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Essay about The Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana

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Marijuana use is on the rise, especially among teenagers and young adults. With the recent laws passed in eight states, legalizing medical marijuana many stand divided when it comes to this never ending debate, but I firmly believe that this miracle working drug should be legalized throughout the United States.

Marijuana is by far the most commonly used illegal drug. Statistics show that over 70 million Americans have tried Marijuana and more that 20 million smoked it last year. So it is safe to assume that although marijuana use may decrease in the years to come, as did Heroin and LSD, it is here to stay. Eight states, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon & Washington have already passed laws allowing the …show more content…

With so many legalizing Marijuana and many leaning towards it, I hope the country and eventually the entire world will allow people to ?get high? with no consequence.

The main idea behind legalizing drugs is it?s medical advantages. Although not proven through science Marijuana is said to have many uses as healing drug. Marijuana being used as medicine has been studied for many years. In many cultures it is already used as medicine and stems back many generations. The first recorded use of marijuana as medicine was in China. It has been said that in Pen Tspoo Ching during the first or second century A.D, ma-fe-san (boiled hemp compound) was used as an anesthetic for surgical patients. Ma-fe-san is said to have many uses including, clearing the blood, cooling temperature, clearing fluxes, undoing rheumatism and discharging pus from patients. China is not the only country to use this drug in early times. It was introduced in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century A.D. Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam are said to have current uses of marijuana for medicine. In Cambodia they have an enormous list of uses, including, treating malaria, reliving asthma, calming the nerves, regulating the heart and treating paralysis. In Thailand, it used in folk medicine as well as in the official medical reports. In folk medicine, people dry the leaves and then boil them to treat migraines and dizzy spells.

Marijuana has survived the passing

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