The legalization of marijuana is a topic that is growing more and more very day. While you can make arguments for both sides, I think it should be legalized. Now you might say that it is bad because it impairs your judgment, but doesn't alcohol do the same thing? Some people also make the argument that it causes a decrease in brain function over time, but there is no scientific data to support this claim. Furthermore, the medicinal uses of marijuana outweigh any minor side affects it may cause. Medical marijuana has been used to treat spasms in multiple sclerosis, nausea from cancer chemotherapy, as well as seizure disorders and help for pain with Crohn’s disease. Not only that, but marijuana is natural. It is a plant that grows in the ground. It is not a manufactured medicine like morphine or codeine that is now more synthetic than natural. It makes sense to make it legal because if people want to smoke marijuana, they will find a way to smoke marijuana. No law is going to stop them from obtaining it. Another reason it makes sense to legalize it is because it would be taxable by the government and therefore bring a profit in. It would 1) be an added bonus for those who use marijuana that the price would drop since it wouldn't have to be brought in from other states, and 2) since it's now legal, the price would drop because it wouldn't be dangerous to buy it anymore. The states that have legalized marijuana have brought in a substantial amount of revenue to their state because of it. I believe that the legalization of marijuana is not an if, but a when.
The blog post Why should Marijuana be Legal was posted by He Who Sees In The Dark on March 31st, 2017. In the blog post the blog post the author express his opinion that marijuana should be legalized due to the fact that it contains various benefits. Marijuana is a form of natural medicines which serves as a treatment to various disorders and diseases. Not only would it benefit the people of society but the economy as well because the government would be able to tax it.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do agree with the authors point that marijuana could be beneficial, I don't agree that it outweighs the harmful effects legalizing marijuana could leave. I believe that medical marijuana should be acceptable in the United States, but the restrictions placed on it should be more vigorous. The people who are able to obtain marijuana should be those who absolutely need it, recreational marijuana should not be allowed. Many believe that like now people who smoke marijuana recreational will contain to do so even if new restrictions are put into place, however legalizing marijuana would only allow their actions to become acceptable.