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Positive Benefits Of Marijuana

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"Marijuana is the most widely used illegal controlled substance in the world. Although the drug has been illegal in the United States since the 1930s, an estimated 40.6 percent of the U.S. population over twelve years of age has tried it at least once."("Marijuana What Kind of Drug is it" par. One) Cavillations have been farming Marijuana for centuries best explained by this quote "In 1997, a hemp rope dating back to 26,900 BC was found in Czechoslovakia, making it the oldest known object to be associated with cannabis. Since that time, hemp has played an important role in humanity’s development. For thousands of years marijuana was not only legal, but an important crop among cultures throughout history, and held commercial, medicinal, and spiritual value."(Hill, par 1). So why is it not allowed now, well people have observed some side effects. For starters, it can be the user can experience a loss of motor control and can have difficulty concentrating and it slows down the brain this can be most dangerous when operating a vehicle. However, marijuana is safer than most of the substances that are legal today and it actually, helps with diseases. Marijuana has many helpful benefits such as being able to help with illnesses such as cancer among other things, increasing creativity for all creative needs such as painting or writing, and decreasing the amount of painkiller and opioid addiction. To begin the reason Marijuana is even illegal in the first place is not because

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