The Pros And Cons Of Legalizing Marijuana

Marijuana is an incredibly prominent and controversial issue in society today. Our American society is facing a tremendous drug problem. A public debate is going on to find a solution to the drug dilemma and legalizing marijuana is not the way to go. Marijuana also known as Cannabis should not be legalized because it is a harmful gateway drug, it causes health issues and is a mind altering perception.

Marijuana is a gateway drug that potentially introduces users to additional serious illegal substances in which they abuse, which pose an even greater threat to the public. Most people are more likely to start with marijuana because it is more easily available than other drugs. After using marijuana more frequently your tolerance becomes higher

Even low doses misrepresent perception that is enough to cause traffic accidents. Studies show that cannabis is one of the main widespread illegal drugs found in fatally injured and impaired drivers. Marijuana can impair your short term memory, alter your sense of time, and reduce your ability to do things that require concentration, swift reactions and coordination. Marijuana use limits a person’s ability to learn by refraining the brain from absorbing and retaining information. “Consequences of acute and long-term marijuana use are well known and include negative effects on short term memory, concentration, attention span, motivation, and problem solving, which clearly interfere with learning; adverse effects on coordination, judgment, reaction time, and tracking ability, which contribute substantially to unintentional deaths and injuries among adolescents (especially those associated with motor vehicles); and negative health effects with repeated use similar to effects seen with smoking tobacco” (Jolfe,

Medical marijuana helps cancer patients in ways pharmaceuticals can’t, it has many great purposes. One of those are it helps you gain your appetite back, helps manage the pain, and relieves nausea and vomiting. Also improves sleep in patients using chemotherapy. Marijuana slows and stops the cancer cells from spreading throughout the body. Another way it is helpful is in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) it helps with aiding memory extinction. Memory extinction is the normal healthy process of removing association of harmful stimuli. By doing this it helps control the brain from fear and anxiety of what may have affected them. Multiple Sclerosis is another medical condition that marijuana has positive effects on. It is used to stop the negative neurological muscle spasms caused by the disease. The marijuana THC bonds the receptors in the muscles and nerves to relieve the pain. Arthritis is another common medical condition that can be easily controlled by using medical marijuana. Marijuana helps with reducing pain, inflammation and also helps promote sleep, which in return can help relieve discomfort associated with rheumatoid