The conflict of whether to legalize Marijuana or not
The conflict of whether to legalize Marijuana or not
In today’s world there has grown a new conflict. The conflict of whether or not to legalize or not to legalize light drugs such as Marijuana and the likes. This is a controversial topic every time it is set on stage and as such we seek to find out what are the repercussions of legalizing such drugs.
Harry Anslinger , the United States first drug Czar (1930-1962) seemed to create an interesting case against the now outlawed drug, Marijuana. According to Mr. Anslinger’s findings he stated that marijuana made women and men do demonic things. It made women love black men. This was all wrong but since he was able to build a case against it and soon became outlawed. Is this reason true? No.
One of the pros of legalizing such drugs is that such drugs seek to help people who have no alternative medicine for their ailments. According to WebMD marijuana can be described by doctors to treat or alleviate the ailments arising from muscle spasms, Nausea arising from Cancer Chemotherapy as well as a solution to loss of appetite. These among many other problems have been known to be solved by these drugs thus some states have even allowed the use of such light drugs to enable cure diseases if not reduce the pain they bring. The FDA too have approved THC, a key ingredient in Marijuana, in the treatment of nausea and improving of appetite.
The cons however of using marijuana among other light drug is that they cause dependency. As most psychoactive drugs tend to be they cause dependency on them after some time of them being used. This makes it hard to carry out daily functions without using them and this is wrong. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse approximately 9 percent of marijuana users go on to become addicted to it with those using marijuana daily at 25-30 percent. These numbers show a rising number of people who can no longer carry out their functions without using marijuana and this is a con by itself.
Another merit given to the legalization of light drugs such as marijuana is that they will bring forth revenue to the government. In the economy agriculture too doesn’t bring revenue to the government as well as to its people. As an economic resource plants are used to bring in money for the average American and as such support livelihood. By growth of this drug there is a possibility of the government gaining plenty of revenue from this. According to the documentary How to make money selling drugs by Adrian Grenier Marijuana is the leading cash crop if it were to be legalized beating crops such as tea and sisal close to 4 times the revenue they bring back to the American economy. This goes to show how much it would change not just the medical landscape of the United States but the economic landscape too.
Among the cons of legalizing such drugs is that this could bring forth a leeway to promoting other drugs that could be more harmful that these light scale drugs. Drugs such as cocaine are more dangerous than these light drugs and as such should be made illegal for as long as it can be done. Cocaine is classified as a schedule II drug according to Controlled Substances Act. This thus draws the lines as to why some of these drugs should not be allowed. Such a drug is more dangerous and thus the classification is differently placed. If one of the light drugs are legalized this will create a leeway for other drugs to be legalized and this is not right. Moreover peddlers and dealers of these drugs will sell to anyone who buys these drugs regardless of the age and this too is unethical. This thus will even destroy the lives of the young ones in the society. According to the site Legalizationofmarijuana.com students say it is easier to gain access to drugs more than alcohol and tobacco. This thus shows why such drugs should not be legalized.
References
BIBLIOGRAPHY Cooke, M. (Director). (2013). How to make money selling drugs [Motion Picture].
Drug Facts: Marijuana. (2014, January). Retrieved from National Institute on Drug Abuse: http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana
Harding, A. (2013, November 4). Medical Marijuana. Retrieved from WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/medical-marijuana-uses
Pros & Cons of Legalizing Marijuana . (2014). Retrieved from legalizationofmarijuana.com: http://legalizationofmarijuana.com/pros-and-cons-of-marijuana.html
References
BIBLIOGRAPHY Cooke, M. (Director). (2013). How to make money selling drugs [Motion Picture].
Drug Facts: Marijuana. (2014, January). Retrieved from National Institute on Drug Abuse: http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana
Harding, A. (2013, November 4). Medical Marijuana. Retrieved from WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/medical-marijuana-uses
Pros & Cons of Legalizing Marijuana . (2014). Retrieved from legalizationofmarijuana.com: http://legalizationofmarijuana.com/pros-and-cons-of-marijuana.html
