backward country. A dried flower with zero toxic properties is illegal, while tobacco kills 480,000 and alcohol kills 88,000 per year, but both are legal. It doesn’t make much sense, does it? ("Tobacco-Related Mortality," 2016; Fact Sheets - Alcohol Use and Your Health", 2016). Literature Review So, let’s explore why Marijuana was initially made illegal. Some may be surprised to find that the only reasoning behind it, is in fact racism. Initially, Marijuana smoking was barely utilized at all. In…
or serious complications associated with it. It is said by many users that marijuana stimulates one’s brain activity in a beneficial way. All the benefits that marijuana has to offer should make it legalized across the United States for recreational use. When the topic of marijuana is introduced into a debate many people fail to acknowledge the sorts of benefits marijuana offers, instead focus on the illegal side of it. “Marijuana arrests now account for over half of all drug arrests in the…
1937 because of racism, fear, protection of corporate profits, yellow journalism, ignorant, incompetent, corrupt legislators, personal career advancement, and greed (drugwarrant.com). The current drug laws have failed to control the production and use of cannabis, so the legalization of marijuana will positively impact the United States economy and medical…
In the summer of 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 7-0 that Health Canada had no right to restrict patients to only dried medical marijuana that can be smoked to treat various conditions. The Court’s decision allows “individuals authorized to possess marijuana under the MMPR and those falling under the terms of a court injunction (for example, Allard injunction) may now possess marijuana derivatives for their own use.” Source: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=997359&tp=980 Under…
typical “pothead haha.” This skewed perception of a lazy and unmotivated American is the result of over seventy years of propaganda and misinformation spread by private interests who needed cannabis illegal for their own personal gains. The recreational use of marijuana must be made legal throughout the United States, because of the numerous health benefits, the fact that crime rate would decrease astonishly, and it would same america millions.…
Audience Paragraph Thingy Since you introduced your topic about legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois, I believe most of your audience would be the citizens of Illinois. Some of your audiences are entailed with students, adults, and law enforcements. A quote that demonstrates this is “High school and college students will be pulled out of school and put in jail.” Alongside, you mentioned that prisons and jails would be overcrowded, which would make it bad for the state both…
can be life threatening and cause permanent damage. I also learned about the physical side effects of drugs. I read about a study that showed how a liver can be damaged due to the use of recreational drugs. It showed that the use of marijuana can worsen liver diseases and lead to Hepatitis C. I also learned that the use of recreational drugs affect the central nervous system which can lead to many problems. So after learning about all of the bad things that can happen to a person when they are a…
80s adopted Ecstasy as its drug of choice that MDMA became one of the top four illegal drugs in use killing an estimated 50 people a year in the UK alone. Its inventor died in World War I. Medical reviews have noted that MDMA has some limited therapeutic benefits in certain mental health disorders, but has potential adverse effects, such as neurotoxicity and cognitive impairment, associated with its use. More research is needed in order to determine if its potential usefulness…
avoid this risk (Mathre, 2002). Acute mental disturbances may occur when cannabis is used, but no long term cognitive decline has been noted even in chronic cannabis users (Mathre, 2002). Though the use of cannabis does come with these safety concerns the benefits patients receive from cannabis use often makes outweighs the potential…
still used because of what it can do for people. It does affect simple brain functions but people that see only the negatives about the plant, don’t see the positives about it. Thesis Statement Should marijuana be legalized nationwide for recreational use? People think that marijuana is a harmful “drug” when it is known as a plant that is dangerous to people’s lives. Based on its value and medical properties, It shows that it’s more helpful than harmful since there have been no reports on…