Marijuana: A Gateway Drug or a Misunderstood Drug

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People want to escape, not just physically but mentally, whether it is a dead end job or the stresses of an average life. Imagine if a person could come from a hard day of work and actually be able to take a break from reality for a night. Marijuana, known as a gateway drug to other substances, should be more known as a gateway drug to a more stress free and healthier lifestyle. Marijuana should be legalized because of its effects to relieve stress and not be as harmful as other substances, especially with techniques of vaporization and edibles to not experience the harmful effects of smoke, and help people who are in serious pain make it through a day without thinking of ending it. Most of the negative effects from marijuana are caused by the laws and the people who don’t know how to use the drug responsibly. Marijuana should be legalized to people but they have to be older than eighteen and have a job with those two credentials it will ensure people will try to use it responsibly like alcohol. Marijuana is a known stress relief and has been around since the beginning of man and until the past several decades it was used as a medicine and a substance used to ease the body. It is documented by the former U.S. Surgeon General that Marijuana use I a known reliever of many minor and major ailments "The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms” (Elders). People should have the choice of what they want to put in their bodies such as marijuana. For a reasonable person who is responsible and can hold a job, marijuana should be a right of theirs, and with the way technology is increasing there are ways where you can get the effects of the substanc... ... middle of paper ... ... Marijuana Alternatives (K2, Spice), Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts), Kratom, Salvia Divinorum, Methoxetamine, and Piperazines - Springer." Here Today, Gone Tomorrow...and Back Again? A Review of Herbal Marijuana Alternatives (K2, Spice), Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts), Kratom, Salvia Divinorum, Methoxetamine, and Piperazines - Springer. N.p., 01 Mar. 2012. Web. 21 Oct. 2013. Elders, Joycelyn. "Joycelyn Elders, MD - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. Gross. "Marijuana Use and Epilepsy." Marijuana Use and Epilepsy. N.p., 8 June 2004. Web. 29 Oct. 20 Hoffmann, Diane E., J.D. ". The New England Journal of Medicine” Medical Marijuana and the Law — NEJM. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.13. Young, Francis. "Francis L. Young - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines. N.p., 8 Aug. 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2013.

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