Marijuana Legalization Analysis

Marijuana legalization is one of the biggest debates between the public and lawmakers. In the article, “Patients struggle to get medical marijuana in New York” written by David Robinson and Patti Singer on February 2, 2016. This article describes how people need an immediate attention to deal with legalizing marijuana since it is an important problem in the medical field. It should be legalized for the benefit of those people who are suffering with severe medical illness; such as, seizure, epilepsy, cancer, and some other diseases. Also, these people cannot solve their health problem itself. For instance, most of the people will not use a prescribed medication which would deal with severe problems; it leads to more discrimination due to public
health which is not equal for everyone. In addition, New York began a medical marijuana program in January 2016, but there are still some obstacles that prevent medical doctors from prescribing medical marijuana.

Because the State Department of Health did not declare the physicians list that may lead to further clarifications, so that physicians and pharmaceutical companies may be able to access the process of legalization of marijuana.
Marijuana needs to be approved by the FDA to ensure the public safety. People who are using marijuana for their medical, it is important that marijuana be given prescribe amount so they do not overdose. The accessed amount of marijuana may deliver a meaningless approach to the upcoming generation, such as children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Another reason why it is needs to be regulated, so the doctors do not make any error and they do not lose their drug license registration. In conclusion, because of these above reasons, the article of the author believe that marijuana needs to be promoted and regulated.
This article topic is related to chapter 3, “Drug Use Regulation, and the Law” on page 103, in the introduction where it explains about the society obligations, regulations and control drugs usage as they are being used legally as prescribe by the doctors or over the counter.
We can also relate back to the book on page 105 where it mentions the three required categories for a drug to be considered nonprescription and on page 119 under the subheading: drug legalization debate where its debated whether drugs should be considered legalized or abused. In my opinion, marijuana is the most highly abused drug in the United States. It should not be legalized because I do not believe most people need it. Even though, marijuana can help seizure patients, ADHD children, epilepsy, neuropathy, and Huntington’s disease, it should not be legalized because of the forms of smoke and legalizing may encourage using it, which will affect the health of a person’s surroundings. I highly recommend marijuana should be illegal because as a mother and a wife, I would not refer my son or my upcoming generation to face any medical condition or learning disabilities because of marijuana use. Personally, I believe that if parents are addicted to drugs, there are more chances for their family members to be a drug
abuser.