Should Marijuana Remain Be Illegal

According to Jessica Atkins many crimes in several states are increasing due to the “selling and possession” of the substance. Atkins also pointed out that marijuana is a “natural herb” and it is extremely less dangerous than any other illegal substance. With that being said many also worry about parents who also consume this drug and the effects it would have on their children. Dr. Melanie Dreher conducted many experiments and has inferred that children who are born to marijuana consuming parents show no factors of birth defects, also the child tends to be more intelligent than children not born to marijuana consuming parents. There is also a lot of benefits towards consuming medical marijuana also, it can benefit anyone who has a mental illness and could also help a woman's pregnancy with decreasing the sense of nausea and vomiting. Marijuana is a very controversial topic especially legalizing it but people need to realize that there are substances that are killing many people today that are completely legal under the federal law and it is injustice to keep a drug that has many benefits and could help people

Some studies also have linked pot to suicidal thoughts. The NIDA notes that marijuana use can result in a 40% increased risk of getting psychosis, and the drug also can lead to Anxiety and Depression. Marijuana can ruin your kids’ lives. There has been an 80% increase in Weed use among teens since 2008. Do you want your teens to be making great grades for their education? You should need to know that studies have proved that teens who smoked pot regularly lost as much as eight points in their intelligence quotient test and they didn’t recover their intellectual ability when they became adults. Even though there are more articles about marijuana being good for you and the economy, I still believe that all these negative effects it has on you and the public are very bad, therefor it should remain illegal. Marijuana is used for medicine also, it is legal in 15 states for medical use only and in Colorado it is totally legal for everyone over 21 years old.

The dispute over the legalization of cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, is one of the most controversial issues ever to take place in the United States. Its use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years in many countries across the globe. Legalization should be considered despite efforts made by groups who say marijuana is a harmful drug that will increase crime rates and lead users to other more dangerous substances. The legalization of marijuana can improve our society by helping with our economy, freeing legal resources, and benefiting the overall health of the nation though medical uses.

To start off, many people think weed should not be legal. One reason some may say it is not safe to legalize weed is public safety. “Marijuana use, like the use of alcohol, can cause impairment in the user. This means if a person is driving whilst under the influence, they may be more prone to having a collision and potentially harming a pedestrian or fellow road user.” (10 Reasons Marijuana Should Remain Illegal). Also, some think the use or marijuana will lower the quality of life. “

Cigarettes and alcohol are much more dangerous to humans than marijuana, yet they are legal to purchase and consume (at a certain age). “The effects are generally less severe than those of tobacco and alcohol, which together cause more than 560,000 American deaths annually. Unlike booze, marijuana isn't a neurotoxin, and unlike cigarettes, it has an uncertain connection to lung cancer.” (Barcott, Bruce, and Michael Scherer. "The Great Pot Experiment. (Cover Story)." Time 185.19 (2015): 38-45. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.). This shows that substances that are already legal and available to Americans are much more dangerous than marijuana. This shows that there is no reason for the government to be concerned about it in a health risk point of a view. Marijuana has no reported deaths from overdosing on the drug, because you need to smoke 1,500 pounds in 15 minutes to do that, which is a physically impossible task. Top scientists know that there are no reported deaths from marijuana alone, unlike other substances, but due to their extensive research they were able to find it is technically possible to overdose, but highly unlikely. This shows that the health risks of consuming marijuana are little to non-existent when compared to other legal substances, therefore it should be legal in the United States of America. The fact that marijuana is less harmful than other legal substances proves that is should be

Legalization keeps progressing in advance, but because of many years of government obstructions on research, there is nearly not enough known about the dangers of marijuana, or the benefits. Marijuana in the United States is classified as a Schedule 1 substance, which is defined for substances that have significant risks, such as addiction, but, in theory, have no medical benefits, making it difficult to obtain medical marijuana to do clinical trials (Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana 14). With four states permitting its use for both medicinal and recreational purposes and 24 states only for pharmaceutical, there has been many thoughts whether this plant should be kept unlawful in the United States or not (Ingraham 2). Activists believe that the legalization will provide many benefits to the citizens as well as the economy, but antagonists think it will just make it easier for people to obtain it for recreational purposes. Although this may seem true, study proves that there was a significant decrease in the underground market after legalizing marijuana in Colorado, which meant less people were consuming it recreationally. Enforcing laws against something that is naturally grown is unnatural; therefore, marijuana usage for recreational and medicinal purposes should

Marijuana has become a more and more acceptable drug over the past few years despite its many side effects, not only on the user, but also on society as a whole. Due to these side effects on society and the marijuana user, it would be in the best interest of everyone that marijuana remains an illegal substance. On one side of the issue you have marijuana users saying that it is their choice on whether or not they should be allowed to smoke marijuana. The question we have to ask ourselves is, are individual freedoms so important that we are willing to allow these individual freedoms to continue without consequence, even if their actions are harmful. The purpose of this essay will be to put

Dr. Drew Pinsky once said “It would be malpractice to say cannabis isn't addictive”. In America, of the 7.3 million people charged were classified with illicit drug abuse in 2012, 4.3 million were with marijuana. The more legal and accessible marijuana gets, the worse it will be for society and the users. Marijuana needs to stay illegal. Marijuana has many effects that prove it needs to remain illegal. Marijuana largely and negatively affects your mental health, is horrible for your physical health, and ruins lives and is dangerous for the community. Looking at those three reasons we can see that marijuana needs to remain illegal because it largely affects your mental health, is terrible for your physical health, and wrecks lives and is dangerous

After reading articles I have come to the conclusion that yes recreational marijuana should be legal. Reading these articles only strengthened my opinion. In the article, “Marijuana should be legalized”, by Adam Ford I learned that the only ones really benefiting from pot being illegal are the illegal drug dealers and the alcohol and tobacco industries. In the article ,“There Are No Good Reasons to Legalize Marijuana." by George Wright, I learned that medicinal marijuana is used to help with nausea against things like chemo and weed also helps with sleeping, pain relief,and stress relief. In the article “This Is Why Marijuana Should Be Legal Everywhere”,by Renee Jacques, I learned that marijuana really isn't that dangerous compared to other drugs. Alcohol, tobacco, and pills have all caused thousands of deaths because of overdose while marijuana has never caused a death due to overdose. Prescription pills are legal, yet in 2010, 60% of overdoses were because of pills. After reading these articles, I realized that marijuana really isn't that bad and could be beneficial for those who are sick and for America in general. The legalization of marijuana would make America millions of dollars from tax revenue and create new jobs which we are in dire need of. Cannabis also helps those who are hurting from severe illnesses and who are in pain. Before reading these articles I was unsure of whether Marijuana should be legal or not but, after

For many years American society, especially our youth, has been bombarderd with a large amount of strong and broad "anti-drug" messages. Much of the time when this message was being broadcasted to people, again especially in the case of young children, it is simplified to just saying "drugs are bad", such as in the famous Public Service Announcment named "This is Your Brain on Drugs". In reality not all illegal drugs are the same, speicfically mairajuana is really not as dangerous as people would assume based on these messages that lump it together with drugs like heroin or cocaine. Beyond just being safer and less addictive than other substances, marijuana should not remain illegal for recreational use because it alleviates some of the pressure on America 's War on Drugs, and the sale of marijuana has become a profitable industry in the places it is legal.

Marijuana is becoming a big problem in the U.S. “over ninety-four million americans over the age of 12 have experimented with marijuana at least once. Marijuana is a plant made of dried leaves, stems, seeds, and buds of a hemp plant”(Rebecca J. Frey). Marijuana should stay illegal because it is harmful to people and has many negative affects.

Although people would like to think legalizing marijuana would be a success, it would be a disaster. Marijuana use leads to lapses in judgment, and is a known gateway drug, even if only used recreationally. Marijuana affects everyone differently and therefore, can be dangerous. Marijuana use increases appetite and leads to sedentariness, promoting weight gain. People seem to think marijuana can be used to treat medical conditions, but may in fact be just as dangerous and addictive as nicotine. For these reasons, marijuana should not be legalized in the United States.

Marijuana is supposed to be a helpful medicine? A drug that isn't as harmful as other drugs? A way for you to feel calm?

Marijuana has been around for many years that has created a disastrously bad habit. It can cause innocent people to do regretful activities with sedating effects on many users. This drug causes fear anxiety, and paranoia results with outbursts of aggressive behavior. In many people, marijuana once it wears off their behavior gradually improves. Although there are many kinds of drugs, marijuana is the most common. Legalizing marijuana should be forbidden for the sake of its effect on the brain. This law should never be written into effect for the safety of the general public and children.

Have you ever heard of someone dying from Marijuana? You haven’t right. You have however heard of someone dying from Alcohol, whether it be from poisoning, drunk driving, etc. Marijuana has been used for 10,000 years and hasn’t had one recorded death EVER(Online Debate)! Alcohol has been used since 4000 B.C.E , and it kills 2.5 Million people every year worldwide (World Health Organization). That’s 10 Billion deaths ever since Alcohol has been used! Yet Marijuana is the drug that is illegal. Should Marijuana be illegal? NO. It has more benefits than the downfalls, but some people think that these downfalls are more important than benefits.