Because there is evidence supporting that marijuana has benefits for medical purposes and there is no real support that it is fatal, marijuana should be legalized and distributed through a controlled market; thus helping to resolve ongoing issues both medically and politically. Marijuana
Medicinal Marijuana: A Positive Viewpoint Traditionally, the effects of marijuana on human physiology have not been perceived as positive: impaired judgment, dizziness, and loss of motor skills commonly accompany the ‘high’ that cannabis gives its user. With overuse, hallucinations and endocrine disorders can occur. However, its adverse effects on the body should not be mistaken for total uselessness to the medical community. Some of its uses, which will be discussed below, include treatment for glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and symptoms of AIDS. Alongside the documented scientific uses of marijuana, the grassroots movement for its legalization as a medical treatment is entrenched in politics that, some say, have no place in science.
Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana has been a debatable topic discussed for many years. The government stated that marijuana is a harmful drug that isn’t acceptable to society. Although that may be the government’s opinion they overlooked the benefits of marijuana. As a member of society I believe that marijuana should be legalized because of the amount of benefits, marijuana is a benefit to health care and treating certain illnesses, dealing with mental and psychological problems and also help our society and economy. Marijuana is an aid for health care and treatment for certain diseases/illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and even arthritis discomfort.
You cannot die from "binge smoking" like you can from binge drinking.” (Hordov 2010) Many people believe that the use of marijuana can be prevented and can be banned from the users of the drug. I believe that whether the government tries to stop the usage and selling of marijuana or not the people are still going to get it. There are many facts on the usage of marijuana in the U.S. and this number of users is high. So if the government were to legalize it I believe that they would benefit from it greatly. It is a proven fact that, “There is no evidence that spending billions of dollars over the past 20 years for anti-drug messages has diminished young people's interest in trying marijuana.
Now stores would not want to sell it illegally to minors. There would be a way of controlling this to avoid these situations. It will be a controlled substance. There are, many more benefits to legalizing marijuana, these are just some. Compared to the how things are now, I only believe that the United States will only benefit from legalizing marijuana.
I believe this ancient remedy holds a lot of value and is not given the attention it deserves just like many other mind manifesting and cosmic substances. Our society needs to reevaluate the way we view our ‘most harmful’ drug class because it is absolutely warped and fallacious.” On a less consequential note, Professor Paul Babbitt believes that, “Unless a student has an illness that can be treated with medical marijuana, the passage of Proposition 5 is unlikely to have any effect on the SAU student body.” With these opinions and facts in mind, it is not necessarily important which way each person votes, but it is, however, ideal that students will be accurately informed before
Legalizing drugs in the state of California would help economy wise. Legalizing marijuana alone they estimate $40 billion to $110 billion, not that those numbers are correct there an estimate based on the responders that take surveys on how honest they are, determines the number. Legalizing marijuana is like deviant behavior not everyone sees it the same or have the same meaning and understanding. For instance, one that has never used marijuana would have a poor judgment on the illicit drug, as for, someone that has used it would think otherwise. The part where it really keeps me interested and tuned in to see where the State of California goes is what drugs to legalize/decriminalize makes an effect not only in the economy but in society.
Companies’ off-label drugs so that they can make a great deal more profit in the end. This is because instead of just selling and having one drug on the market for one sole purpose, they can have one drug on the market that can be used for several other treatments. Although they cannot legally promote the off-label uses of their drugs to the doctors, some companies take the risk anyways for personal benefits. Take Pfizer for example; they had four off-label drugs out on the market that resulted in making their patients sicker and even causing death for the uses that they were prescribed. This cost Pfizer $2.3 billion dollars.
Even with drugs legalized most Americans would not inject cocaine or heroine in their veins even if given the chance to do so legally. I think we can design an effective plan for legalization of drugs after the experiences with tobacco and alcohol abuse I think we should have learned something from our past experiences! This issue is a very controversial and somewhat a venture into the unknown. No government has ever tried it! It may be risky, but I believe it is worth it to try it.
Marijuana is harmless compared to alcohol and tobacco. The attempts that the government has made to stop the war on marijuana haven’t had much effect. In the documentary, it was mentioned that according to the Associated Press the government has spent over $ 600 billion dollars to stop the war on drugs across the border. Billions of dollars can be saved on law enforcement and court time instead of unfairly putting people in jails. In doing so, their primary focus is to stop crimes happening in our neighborhoods and