news there has been a lot of talk about whether or not marijuana should be legalized. Whether or not it will be legalized is yet to be determined, but whether or not there are possible positive effects of marijuana is becoming increasingly clear. Granted, marijuana in the United States is completely illegal, but is it possible that the U.S. is depriving the people of this country something that could be used to help a lot of people?

Since the 1970’s when smoking pot was one of the favorite activities of every hippy the U.S. government has strongly forbidden the use of marijuana. If caught with marijuana in your possession you normally will face some kind of legal action, whether it is jail time, probation, or a fine.

The fact that marijuana could help the terminally ill is something that needs to be looked at. Cancer patients who are taking chemotherapy have a loss of appetite due to the illness. Smoking or taking marijuana in some other kind of form increases appetite and could be a better alternative then the THC capsule because of its problems with absorption in the digestive tract. (http://www.onlinepot.org/medical/positivepot.htm)

Although people know all of these effects of marijuana exist, the use of marijuana continues to rise. In the past twenty years the U.S. has grown into the biggest producer of marijuana in the world. This is true even though marijuana in other countries such as Canada, New Zealand, and Amsterdam have no laws or very relaxed laws on marijuana. Right now in the U.S. there are 17.

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