Eat Your Greens – Do Not Smoke Them

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"Weed", "pot", "chronic", "sticky icky", and many others, are all nicknames for the widely popular and intoxicating narcotic known as marijuana. The drug has a history that can be traced as far back as 10,000 BCE. However, it is currently most commonly used to smoke for its mind-altering effects. The narcotic marijuana gives its users a temporary feeling of relaxation, tranquility, and hilarity. Unfortunately, the disadvantages and potential dangers heavily outweigh the benefits. Our current marijuana laws and regulations are necessary to keep as it protects the safety, health and future of this great nation. Members of Canadian society with healthy, stable and uninfluenced minds and bodies allow for a safe community and a bright future. Regular and constant use of the narcotic results in dangerous affects to an individual's health and development. Scientific research has indicated that frequent use of the drug causes damage and increases potential health risks to the human body, especially the reproductive, immune and respiratory systems and the brain. THC is the main chemical property of marijuana that is responsible for altering what an individual perceives. The weakening of short-term memory and the inability to process and remember new information is a result of THC being attached to certain brain receptors. Marijuana can cause a person's emotions to vary and change from one moment to the next. The limbic system is the area that is affected by marijuana and can cause an individual to act in a paranoid manner. Similar to how emotions and short-term memory are affected, someone who is under the influence of marijuana impairs their coordination, ability to perform the simplest of tasks that one can usually do such as drive a... ... middle of paper ... ...ly outweigh the benefits of the drug. Marijuana harms the consumer of the drug as well as those around the individual. Parents, children, friends, others and their families can all be affected by the irresponsible decision to consume the drug. Marijuana jeopardizes quality of life of families and future generations by slowly deteriorating health and posing risk to safety and security. It is completely out of reason to decriminalize the drug as it clearly affects every individual negatively. The rules and regulations set by the government keep the public’s wellbeing in mind. It is crucial that the current marijuana laws are protected, so that the minds and bodies of Canadians are secure from the dangerous and harmful narcotic. Responsible decisions are required by everyone as well as the government, to see to it that marijuana laws are never loosened or struck down.

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