The THC from smoking one marijuana cigarette can accumulate in the user's body fat and stay there for weeks at a time. Smoking marijuana has been known to cause a lack of motivation, ambition, and creativity. Many users" lose interest in life and become very lazy. People who use marijuana often find it very difficult to concentrate on anything more challenging than television. Marijuana causes a decreased attention span and feelings of isolation. High school and college students who are regular users of marijuana find themselves to be struggling with inner turmoil; feeling depressed, scared, and often suffers from very low self-esteem. To a frequent user, smoking pot leads to judgment, logical thinking, and memory to become impaired. Smoking marijuana is proven to have many negative psychological and personality effects on those who choose to smoke it.
Marijuana also has many medical benefits. Marijuana has undergone analysis for its use as a medicine and the results have shown improvements in the patients who were treated with this drug. It became popular as a medicine in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century. Then, marijuana was primarily used to treat general headaches, migraine headaches, depression, muscular tension, insomnia, and menstrual cramps. Today, marijuana has proven to be beneficial in the treatment of many more medical conditions including glaucoma, cancer, and asthma. .
Right now, the use of marijuana for medical purposes is only legal in California. In 1996, voters in California approved a law that eases regulations on medical marijuana. The federal government cannot take action against California doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients. Supposedly, many people have benefited greatly from this bend in the rules.
Legalizing the use of marijuana could also have many economical benefits. The government seems to be always looking for new ways to tax people.
