(Legalizing Marijuana) Marijuana helps relieve nausea suffered by cancer patients who are going through powerful chemotherapy treatments. (Legalizing Marijuana) It is also used by patients who have multiple sclerosis and AIDS. (Why Marijuana Shouls be Legal) Marijuana has been proven to be effective in the treatments of glaucoma because it lowers pressure on the eye. (Why Marijuana Shouls be Legal) In the United States there are an estimated 2.7 million people who abuse drugs. (Zive, 2010) The most popular is marijuana.
The most widely known use for medicinal marijuana is for treating the nausea symptoms in cancer chemotherapy patients. Marijuana is also used to treat the appetite loss symptoms in AIDS patients, and also the AIDS wasting syndrome. Glaucoma has also been treated by the use of marijuana because it lessens the pressure on the inner eye, which greatly reduces pain. Marijuana has also been found to be useful as an anti-depressant and works well against mood disorders. Another medicinal use of marijuana is for a non-addictive alternative to painkillers and sleeping pills.
For instance, say a friend of mine has a debilitating disease and no other treatment works for her but she is prescribed marijuana for her disease and it helps her function at a normal level. I would then be all for it and support her in her wishes to use marijuana. “For one it has cancer fighting properties like THC, it helps alleviate symptoms of chemotherapy, appetite suppression, muscular dysfunctions of MS and other pain causing diseases” (Stolic, 2009). But at the same time I feel it is addictive to users that don’t have medical conditions. From experience I know a lot of people that smoke marijuana and seem to function on a normal level but at the same time I see them becoming more dependent on it and can’t seem to function without it.
Amsterdam allows the consumption of marijuana to a controlled amount per person. Because of this, Amsterdam has lower crime percentile than any of the major cities in the Unites States. The legalization of Marijuana would take the business away from the drug cartels and would be safer to get in all the country. By taking the drug cartels out of business the crime would be reduced. In addition, smoking and having small possessions would no longer be considered a crime, so the smokers will not be sent to jail for simple possession of marijuana.
Although alcohol is legal, it does not mean that it is better for you. There are arguments going both ways where people suggest that marijuana should be legal because alcohol is more deadly, while there are alcoholics that would say smoking weed is bad for you. Both substances are bad for your health and should not be used heavily by anyone. Marijuana has an immediate effect on the user, which last for about two hours after smoking. A person drinking alcohol may start to feel the effects after just one drink, and recover depending on how much the person drank, body weight, and how much they may have had to eat before drinking.
It would help people Know the differences between medical and recreational marijuana seeds. Medical marijuana seeds have a high cannabidiol; (cbd) is the abbreviation. In medical marijuana the cbd levels over 4% is considered to be a high level. The evidence is vast that medical marijuana can ease certain types of pain, vomiting and nausea, symptoms caused by
Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana is made from the plants. It contains many components; one of them is chemical substance named “Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)” (“Cannabis” Wikipedia; part 1). It has a variety of pharmacological effects; therefore, it is known to many people as a physician-recommended natural medicine. As of 2012, there are sixteen states allowed to use marijuana for medical use(“ 16 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC” Medical Marijuana ProsCons.org). Unfortunately, Arkansas State has not approved it yet.
Marijuana, now days, is extremely easy to get, and most drug dealers don’t have age restrictions. There’s no age limit for buying marijuana illegally, but legally would require restrictions. Alcohol is harder to get than marijuana for most kids because there are legal restrictions on it. Prohibition is not the answer. Money should be spent on education and treatment programs for people with drug
A Kaiser Permanente Center survey found that people who smoke marijuana-only on a daily basis have a 19% higher rate of respiratory complaints than non-smokers. Fortunately, the hazards of marijuana smoking can be reduced by various strategies such as: use of higher potency cannabis, which can be smoked in smaller quantities, use of water pipes and other smoke reduction technologies or ingesting pot orally instead of smoking it. Unlike tobacco, marijuana does not appear to cause emphysema. Tobacco tends to penetrate to the smaller, secondary passageways of the lungs, while marijuana tends to concentrate on the larger, central passageways. The only evidence that suggests any type of brain changes is that persistent deficits in short-term memory have been noted in heavy marijuana
Although marijuana can lead to a relaxed and euphoric feeling it will not cause you to make decisions you would not normally do. When it comes to smoking the cannabis some say it is just as bad for your lungs as smoking, but a quote taken from an article on CBSNews.com written by Ryan Jaslow states, “The study, published in the Jan. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found occasional pot smokers - who used a median of roughly two to three joints per month - had normal lung function compared to tobacco smokers in the study.”(CBSNews.com). What this is saying is that smoking marijuana, although not great for your lungs, has less of a negative impact. Two states have already jumped on the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. Colorado and Washington voted on a bill to legalize the drug for everyone for any reason and the people of these states were heard when the bills