A problem America faces today is the fight for marijuana to be legalized in all fifty states. Would it be wise for the government to legalize recreational and medical use of marijuana? The U.S. can’t come to an agreement all together just to legalize and just profit off of it by taxing marijuana. People with wide chronic pain are requesting for the use of medical weed to help take the edge off of pain because they don’t want to take pills. Pills can lead to addiction and can hurt your body over a long period of use. It has helped with certain medical issues such as glaucoma and chronic illness such as cancer. The older aged adults do not agree with the legalization throughout certain states because they have negative thoughts about weed. The US does believe that it could be used for certain medical conditions but can’t come to an agreement with all 50 states to legalize it. People have their opinions that it’s bad for your body but the facts show not one person has died from smoking marijuana. The states don’t realize how much money they can make off of the taxes of marijuana. Weed smokers want marijuana legal because well obviously they like to smoke it but they are ok with the taxation of it just as long as it’s legal. News reports have proclaimed that scientists have shown that even casual cannabis use harms young people 's brains. So many users would disagree because they don’t believe they feel any different than usual. The problem with drug use in Colorado is that people are going there and buying marijuana and bringing it back the other states, so theirs law suits trying to sew Colorado. Many Americans think just cause a person smokes weed it can be considered a gateway drug for people. Once it stops working on them as good as it did before they think they’ll want to pick something up a little stronger. According to (Joycelyn Elders, MD) says after years of her studies that she has not noticed any of her patients to need or want to use anything stronger that it is perfect for them. So basically, cannabis isn’t a gateway drug to anything worst or harmful to yourself or others. According to (Eric A. Voth, MD) he says “Yes it is, the medical literature documents this and IOM understates it. Alcohol, tobacco and marijuana all have serious primary effects but all serve as gateway drugs." This proves that not everyone can come to an agreement about cannabis and it’s always going to face a problem in the U.S. Scientist have proven that the addictiveness of marijuana is the same as a tobacco user and the withdrawals from cannabis are the same as tobacco.
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Tobacco causes plack in the lungs whereas marijuana just causes irritation in the airways. The “high” effect on people is the THC stranded in the marijuana it’s a bronze like color and is waxy feeling and tobacco has the same texture. People believe the high from cannabis is scary or bad but you get high from cigarettes as some people call a head change. The Government doesn’t want weed legal just because it’s a narcotic and can be considered DUI if you’re operating a motor vehicle. The US will never be able to stop the use of marijuana. Crime rates would definitely go down because most arrest are due to people having some kind of substance. Cannabis is equal to most over the counter drugs if not less addictive and dangerous. If people are going to smoke weed it should be done in the privacy of your own home and not do it in public because it could get someone else high that might not want to be and could get someone in trouble or fired from certain jobs because of drug test. It is easy for people to bash weed and for people to agree with it but some just by their beliefs, religions and morals wont agree with it and will always fight this fight. Damages of cannabis for youth and adults can vary in a few certain ways such as, stunt in brain growth in young adults and the irritation in the lungs. Marijuana has never killed a human being but it does damage the brain by
Tobacco causes plack in the lungs whereas marijuana just causes irritation in the airways. The “high” effect on people is the THC stranded in the marijuana it’s a bronze like color and is waxy feeling and tobacco has the same texture. People believe the high from cannabis is scary or bad but you get high from cigarettes as some people call a head change. The Government doesn’t want weed legal just because it’s a narcotic and can be considered DUI if you’re operating a motor vehicle. The US will never be able to stop the use of marijuana. Crime rates would definitely go down because most arrest are due to people having some kind of substance. Cannabis is equal to most over the counter drugs if not less addictive and dangerous. If people are going to smoke weed it should be done in the privacy of your own home and not do it in public because it could get someone else high that might not want to be and could get someone in trouble or fired from certain jobs because of drug test. It is easy for people to bash weed and for people to agree with it but some just by their beliefs, religions and morals wont agree with it and will always fight this fight. Damages of cannabis for youth and adults can vary in a few certain ways such as, stunt in brain growth in young adults and the irritation in the lungs. Marijuana has never killed a human being but it does damage the brain by