Alcohol affects judgment, and contributes to thousands of deaths every year, but it is perfectly legal (as long as you are over 21), and is not considered a public health risk. The Division of Vital Statistics reported that in 2009 there were over 15,000 deaths caused from liver diseases as well as over 25,000 additional deaths related to the use of alcohol. There has never been a reported overdose from the use of just marijuana. Yet drunk drivers are responsible for nearly one half of the highway fatalities, around 65 people
Proposition 19 allows people 21 years old or older to posses, cultivate, or transport marijuana for personal use. In terms of Proposition 19, people’s views differ. After examining the positive and negative effects of marijuana, I have concluded that marijuana should not be legalized and Proposition 19 should not be passed because this proposition will jeopardize and
According to did www.cancer.org[->0] 443, 000 people died last year caused by tobacco consumption, cigarette smoking accounts for 30% of all cancer deaths in the world. According to www.worldometer.com to this date, January 30th 2014, already 201,632 people have died because of alcohol, and counting. So, who is really the bad guy here, the one that produces important resources or the ones that kill you? Forget for a second, all the bad media that's been out there about the plant, and look for the facts. Why is the government against it?
If we legalize, we will be paying much more than the $30 billion per year we now spend on direct health care costs associated with illegal drug use.” (Charles B. Rangel; Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 17, 1998) I agree with him because legalizing drugs such as crack cocaine does a lot of damage to the body and people tend to go overboard in using the drug. For people who shoot up with needles there will be a lot more health risks and a vast spread of diseases. It is already hard to afford medical help this will not help the
Melissa Ardis Ms. Montgomery Senior Project October 18, 2010 An End to the Marijuana Prohibition, an Improving America Thisere is no other law deemed unnecessary by such a substantial part of the populace, and yet enforced so harshly and widely; the prohibition of marijuana holds this unique quality. The term marijuana refers to the leaves and flowering top of the hemp plant, cannabis sativa. Marijuana has been illegal for less than one percent of the time is has been in use (Louie). The known uses for marijuana go back to 7,000 B.C., but in the 1970s the Uniform Controlled Substance Act classified the plant as a Schedule I drug, and ever since, an ongoing debate about the plant has risen. America’s first hemp law was in Jamestown Colony,
The legalization of marijuana would be unbeneficial to society because teenagers have a higher risk for dropping out, Marijuana is harmful to the brain and there are dangers related to addiction. Marijuana use by adults in 2013 is actually decreasing. However marijuana use from teenagers has increased in 2013. Marijuana can be used several different ways. Marijuana can be consumed in many ways.
More people smoke the drug today than ever before even if it is illegal. Some states have decriminalized it allowing for simple possession and consumption, but the others still believe there are many problems with allowing the use of drugs. People believe marijuana makes everyone carefree and lazy, and
Children start to be cool and soon become addicts. Many smokers find it incredibly difficult to refrain from the nicotine habit. Doctors issue warnings, but they are still not taken seriously. Even the obligatory warning on the packet is ignored by most smokers. Higher taxation on cigarettes and health warnings have still not reduced the number of smokers to any great extent.
Both sides are fighting to be right and win. Whether drugs are legalized or stay illegal one or both sides of the argument will be unhappy, unless they come to a compromise. The recent legalization of medical marijuana in some states could be looked at as a compromise. With the compromise, marijuana is legal with the certain prescription, but still is illegal and has repercussions if used for the wrong reason. Another compromise is the decriminalization of marijuana; if someone is to be in possession of less than one ounce then it is just a misdemeanor.
But the thought of making the production and sale of cigarettes illegal is a more recent belief. I have come to this conclusion because I do not believe that people will stop using cigarettes just because of the health risks that are well publicized and well known. Some of these statistics are given in a very bold way by the National Institute on Drug Abuse: “Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. Between 1964 and 2004, cigarette smoking caused an estimated 12 million deaths, including 4.1 million deaths from cancer, 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases, 1.1 million deaths from respiratory diseases, and 94,000 infant deaths related to mothers smoking during pregnancy.1 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cigarette smoking results in more than 443,000 deaths in the United States each year – about one in every five U.S. Deaths – and an additional 8.6 million people suffer with a serious illness caused by smoking.