The Positive Benefits Of The Legalization Of Medical Marijuana

In the United States, twenty-one states have no laws on legal marijuana use, even for medicinal marijuana. Another twenty-one have legalized marijuana for medical use only. As for the other eight, those states have legalized the use marijuana for medicinal and recreational. The states that have fully legalized marijuana have seen a boost in the economy due to taxes from marijuana sales. Along with helping the economy, marijuana is proven to provide medical aid for illnesses, such as cancer and Parkinson’s Disease. The legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational use will be a benefit to society.

Marijuana is a naturally grown plant that has beneficial properties and the ability to create textiles, paper products, and other goods. Marijuana is currently illegal in many states in the United States. The legalization of Marijuana will produce enormous tax revenue, reduce crime, give us a renewable resource, and give sick and suffering patients a new effective medicine. The legalization of Marijuana in the United States would both benefit the well-being of its citizens as well the economy.

Marijuana, the plant of the cannabis, has been around since the early 1900’s. Throughout history, marijuana has been used illegally, for both recreational and medical uses. Recently, marijuana has been used for medicinal purposes, like aiding HIV/AIDs patients, healing migraines and controlling nausea caused by chemotherapy. Today, there are currently 21 American states that have legalized medicinal marijuana including two states that have legalized recreational marijuana. Since December of 2007, the economy has been declining, the unemployment rate has been increasing and the value of money has been inflating. The legalization of marijuana can help solve both medical and economical conflicts.

Legalizing medical marijuana is a controversial topic that most individuals tend to shy away from, but with the passages of laws in 23 states, the conversation is becoming inevitable (ProCon.org, 2015). While proponents of medical marijuana argue that it is a safe and effective treatment for various health symptoms, opponents argue it is dangerous, addictive, and a gate way to harder drug use. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the issue, the policies surrounding the issue, the pro/con of legalizing medical marijuana, and to provide recommendations.

Marijuana is one of the most commonly illicit drug used in the United States and many people abuse the drug. However, in the medical line, medical marijuana has a lot of different purposes. People suffering from multiple disease condition and illnesses have gotten relief by using marijuana for medical reasons. Research shows that marijuana has been successfully used to help people with serious health issues, such as cancer patients. This has proven that Marijuana has some health benefits for more than just cancer patients by also showing improvements in the condition of people suffering from asthma, arthritis, chronic pain, epilepsy, Crohn's disease, Alzheimer’s etc. Even though some states have legalized medical marijuana, some are still in

The question of whether or not to legalize the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana has been an ongoing debate ever since President Nixon declared the war on drugs in 1971. The main question that circulates this debate is, do the benefits of medical and recreational marijuana justify its legality? Marijuana is one of the only drugs that has numerous medicinal properties that can do everything from managing chemotherapy side effects, to putting an end to chronic seizures. Along with its medical benefits, it has many religious uses as well. But since marijuana is illegal this restricts citizens first amendment right to freedom of religion. Legalizing marijuana would bring in an additional three billion dollars a year in taxes alone, which would help bring our nation out of its 18 trillion dollar debt. Not to mention, the legalization of marijuana would lower the number of drug related crimes which would help put an end to “the war on drugs”.

Marijuana is a drug that is spreading all around the world and is now proven to be one of the most beneficial drug out there. United State should legalized marijuana because it would help with the economy growth, decrease crime rate and useful for medicine.

Marijuana is a drug that can be intaked many ways especially smoking. Marijuana is a plant that when you smoke it ,your senses are upped and you are usually in a state of pleasure. Marijuana is a drug that should be legal in all states because of the success rates and pleasure.

This paper will explain the importance of legalizing marijuana for medical use. There are many reasons as to why it should be legalized but here are a few. In fact, medical marijuana can help patients with medical conditions such as cancer, epilepsy, pain, and many more conditions. In comparison to helping patients with those conditions, medical marijuana has fewer side effects then the medication the doctors provide you with. Medical marijuana is also more affordable then the medication provided by doctors, therefore, more families could afford treatments for their own or their kids conditions. Although medical marijuana has many valid reasons to be legalized there are still people who disagree and think it should not be legalized. They say

Marijuana is a drug that has been used by millions of people worldwide, making it the most popular and well known drug, and has been used for thousands of years. It has been used a lot for is medical purposes, such as preventing seizures, calming down people with ADHD, help people with anorexia eat properly, and many other reasons that have been beneficial to thousands, if not millions of people around the world. Although many people use it for medical purposes, there are a good amount of people who use it recreationally, meaning they consume marijuana just because they like the feeling it gives them. As of today, there are currently twenty-three states that have medical marijuana legalized and only four states that legalized recreational use

Marijuana is an addictive and abused illegal drug in major cities around the world. Legalizing the drug will make it readily available to drug users or non drug users who want to engage in its use. In my opinion, Marijuana should not be legalized because doing so will lead to increased addiction and effect families.

Does the state you currently live in allow the use of medical marijuana? As of right now 29 out of 50 states have legalized medical marijuana and 9 out of 50 states have made recreational marijuana legal. People assume just because it is illegal that it can have no health benefits and it’s only good at making people lazy bums that drug deal, but those people who do believe that marijuana should be illegal are wrong. Alcohol is actually more dangerous and in the past 10 years has killed 88,000 people in just America, and this drug is still legal. Marijuana should be legalized in all 50 states because it helps diseases, is less toxic than other legal substances, and it could also potentially help our economy.

Marijuana is not a recently discovered plant, in fact its use goes back as long as 7,000 B.C. and was legal as recently as when Ronald Reagan was a boy. The plant is used in various different forms and serves many purposes. Marijuana is illegal for the protection of corporate profits and to benefit yellow journalism. Many legislators believe the plant contributes to incompetence and a future of crime for the user.

The use of cannabis toward medicine should not be shocking to anyone, since it has been around for centuries. As a matter of fact, it has been under medicinal aid for an estimated 5,000 years. Western medicine truly grasped marijuana’s medicinal abilities in the 1850’s. Infact, doctors documented over one hundred papers about how marijuana helped numerous disorders, such as nausea, glaucoma, movement disorders, pain relief, depression, and anxiety. It also helps cancer patients and those with HIV or Aids. Currently, many American patients have access to marijuana use so that they can have effective treatments for their illnesses. Medical marijuana use is achievable because

Medical marijuana has been proven to be medically beneficial in so many ways from alleviating the symptoms of seizures, chronic pain symptoms, to helping cancer patients deal with their symptoms especially from the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy. Medical marijuana has also been found to have therapeutic effects regarding nausea, vomiting and improving appetite loss for patients dealing with many different medical problems. Allowing patients to have legal access to medical marijuana will help improve a patient’s quality of life and could improve a patient’s response to treatment. Many patients with serious chronic medical conditions have to take many different medications to help alleviate pain and other symptoms and have to deal with debilitating side effects, but medicinal marijuana has proven to relieve their pain and suffering without dealing with the debilitating side effects. Medicinal marijuana should be legalized to increase the quality of life for patients who suffer with chronic pain, cancer patients who also suffer with pain and other symptoms or side effects as a result of treatment and for patients who suffer from seizures and no other medications have helped.