Charles Stimson Legalizing Marijuana
Marijuana legalization, is an issue that can be dated back to the late ninetieth century (PBS). This issue continues to be a controversial topic in today’s world. State and federal laws still collide on the issue of marijuana legalization. On November 2, 2010, California voters voted on a ballot called the Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis 2010. Prior to this date, Charles Stimson wrote an article, “Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Just Say No,” in order to persuade California voters to not vote in favor of the ballot. He made various claims such as; marijuana is bad for one’s health, that it is linked to crime, and that the legalization of marijuana will not help the economy. He also poses the questions: who would distribute the drug and
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Of the whole article, Stimson dedicates one sentences to the benefits of marijuana. He states that it has some palliative effects (Stimson 106). This makes marijuana’s benefits seem unimportant. However, this same concept cannot be said of when Stimson writes about the benefits of alcohol. He dedicates a whole paragraph to it, and while doing so, illustrates alcohol as a perfect drug. Therefore, when comparing marijuana and alcohol, marijuana is perceived far worse than it actually is. An unbiased author presents information from all sides which is what Stimson fails to do. He focused mainly on one side, and neglected the others. Furthermore, by failing to present equal amount of information from the opposing side, Stimson’s is …show more content…
Yet, his stance on this issue is correct. Marijuana should not be legalized. Marijuana does contain some benefits to human body, but it carries far more negative effects. The legalization of marijuana would only exacerbate the current drug problem in the U.S. The government should keep fighting to try and stop the selling and using of marijuana. Furthermore, the legalization of marijuana would only give incentive to the Mexican cartel to keep up with the demand. Therefore, more and more drug would continue to be brought into the country, once again, fueling the country’s current drug problem. Marijuana should not be legalized because it would bring no benefit to the
Of the whole article, Stimson dedicates one sentences to the benefits of marijuana. He states that it has some palliative effects (Stimson 106). This makes marijuana’s benefits seem unimportant. However, this same concept cannot be said of when Stimson writes about the benefits of alcohol. He dedicates a whole paragraph to it, and while doing so, illustrates alcohol as a perfect drug. Therefore, when comparing marijuana and alcohol, marijuana is perceived far worse than it actually is. An unbiased author presents information from all sides which is what Stimson fails to do. He focused mainly on one side, and neglected the others. Furthermore, by failing to present equal amount of information from the opposing side, Stimson’s is …show more content…
Yet, his stance on this issue is correct. Marijuana should not be legalized. Marijuana does contain some benefits to human body, but it carries far more negative effects. The legalization of marijuana would only exacerbate the current drug problem in the U.S. The government should keep fighting to try and stop the selling and using of marijuana. Furthermore, the legalization of marijuana would only give incentive to the Mexican cartel to keep up with the demand. Therefore, more and more drug would continue to be brought into the country, once again, fueling the country’s current drug problem. Marijuana should not be legalized because it would bring no benefit to the