Majority of marijuana users never use any other illicit drugs. Marijuana is an independent variable, it does not cause the use of harder drug. Individuals who have tried less popular drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and LSD, probably have tried marijuana, but is not the cause of the use of a harder drug of choice. In fact people who prefer marijauna never use any other illegal drugs and the vast majority of those who do try another drug never become addicted or go on to have associated problems, Indeed, for the large majority of people, marijuana is their limit, a so called gateway
States are using the tenth amendment to get their point across there path is highlighting the fact that the use of Medical Marijuana was not classified, Marijuana was classified before we knew the benefits of use. The tenth amendment states ‘The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.’ In the United States Constitution there is a supremacy clause, which says that in case of conflict federal law precedes state law. According to federal law, there is no such thing as Medical Marijuana. Marijuana is a dangerous drug that the United States Congress has classified as a Schedule One substance. A Schedule One Substance doesn't have any accepted medical use in the United States and a high potential for abuse.
Hemp, as defined by Dr. Tom Murphy, is a variety of the Cannabis sativa L. plant whose growth is strictly intended for agricultural and industrial purposes. Many years ago, the production and sale of industrial hemp in the United States was declared unlawful without obtaining a government permit. Hemp has dealt with a bad rap for hundreds of years, and has remained unlawful in this country due to misconceptions of its uses. If made legal in America once again, hemp holds the potential to change the world by opening the doors of thousands of different industries and providing opportunities for the production of various goods. Industrial hemp has been in use around the world since the Stone Age.
There are thousands of people dying each year from liver disease. In fact according to the CDC, there were 12,360 deaths from liver disease associated with alcohol in 2003, and yet alcohol is still legal and marijuana is
Stack (2011), “It wasn't until 1914 that drug use was defined as a crime, under the Harrison Act,” (para. 4). Use of Cannabis is seen throughout history and became taboo in the eyes of Americans after finding that many medicinal drugs used were found to be addictive. To this day all narcotic drugs used to treat a variety of conditions are proven to be addictive and are all still widely used in the practice of medicine. Ethical issues and a lack of research studies that prove the effectiveness of Cannabis are the reason the drug has not be legalized in all states.
Legalizing Marijuana The legalization, or decriminalization, of Marijuana has been one of the leading controversial political issues in the past decade. Made up of dried leaves of the Cannabis Sativa plant, with THC as it’s main psychoactive ingredient, Marijuana has proven to be less harmful than tobacco and alcohol, and even non-addicting. According to the Drug Awareness Warning Network, “There has never been a death recorded from the use of marijuana by natural causes.” (DAWN) Many people ask why the government would add one more substance to the list of the harmful, legal ones already, but I’m a firm believer that if we do not use our rights they will be taken from us. So should it not be a right of the people to decide whether Marijuana
With the value of the illicit marijuana market estimated to be $113 billion, maintaining marijuana prohibition costs the taxpayer a further $31.1 billion (Gettman, 1). Legalizing and taxing marijuana would not bring the United States into virgin territory. For the past 20 years, marijuana use has been legal for individuals over the age of 21 in the Netherlands. Contrary to popular belief, legalization in that country has not led to a surge in marijuana usage. For most age groups, marijuana usage statistics are similar between the Dutch and the Americans.
Additionally they claim marijuana’s addictive, interferes with fertility and impairs driving ability. Does alcohol not do the same thing? They go on to say that it also affects the immune system and the brain as well as that medical marijuana is a front for drug legalization and recreational use. Just as on September 4, 2007 Member of the US House of Representatives Mark Souder was quoted as saying “In April 2006, following my request the FDA release an inner agency advisory confirming the smoke marijuana is not medicine because it has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use of treatment in the United States and it has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical
America should have learned this from the prohibition of alcohol. The government uses criminal penalties in an attempt to stop users, but over 25 million people use marijuana annually. Cannabis is the largest cash crop in the United States, currently. I believe prohibition could actually increase drug use for teenagers. Marijuana, now days, is extremely easy to get, and most drug dealers don’t have age restrictions.
By forbidding him from the fruit, Adam wanted the fruit more. The second prohibition based on alcohol. In the thirties alcohol was ban from sell and distribution. The people protested by the use of the black market. Underground sales of alcohol and crime arose.