Legalizing Marijuana Argumentative Analysis

The legalization of marijuana has been a hot topic in the media for many years now. There is a major divide in those who believe it should be legal, those who do not, and those who think it could be legal with modifications on the usage. The number of those who support the legalization of marijuana is on the rise with nearly 50% supporting recreational marijuana legalization, and 81% supporting marijuana legalization for medical treatment as of 2015 ("Public Support for Marijuana Legalization, 2015”). Marijuana should be legalized on a federal level because it is safer than alcohol, it will increase the economy, and there is an unfair criminalization of marijuana.

Studies have proven that marijuana is no more harmful to a person’s health than alcohol or tobacco. Every year, tobacco kills roughly 390,000 people, alcohol contributes to 80,000 deaths in America and marijuana contributed to 0; no deaths from marijuana have ever been recorded in US history (Abovetheinfluence.org). When smoking tobacco, the user inhales tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and 200 other known poisons into the lungs (Abovetheinfluence.org). All forms of tobacco, including cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, and chewing tobacco, contain the addictive drug nicotine, and can also cause cancer. Alcohol alters a person's perceptions, emotions, movement, vision, and hearing. Alcohol plays a role in at least 50 percent of traffic deaths, about half of murders, and about 25 percent of suicides (Abovetheinfluence.org). Marijuana side effects include delusions, impaired memory, hallucinations and disorientation, which are no different from the side effects of alcohol alone.

There is an intensive debate in society, today, about legalizing marijuana. Supporters of marijuana highlight that legalizing will not increase its consumption, and in fact will provide individuals with a legal choice. Opponents argue that legalizing marijuana will increase consumption, which would expose consumers to health risks as extreme as cancer. I believe marijuana should be legalized by the federal government. It is already being consumed in the society, and legalizing marijuana will facilitate monitoring its growth, usage, and help collect taxes. Marijuana has overwhelming support in the medical field as an alternate medicine. Also, marijuana will provide a legal alternative to individuals who rely on illegal and dangerous drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. Legalization will significantly reduce marijuana trafficking and curtail black market activities. Furthermore, legalizing will divert the cash stream from black markets to the states and the federal government, in the form of taxes. The additional revenue can be used to do additional research on

Smoking marijuana is best described as a one-way ticket to negative side-affects. Based on Lifetime Health by Friedman, D. P., Stine, C. C., and Whaten S. “smoked marijuana are felt within minutes and may last for 2 or 3 hours”(2009). Short term effects consist of slowed thinking ability, difficulty paying attention, distorted sense of time, and many more. (Friedman, D. P., Stine, C. C., and Whaten S. (2009). Long term effects include frequent respiratory infection, impaired learning and memory, and even panic attacks (Friedman, D. P., Stine, C. C., and Whaten S. (2009). Thus, the ingestion in smoking marijuana can cause harmful outcomes, which are

Recreational marijuana is legal in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Washington D.C. Many bills have been brought forth in other states to legalize the substance. In October, 2017, 64% of Americans believed recreational marijuana should be legalized. The debate about legalizing recreational marijuana is argued from moral and economic standpoints. From a purely economic standpoint, the US should legalize recreational marijuana, because it would create many jobs, bring in more tax revenue, and would save tax dollars by keeping many out from being arrested.

Abstract: The time has come for marijuana to be legalized throughout the United States. Marijuana sales bring in millions of dollars. Medicinal marijuana has been shown to slow down or even sometimes stop the growth of lung cancer cells. In the case of marijuana, the benefits far exceed the risks.

The United States government restricts and makes marijuana illegal, including marijuana for medicinal purposes. However, in June of this year it was reported that 25 states including Washington D.C., have made medicinal marijuana legal, and 3 states have pending legislation or ballot measures (ProCon.org). Using medicinal marijuana on ill patients could help, and possibly, save their lives. For example, medicinal marijuana could help cancer patients, those who suffer from depression, and aids patients. Annually, 7.6 million Americans die just from cancer, 15 million are diagnosed with depression, and 50 thousand are affected by AIDS. (World Cancer Day & DoSomething.org). The use of medicinal marijuana is a controversial issue in today’s society.

This year, millions of Americans are weighing in on one of the most controversial and pressing issues in our country today: medical marijuana. It’s no secret that some states have already embraced the ambiguous federal laws surrounding this topic. However, when examining the pros and cons of medical marijuana it is important to distinguish fact from fiction.

Marijuana usage is a topic that has been discussed for some time now but the recent medical and recreational legalization of this drug has brought about a new area of unchartered territory. The business industry will have to revise many of their employment and safety requirements. After viewing some current policies many businesses are likely to be forced to established new protocols for intra and inner state practices. There are many types of complications as to why the marijuana usage laws should stay at the federal level and not within the state.

Marijuana is the number one most used illicit substance in the United States. Although it is illegal to possess in most states, the war on marijuana has been an absolute failure. There have been zero deaths by way of marijuana overdose and yet, alcohol and cigarettes are available at every gas station and grocery store. Recreational marijuana usage is legal in the state of Colorado and the state makes close to one hundred million dollars a month alone in marijuana sales. One might then ask why marijuana is illegal in most states and the answer would be ignorance and an abundance of misinformation.

As of right now on April 23rd of 2018, “there are currently eight states that have fully legalized recreational marijuana, and 18 are in the midst of doing it, this information comes from a map that shows the state marijuana laws and has been updated to today” (Governing). That is a combined number of 26 states that are going to have marijuana legalized for recreational use within the next few months. That is over half the states in the United States. At this rate most likely the other 24 states that have yet done anything about this controversial topic will soon follow and become part of the “legalized” side. To me it seems very odd on why these states are still bothering to wait, considering the fact that there really has been no negative effects proven of marijuana. In other words, marijuana should be

For the past few years, Marijuana legalization has been a great debate on a national scale with people pointing out the flaws that come with recreational use and others insisting that the information regarding marijuana’s risks are incorrect and have been distorted.In reality, it’s not only the position one takes that really matters, it seems to be a matter of who has raised the most money for their campaign. Evidently, the people in favor of legalization have an advantage because they are “financed largely by national organizations” as stated by Kirk Johnson in the article “For Marijuana, a Second Wave of Votes to Legalize”. He discusses the problems that come with such an issue and how money is easily effecting it.It seems to be turning

When it comes to alcohol, it is reasonable to exist so long time because of its benefits. It can keep people healthy in some ways, such like improving blood flow, reducing the risks of some diseases. In addition, alcohol can relax people and let people feel more comfortable physically and psychologically, such as communication function of brain, action capability, people cannot think clearly and quickly,  “Drinking a lot on a single occasion slows your body’s ability to ward off infections” (NIH,n.d) , For psychologically, alcohol can change easily people’s mood and manners. People are emotional and do something which cannot be recovered. The more important thing is social effects. It is able to make the atmosphere better and

In American the issue on the legalization of marijuana has quickly become controversial. Whether people smoke it or not, they all have their own thoughts and opinions on it. Many are against the idea of legalizing marijuana, but there are a number of those who still fight for the idea of it. We can find many reasons for and against this issue, but the argument against it unbeatably outweighs the others. Our country has outlawed this drug for good reasons and it needs to stay outlawed.

Marijuana legalization is a controversial subject with many different problems and solutions. Marijuana has benefits and disadvantages to using it (and many viewpoints on said pros and cons) so one person cannot be the only authority on the subject. Marijuana could possibly be used as a medicine, and although legalizing marijuana could have some benefits, the action could have serious repercussions.