In this essay I am going to use facts for and against the legalisation of Cannabis. I think Cannabis should be legalised and will use facts to show why.
I think if Cannabis was legalised alcohol related crime would go drastically down and the NHS would stop using medicines which have side effects and don't work. It would also create employment for growers and if legalised would become one of the cheapest medicines in the world. .
The European medical The Lancet stated " The smoking of Cannabis, even in the long term, is not harmful to health. It would be reasonable to judge Cannabis as less of a threat than alcohol and tobacco.".
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Fifty thousand people die each year from alcohol poisoning, four hundred thousand people die each year from tobacco use less and than 10,000 die each year from all illegal drugs. In 1990, 15% of fatal road accidents were alcohol related and 32% of all pedestrians killed in road accidents were over the legal blood-alcohol level for driving. .
Marijuana is non-toxic and cannot cause death by overdose. There are no cases of death by Cannabis use. If made legal consumption of alcohol would no doubt go down, and with it, alcohol related crime.
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The Government could put tax on it, creating a new source of income and at the same time preventing organised crime and drug barons from making huge profits. The price of illegal drugs is determined by a demand-led market. Using illegal drugs is very expensive. This means that some dependent users resort to stealing to raise funds (accounting for 50% of UK property crime - estimated at £2 billion a year).
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Cannabis can be used to treat Glaucoma, Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, migraines and constant pain. Making Cannabis available in a variety of forms, including the natural, will allow patients some control over the treatment they receive. There is overwhelming evidence that medical use is beneficial.
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The standard argument against legalising cannabis is that people who use cannabis sometimes go onto to harder drugs.
Think of the word cannabis. What immediately comes into your mind? Druggies out on the streets, totally out of it and swaggering around like drunks? Many people are under these false images. Cannabis users are classed as the lowest of the low, drug abusers and criminals. Well, here is th...
I also know that there is a different species of Cannabis other then Cannabis Sativa. ... Where does Cannabis grow and what is the history of Cannabis? What type of plant is Cannabis? What are the uses of Cannabis? ... There are 3 known species of Cannabis: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. ...
The cannabis plant is a globally growing angiosperm. Many varieties of the cannabis plant exist. ... There are over 400 known chemicals in the cannabis plant. ... The genus cannabis contains three species; Cannabis sativa, C. indica, and C. ruderalis. ... Cannabis can grow anywhere where corn can be grown. ...
Another problem of rescheduling cannabis to a less restrictive schedule would not prevent people from being arrested and punished for using cannabis recreationally. Patients must have a safe immediate access to their medical cannabis by dispensaries, home cultivation, or medical cannabis programs. ... Obama and his administration announced that they will do nothing to punish any cannabis-licensed person or state-legal cannabis program. ... Cannabis obtains one of the strongest fibers known to man. ... The taxation of cannabis products being made will definitely add up making cannabis the next ...
The term medical cannabis, also known as medical marijuana, refers to the use of the whole unprocessed cannabis plant or its basic extracts to relieve pain for many conditions and diseases [ CITATION Jac15 l 3081 ]. ... All forms of cannabis, CBD and THC is currently illegal in Australia. However, other countries have maintained the legal status of THC cannabis while allowing CBD cannabis to be legal for medical purposes. ... Since 2003, California, USA, has classified CBD cannabis as a controlled substance. ... Medical Cannabis in Italy became legal in 2013. ...
However, this study offers the first evidence that cannabis can also increase serotonin, at least at lower doses. (ScienceDaily, 2007) Cannabis can also be used to treat other afflictions that deal with neurotransmitters including neuropathic pain. Cannabis is now being used in line with other forms of therapy and regulation to become a widely used, although controversial, form of medication. ... Another reason that I believe that cannabis should be legalized for medical use is because of the dangerous side effects that many prescriptions have. ... Also, people do not go through withdrawal whe...
Cannabis is a drug that originates from the plant, cannabis sativa. ... Cannabis comes in the forms of marijuana, sinsemilla, hashish, hashish oil, and hemp. ... If cannabis were to be legalized in Australia it would help to prevent people from smoking illegally, smuggling cannabis, drug trafficking and trades. ... This may then increase the cannabis trading and selling to start again. ... Addiction is another downfall to legalizing cannabis in Australia. ...
Dear Mr. Clegg, This letter is sent to show my support in you advocating for the legalisation of cannabis in the United Kingdom. I feel that your forward way of thinking has surpassed many of our leaders in the political world. Finally you have given a solution to the current failing policies in pl...
Introduction Cannabis is a dioecious annual with palmate leaves that are usually composed of an odd number of leaflets (Pate 1994). ... Cannabis is one of the oldest domestic plants in the history of mankind (Jiang et al. 2006). ... Cannabis sativa L. has both glandular and nonglandular trichomes (Turner et al. 1978). ... The purpose of this study was to use trichomes as a reference for the identification of Cannabis sativa L. ... The glands that secrete lupulin resemble the capitate glands found in Cannabis (Dayanandan and Kaufman 1976). ...
