Legalizing Drugs Essay

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The question of whether to legalize drugs or not is very controversial. Drugs affect so many areas of society. For several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. There are two views on the legalization of drugs: some people think that they should be legalized, the other group of people think that they must not be legalized. I support those who refuse legalization of hard drugs. Well, and what about marijuana? Whether you call it hemp, Mary Jane, hash, pot, juane, giggle-smoke, kef, weed, grass, ganja, shit, marijuana, it is still Cannabis Sativa, or Cannabis for a short form (www.encyclopedia.com). It is classified as a soft drug and it is still illegal in our country. Marijuana has been used throughout the world for …show more content…

Marijuana would become cheaper and more available to people who previously had not tried it because of the legal risk. Some of them also assert, that the temptation to use marijuana would increase when advertisments for it would displayed on television. I disagree with these opinions, because I think that people, who want to smoke marijuana, smoke it - if it is legal or illegal. I know plenty of people who have never smoked cigarettes, although smoking tobacco is legal and there exist plenty of advertisments for many kinds of cigarettes. By a large, these people don´t want to smoke and I think that anything would not persuade them. I think that it would be great to sell marijuana at apothecary´s, because the black market would disappear and thousands of dealers would be put out of business. Another argument for legalization of marijuana and selling it at apothecary´s is, that the government could regulate its use and could receive the profits of the drug business. Legalization of marijuana would benefit the federal budget. The federal revenues would increase, because marijuana cigarettes (shortly joints) would be tawed at the point of sale. In return, the companies that make the cigarettes would also pay income …show more content…

Cannabis was used as a cure in China and India six thousand years ago. President George Washington grew marijuana for self-consumption, British queen Victoria used marijuana to mitigate menstrual pain and according to the latest hypothesis, Jesus healed his patients with marijuana (Chebský deník). As I have mentioned, marijuana has many negative effects on a human´s body. Some of these effects include problems with memory and learning, distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch), trouble with thinking and problem solving, loss of coordination, increased heart rate, anxiety and panic attacks. Using marijuana for a long time damages intellect, causes loss of motivation to whatever including sex and marijuana smokers have lazier sperms (www.nida.nih.gov). However, there are several diseases which marijuana can be used for: disseminated sclerosis, cancer treatment, AIDS, glaucoma, depression, epilepsy, migraine headaches, asthma, pruritis, sclerodoma and severe pain. One chemical, cannabinol, may be useful to help people who cannot sleep. (www.marijuna.com) Marijuana may help stop some pain, that is why it is very useful for people who have AIDS or some kind of cancer and are on chemotherapy. These people live with the fact that they are eventually going to die. Their death comes slowly and painfully. Each day they take pills that provide temporary relief, but in the long run, they

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