Pros And Cons Of Illegal Pot Shops

The question of whether or not marijuana should be legalized for recreational and medicinal use has been a three decade long conversation. There are many pros and cons to legalizing marijuana. There are many different ideas about the effects of marijuana, but as with any drug answers are going to vary depending on the person you survey. Age, health, and mental stability are all factors to consider how a drug can positively or negatively affect you, and marijuana is no different. To be legal or not to be legal is the million dollar question up for debate.

Before 1937, marijuana was freely bought, sold, grown, and smoked in the United States. Since that time, all of these activities have been illegal, but many groups and individuals have fought to decriminalize marijuana. The congressional decision to classify marijuana as a Schedule I drug in 1970 has made the legalization campaign more difficult, since it officially established marijuana as a dangerous, addictive drug with no medicinal benefits.

Medical marijuana has been a debatable subject of whether it is safe or harmful to people with serious conditions, such as cancer. To add on to the debate, medical marijuana clinics, or “dispensaries” have been placed in several communities around the United States, causing uproar between the supporters and the non supporters of medical marijuana. Some argue that dispensaries help their community and the economy, while others believe that they will cause trouble in their towns. Although some people strongly believe that putting medical marijuana dispensaries in their cities will be beneficial to the community, medical marijuana clinics are unsafe and not helpful to the communities where they

I have always been against the use of all illegal drugs including marijuana, but while researching this topic, I have learned a lot about some of the positives of legalizing marijuana use. Considering it is classified as an illegal controlled substance, I have always been under the assumption that marijuana was bad for people, no matter what my friends may have said about how good it was. I was peer pressured into trying it when I was fourteen. I knew right away that it was not for me. It made me pass out and sick to my stomach when I woke up. That reiterated my assumption that it was bad for people. I did not understand how people could like it. I figured other people must not have had the same reaction as I did after smoking it.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions as reversed President Obama’s 2013 policy that protects legalized marijuana programs from intervention from the federal government. What this does is hands the decision back to each state. Each state’s U.S. attorney will now decide whether to enforce the federal marijuana law. Attorney General Sessions stated that “it is the mission of the Department of Justice to enforce the laws of the United States.” According to General Sessions, the previous policy undermines the rule of law. Currently, individuals that are prescribed medical marijuana and the programs that supply it are protected from federal prosecution by the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment. The amendment expires on January 19, 2018. (Schladebeck & Blain 2018).

Over the past 46 years there has been an increased in the number of people who are in favor of legalizing marijuana. In a survey conducted in 1969, “12 percent of Americans thought marijuana used should be legal” (Jones 1). Nothing really change in the 1970’s and 1990’s, but in 2000 it “exceeded 30 percent…and was higher than 40 percent by 2013” (Jones 1). Several reasons for this dramatic increase is that more Americans are becoming aware of its medicinal use, also how the legalizing marijuana can help boost in revenue, and “newer generations of adults are more in favor of marijuana, replacing the older generation of adults who aren’t” (Jones 1).

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In the efforts to legalize weed, it is obvious that many people aren'ttaking it serious or unaware of the potenital risks that weed has. To support this, my research group performed an oberservation. We created a poster saying "Anti-Weed", and watched people's rections to it. The majority of people laughed or just starred, with a small number signing the poster in agrrement.The United States’ Government should not legislate marijuana for recreational use in Texas in order to promote a healthier lifestyle. With Marijuana being a gateway drug, it would make sense to reduce its use rather than allow more of it. The health risks related to marijuana i the long run are not worth starting an addiction to it early on. Based of research and even what

The legalization of marijuana has been an ongoing debate throughout the years for a number of different reasons. People all over the world have their own opinions on what the government should do whether it is legalizing it or keeping it illegal. People favor the legalization of marijuana because it increases revenue, medical benefits, and if the government were to distribute the marijuana it is guaranteed to be a safe product and not something that is laced with other drugs or harmful products. Others are against it because it is a gateway drug, it can be addictive, it can be harmful to your health (19 Primary Pros and Cons of Legalizing Weed). Marijuana was first brought to the United States in 1545. It wasn't until the 1920s when marijuana

Marijuana is under a lot of scrutinization lately, but the natural drug is becoming a much more widely accepted medical option for symptom relief. Even some of the biggest celebrities are beginning to endorse it, and you won’t believe what they are doing with it! Read on to find out!

The proponents of prohibiting marijuana would probably argue that a state can not be involved in distributing drugs that increase the rate of heart attack, severe anxiety, cause problems with coordination and reaction time and most of all, increase addiction. On one hand I see the negative aspects of marijuana but I still insist banning marijuana is equivalent to banning one’s personal freedom. A state obligated to respect individual's “life liberty and pursuit of happiness” as stated in the constitution. Thus, one’s freedom is more important than one’s health issues. The politicians would indubitably use the term “War on Drugs” in order to show their stances on moral issues and gain popularity. They advocates stricter laws that limits the

Apart from the licensed cultivation, mentioned above, illicit cultivation of poppy and cannabis is also taking place on a massive scale across many states in the country. Strong and determined political will is required to put an end to this unlawful activity. Additionally, the loose control over pharmacist and chemist has made drugs and narcotics substances, meant for the medical and scientific purposes, basically end up in the hands of the actual and potential drug dependents. This marks the need for tightening and reinforcing control over the drug stores.

The part of legalization that everyone has a problem with, the cons. And while I myself agree more with legalizing, I will not disagree with the cons of marijuana. The main problem is that marijuana can be addictive. In a research study in California, 1 in every 10 pot users admitted to developing a dependence for the substance overtime. Another danger of the plant, is that second hand smoke can occur, and someone who is not a smoker can end up with the drug in their system from being around a smoker. Even though marijuana helps with certain diseases, it is known to decrease mental health. When you smoke weed, it restrains your blood flow and affects the brain. As well as mental health, physical health is also, in danger.

Cannabis is becoming increasingly widespread and increasingly common in modern-day society for both recreational use and for medication. The article by Craig Reinarman, ‘Criminalisation, legalisation and the mixed blessing of medicalisation in the USA’ generates many controversial issues of cannabis.

Currently drug abuse is the issue that has plagued almost all the societies in the world. This problem poses serious threat to the life of people both in developed and underdeveloped countries. There are different kinds of drugs such as heroin, cocaine, cannabis, hallucinogens, ecstasy, and methamphetamine and so on (McGeorge & Aitken, 1997). Young and age-old people largely use many of these drugs. People usually consider these drugs as a relief from their worries, but these drugs lead them towards addition and psychotic disorders that eventually destroy their health. Legislative authorities in almost every part of the world have been trying to save their generations from the abuse, but the use of these drugs never ended. However, these legislations help to minimize the numbers of drug users where their implementation is done properly (Hall et al., 2004). The aim of this research paper is to provide knowledge about the Cannabis Legalization in Australia and the people’s approach who favor or oppose this legalization. Cannabis drug use, impacts, cannabis legalization in Australia and its advantages and disadvantages will also