Marijuana should be legalized for personal use
Miss. Natrampai Tangsatjatham
Student number : 134915
Class : AE2 b
Teacher : Sylvia
8 Octerber 2013
Marijuana comes from the Cannabis sativa plant and can be smoked or eaten. It is similar to a cigarette. Some people support that marijuana should be legalized for personal use. It is also an issue which frequently generates a great deal of heated debate, with supporters maintaining that it has benefits, whilst opponents claim that it is harmful.
Firstly, supporters say that legalized marijuana would be increased revenue and decreased incarceration. For example, In Washington There is generate as much as 1.9 billion dollars in additional revenue in five years due to the legalization of cannabis. In Portugal, cannabis is legal then it can decrease prison and the money that spend to the jail.
Secondly, researchers maintain that smoking marijuana does not harm the lung and scientists advocate marijuana can cut the growth of lung cancer tumor in half because the active ingredient in marijuana has the potential to cut tumor growth in common lung cancer to spread. Moreover, it alleviates HIV/AIDS Symptoms. A patient who uses marijuana rated their anxiety significantly lower than those who did not and it was rated more highly than anti-anxiety medications.
Finally, The findings researchers suggest that increasing safe access to medical cannabis may reduce the personal and social harms associated with addiction, particularly in relation to the growing problem that use of pharmaceutical opiates. (The Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia)
On the other hand, opponents of marijuana point out that cannabis use can cause many different health problems. In immediate effects, marijuana use lead to confusion, reduced coordination and balance and low blood pressure. Problems with memory and learning due to long term using cannabis. For example, the active ingredient