A few of the disadvantages of legalizing marijuana include abuse, health problems, and hazard to others. Throughout all of the debate surrounding this issue, one thing remains, while people are sitting around debating whether ill people should use marijuana to help them feel better, there are sick people sitting around making themselves feel better illegally through the use of marijuana.
Marijuana, pot, bud, weed, or cannabis Sativa, no matter how it is referred to it is still illegal to have, use, or prescribe in the United States. Although it is not legal, marijuana is a hallucinogenic and intoxicating plant that is used for many purposes. This is a source of great debate in the American society today.
When looking back through history, it is seen that marijuana has been used by many different cultures for many different purposes. For instance, marijuana is known to have been used by the Chinese as early as 2737 B. C.
Despite this knowledge that this drug is illegal, researchers have continued finding new ways for marijuana to assist in alleviating the symptoms in many patients. Research has found that AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and mu
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients have also been tested to find out if the assistance of marijuana to their bodies can help them to relieve tremors. Tremors are when a body limb, such as an arm or leg, moves and shakes uncontrollably. Although, no studies on MS have been done, there have been studies on people with symptoms similar to that of MS patients. These studies have shown to help alleviate the tremors associated with MS.
Marijuana, pot, bud, weed, or cannabis Sativa, no matter how it is referred to it is still illegal to have, use, or prescribe in the United States. Although it is not legal, marijuana is a hallucinogenic and intoxicating plant that is used for many purposes. This is a source of great debate in the American society today.
If marijuana was to be legalized, there would be several advantages seen. The patients that use marijuana would be able to do so without the fear of repercussions. They would be able to use marijuana as they need to without the fear of legal ramifications. These people, some of which are dying from the diseases that the marijuana is assisting them in alleviating the symptoms of, would be allowed to spend their final days relieved from the symptoms while spending time with their family and friends. This would also allow for more people to be involved in research in regards to the beneficial uses of marijuana. Although research is currently being done on the benefits of marijuana in reducing symptoms associated with these diseases, legalizing the medicinal use would allot other companies to be able to conduct research as well.
In a survey conducted by our team, we asked a series of ten questions relating to marijuana, its legalization, and government regulations in general. We asked each person surveyed to rate their opinion as either strongly agree, agree, not sure, disagree, or strongly disagree. We then totaled up the responses to each question and the opinion stated. Our first question was in regards to government regulations. It stated, "In the United States today, there are too many government restrictions on people"tms private behavior." Our findings were 12 strongly agreed, 20 agreed, 2 were not sure, 6 disagreed, and 0 strongly disagreed. The next three questions were about the person"tms childhood. The second question stated, " Marijuana was readily available and widely used by students in the high school you graduated from." In response to this question 16 strongly agreed, 10 agreed, 4 were not sure, 8 disagreed, and 4 strongly disagreed. The third question was about parental influence in relation to drug use. It stated " Your parents have always strongly discouraged you from experimenting from all illegal drugs including marijuana." To this question 20 strongly agreed, 10 agreed, 5 were not sure, 0 disagreed, and 5 strongly disagreed. The fourth question stated, " You participated in an informative high school drug abuse education program. 10 strongly disagreed, 16 agreed, 7 were not sure, 4 disagreed, and 3 strongly disagreed. The next four questions relate to marijuana and medicine. Question 5 stated, " There is good scientific evidence that regular, long term use of marijuana can cause significant health problems." 12 strongly agreed, 17 agreed, 8 were not sure, 2 disagreed, and 1 strongly disagreed. There is good scientific evidence that marijuana"tms active ingredients can ease pain, nausea, and vomiting
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