1. Marijuana
Should cannabis be legalized? I think so. If you agree with me then read this article. It might teach you a thing, or two, about reality. Cannabis, weed, grass, and marijuana; they are all the same: completely harmless, and completely misunderstood. 260 million people worldwide use it for its potential advantages. Those who don't use it are missing out. In 1973, the drug was banned from use in Britain, much to the dismay of its users. For twenty-seven years, people have fought for the right to use it as a drug, unsuccessfully. Read on to find out the mistake that we have made. .
The first point that politicians raise is that cannabis has a worse effect on the user than tobacco in cigarettes. This is also the first point at which they stumble. Cannabis is ten times worse for the lungs when mixed with tobacco, but alone, cannabis does not cause any negative effects such as those of cigarettes. However, a cigarette does not simply contain tobacco. It also contains over 2000 other chemicals, such as tar and nicotine, which affect the body in negative ways. As for alcohol, not only can it affect the body in the long term, but there is also a risk in "drink-driving". Far more people die, at present, under the effect of alcohol and cigarettes than die from cannabis. And, very importantly, both cigarettes and alcohol are addictive, whereas, it is impossible to become physically addicted to cannabis. It is also impossible to over-dose on cannabis, and people who die after taking it, die of their own stupidity. .
One claim is that, if cannabis were legalized, the tobacco companies would jump at the chance to produce tobacco-based reefers so as to get more young people addicted to smoking tobacco. I feel this is true. However, if someone is buying cigarettes, they are buying them for the pleasurable effects that come with them. If they are buying cannabis, they are buying it for exactly the same reason.
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Marijuana Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been thought to be an illegal and very harmful drug for many years. But as you read this report you will learn that marijuana has been around for many years (most years legal) and isn't as harmful as some people may think. Marijuana has been used for many things in the past, including medicine, hemp rope, crude cloth and enjoyment. Now it is mainly used as a narcotic. Marijuana is an illegal weed that grows up to eighteen feet tall with little or no cultivation. ...
There is no question that such dangerous substances should be illegal; however, marijuana is not in the same class as these other drugs. ... It seems logical that marijuana should be sold as a legal drug, like alcohol. Limitations, such as a legal smoking age and driving restrictions, should definitely be set for marijuana; yet, the substance should be legal for adults to smoke, like alcohol is legal for adults to drink. ...
The whole idea of home grown remedies should have been left behind with the dark ages. ... Anybody wishing to use pot legally would only need an oral recommendation from a doctor" (Leo) Whether or not marijuana should be legal or not is not for me to say, it is a matter that the public needs to vote on. ...
Short and Long Term Effects of Marijuana Use Marijuana comes from the cannabis sativa plant. The plant is a native to central China. It is one of the oldest nonfood crops ever grown by man or women. The drug was used as a pain killer during operations. It has been used for thousands of years from the ancient Chinese to the ancient Egyptians Marijuana has a chemical called THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) which the user feel a buzz. ...
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