Recommendations: As it should be apparent, marijuana has many effects on our society. Even though marijuana is a problem, especially amongst our youth’s academic performance, there is some recommendations to solve the problem. One recommendation to combat the marijuana epidemic our youth is facing would be educating the adults on marijuana’s effects. According to the Washington study, “11% of students are getting marijuana from their own home” (Shah). This number may not appear high, but it signifies a problem that kids are obtaining marijuana from their own homes. If a program was implemented by schools to educate parents on the potential harms of marijuana and signs that indicate marijuana use, we could potentially decrease that 11% to an
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The reason for not mentioning changing the laws that surround marijuana is that the current laws should be effective enough. The word should be a key word because one issue with the laws that pertain to marijuana is that they are not as effective as they should be. Marijuana laws need to be stricter and carry a zero-tolerance notation, which means that any amount of marijuana found on a criminal becomes a felony instead of a violation. Many states have a requirement before the criminal can be prosecuted as a felon. For example, in Illinois you can have up to 10 grams of marijuana and still only receive a civil violation. Changing to a zero-tolerance policy would encourage less us, as users fear incarceration as a consequence. Another change to the marijuana laws would be outlaw marijuana completely from all states. That would include states that have recreational use of marijuana currently. There is not enough information about marijuana that suggests it would be safe to use recreational or even medically, so it should not be allowed for consumption under any circumstances. The only exception to this law change would be a medical professional, who have convincing evidence, to prescribe marijuana as a cure to a disease. With these two changes to the current laws, marijuana use would surely
The reason for not mentioning changing the laws that surround marijuana is that the current laws should be effective enough. The word should be a key word because one issue with the laws that pertain to marijuana is that they are not as effective as they should be. Marijuana laws need to be stricter and carry a zero-tolerance notation, which means that any amount of marijuana found on a criminal becomes a felony instead of a violation. Many states have a requirement before the criminal can be prosecuted as a felon. For example, in Illinois you can have up to 10 grams of marijuana and still only receive a civil violation. Changing to a zero-tolerance policy would encourage less us, as users fear incarceration as a consequence. Another change to the marijuana laws would be outlaw marijuana completely from all states. That would include states that have recreational use of marijuana currently. There is not enough information about marijuana that suggests it would be safe to use recreational or even medically, so it should not be allowed for consumption under any circumstances. The only exception to this law change would be a medical professional, who have convincing evidence, to prescribe marijuana as a cure to a disease. With these two changes to the current laws, marijuana use would surely