Speech on Legalization of Marijuana in Brazil

Speech on Legalization of Marijuana in Brazil

Good morning class mates. Today I am going to discuss the legalization

of marijuana in Brazil. I strongly believe marijuana should be

legalized. I am not here to encourage anyone to use or not use

marijuana. Yet I do believe that many current problems may and can be

solved by its legalization.

Marijuana is the most popular drug in Brazil after tobacco and

alcohol. Discrimination is the reason why marijuana has still not been

legalized. It is already proved by famous scientists that marijuana is

not addictive and no one ever died only because of marijuana, yet

tobacco is addictive and causes more than five million deaths per

year. But due to discrimination tobacco is accepted and marijuana is

not.

Marijuana, if legalized, could be used as a source for medicines and

other beneficial substances. Indeed in countries like England

marijuana has been legalized for medical purposes, it is used as a

sedative. The results are very pleasing. ”Hemp”- the plant that

marijuana originates from has lots of other uses. Very efficient

medicines can be made from this plant. Moreover it is very cost

efficient to be used to produce other by products such as shirts,

trousers, coats, cosmetics, paper among others. As we can see,

legalization could even help a lot the Brazilian economy.

Everyone is conscious that marijuana, even not being legal, is used

and produced everywhere. It has become a permanent part of

contemporary society. Do people really think that the use of marijuana

is going to stop because it is illegal? If it was legalized, even the

government could benefit by making marijuana ...

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...of drugs, educated by families and schools, not with

statements such as “ don’t do drugs” or “drugs are bad for you”

because these are very inefficient. I think campaigns should be done

by giving options and showing both sides like “drugs are easy to

reach, and they can cause immense pleasure but there are prices to pay

such as overdose, suicide, depressions and even death, there are some

people that handle this and don’t suffer these causes, but some do

suffer a lot, the choice is all yours”.

As you can see, there are many relevant points to support the

legalization of marijuana. Violence, economy, conflicts, abuse and

many other problems would be solved and improve. The lives of all

Brazilians would be less worrying and more pleasurable. My last

question, if all of this could get better, why not legalize marijuana?