Ever since it's boom in the 1960's and 1970's, marijuana use has been a controversial topic. Marijuana is the dried, shredded flowers and buds of the hemp plant, cannabis saliva (Monroe). It is usually rolled into marijuana cigarettes known as joints, or put into pipes and smoked. The effects of marijuana vary from user to user. Some may feel nothing when using while others, feel relaxed, intoxicated, euphoric, or tired (Yahoo). While intoxicated time seems to pass slowly, and the user becomes engrossed with ordinary sights, sounds, and tastes (ABC News). While there are certain side affects associated with marijuana use they are no more harmful than those of alcohol are. Marijuana has proven beneficial as a treatment for patients suffering from certain diseases. Although there are certain downsides to marijuana use, its legalization will save lives and cause a drastic decrease in crime and it there for should be legaized.
The opposition states that marijuana, a wild growing weed should not
be used by modern day doctors to treat ill patients. It is an inexact method of treatment and is poorly regulated. It is impossible for doctors to ensure the purity of the plant. There is no way of regulating the amount of THC, the main active ingredient in marijuana if it is simply grown (ABC News). It will also be impossible to regulate the drug and keep the average person from obtaining it. However, like all other drugs and medications, marijuana can very easily be regulated. It is not simply grown freely on open fields by anyone who pleases, but rather by government scientists in greenhouses on government owned and regulated land. Just like other medications marijuana is not simply available to the general public but must rather be prescribed by licensed doctors (Shannon). Despite its impurities and inexact potency, it non-the less saves lives and aids in the treatment of many suffering people. It alleviates nausea and increases the appetites in AIDS patients(ABC News). It also treats a variety of
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