Should Marijuana Be Legal?

The marijuana not only affect the brain and performer, also increase the risk on mental illness. The marijuana is related with mental health problems such as psychosis, depression or anxiety. The psychosis is severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. ("Psychotic Disorders: MedlinePlus", n.d.). Psychosis is one of most common

Marijuana has been a hot topic of conversation over the last few years, as some states in America have legalized it medically and recreationally. By discussing the legal aspect of marijuana, the economic benefits, medical usage and how marijuana affects the family, we can see the positive and negative impact that marijuana has on sociology.

The flame ignites, the smoke builds, the mind relaxes. It’s a process that at one point, could have

Marijuana has been hailed as a solution for some ills and doctors once utilized it to invigorate ravenousness, ease interminable agony, and treat asthma and headaches. In any case, is cannabis truly a restorative supernatural occurrence? Provided that this is true, do its clinical advantages exceed its disadvantages? Should we authorize Maryjane? Is therapeutic cannabis truly justified regardless of the dangers? These are the issues one needs to consider before settling on the choice to authorize weed.

However, there is accumulating evidence of the psychological consequences of using marijuana. Many chronic marijuana smokers have a psychosis that is now medically deemed as, “A-motivational Syndrome” (Chopra 38). A psychosis is a condition where a person experiences some loss of contact with reality. A person with a psychosis can experience any or more of the following symptoms: auditory hallucinations (hearing voices that aren't really there), visual hallucinations (seeing things which aren't there), delusions (believing things that aren't true), jumbled thoughts and strange behavior. Patients with A-motivational Syndrome are left with the well-recognized and permanent symptoms of memory loss, apathy and loss of motivation (Chopra 38). After marijuana started to be widely used approximately 20 years ago, for permanent damage to occur it was felt by some that marijuana had to be heavily used over at least three years. However, there is accumulating evidence that smaller amounts will do damage. It is logical that to get the permanent “ A-motivational Syndrome”, small amounts of damage have to accumulate incrementally (Chopra 40). Although many marijuana connoisseurs of today may totally deny that that the use of this drug has lasting effects on the brain, research findings clearly indicate that long-term use of marijuana produces changes in the brain similar to those seen after long-term use of other major drugs of abuse (Erickson 89).

Marijuana also called weed, pot, herb, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and is a variety of combinations of dried leaves, flowers ,stems, and seeds from the hemp plant, and cannabis sativa. This plant contains a mind altering chemical called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC is mostly responsible for the psychological

To legalize or to not legalize drugs, that is the popular question lately. The current repeat visitor to each states legislative sessions is making marijuana legal. Currently in the United States there are twenty states with legal medical marijuana and the District of Columbia. Out of those twenty only Colorado and Washington have also legalized marijuana for recreational use. When it comes to legalizing drugs marijuana appears to be the most popular one being advocated for. However, does that leave the door open for other drugs to be advocated for as well? Should they all be legalized or just a select few?

Available scientific evidence indicate that marijuana contain a useful chemical that treats several mental disorder illnesses. The useful purpose of this drug has prompted a long standing debate as

Attitudes toward the legalization due to the shifts over time take into consideration a shockingly exact reproduction of four decade of American social history. In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington State passed a law allowing, dispersion, and ownership of marijuana for medical and recreational use. This paper does not address the subject of whether cannabis ought to be legal; it concentrates on the configuration contemplation of making an adjustment in cannabis strategy. Regardless of whether marijuana authorization is positive or negative for general well-being and public security largely relies on upon administrative choices and how they are actualized. This paper contends that current federalism precepts neglect

Marijuana also known as Mary Jane, pot, bud, or ganja has been used in the world for thousands of years. It has been used for different reasons, medical or recreational. “The main psychoactive (mind-altering) chemical in marijuana, responsible for most of the intoxicating effects that people seek, is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The chemical is found in resin produced by the leaves and buds primarily of the female cannabis plant. The plant also contains more than 500 other chemicals, including more than 100 compounds that are chemically related to THC, called cannabinoids.” (National Institute on Drug Abuse 1). The cannabis plant, known as marijuana has a positive view for medication, but the side people do not see, is where weed can damage a person physically and mentally, along with influencing one’s brain to make unordinary decisions while damaging the brain at the same time.

My life experience has opened my mind to the idea of legalizing marijuana for medical needs. Knowing that people with cancer, MS (Multiple Sclerosis), PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), bipolar and many other medical conditions can be treated with cannabis, personally I do not understand how the Food and Drug Administration can withhold the use of cannabis to treat medical conditions. Keeping it a schedule I drug states that there is no current medical use for it, and that is obviously mistaken. Marijuana does not have any characteristics as Heroin or LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide), therefore, it should not be in the same class. Watching my sister-in-law battle cancer was one of my hardest

The legalization of cannabis has been a subject of controversy in recent years; despite the progress we’ve made in understanding marijuana there are many who criticize the drug. Misconceptions and prejudice plague marijuana, giving it an infamous reputation. However, if one took the time to look at it in a just manner, they would be enlightened to the true fact that marijuana is not as evil as society perceives it to be. To better understand cannabis objectively, we need to look at it medically and why it was made illegal in the first place.

Pot! Weed! Grass! Dope! Joint! Blunt, ... cannabis! A mere mention of any of these names, more commonly known as marijuana has the potential to create a buzz in anyone’s mind.

Consumption of cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana, is thought to cause psychological disorders. However, in some cases, cannabis has little to no causation evidence for the development of these disorders. As a result, it is still controversial whether cannabis truly increases the chances of developing these disorders.1 Consumption of marijuana is fatal to society. Society is under a great misconception that marijuana is a merely a recreational drug and its affects are temporary. Mainly adolescents seem to engage in its consumption, being unaware of the critical long term effects that can follow. Consumption of this drug, results with health issues that are irreversible and can persist through adult hood, causing permanent damage to one’s cognition and mental health. The main focus within this literacy paper will be -- can marijuana truly have causal links which relate to the occurrence of psychosis? This paper will discuss the effects that marijuana has on the neural pathways and will provide evidence for both “yes” and “no” sides regarding the causation of psychosis due to cannabis. Through the given evidences, conclusions will be drawn towards either the “yes” or the “no” side and this will answer the question.

Despite the current marijuana laws, medical research has shown a variety of therapeutic benefits that arise from the use of cannabis. (Gowling et al. 1998, p. 446)) Revealed that ‘Over the years, cannabis has been claimed to increase appetite, relax the muscle, improve mood, relieve anxiety and combat pain and nausea’. As a result of these advantages, medical marijuana advocates support and has pushed for the legalisation of cannabis. However, it is argued that harmful effects can arise, demonstrating an association between cannabis with psychosis. Psychosis is a condition of the mind, involving a “loss of contact with reality”. Hall (1998) stipulated that ‘A high doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the