Marijuana Speech

I am here to inform and ask for a change on the laws surrounding marijuana usage. Marijuana is a drug that is non-addictive, healthy, and can help people with some medical issues; therefore, it should be legalized. Most people are uninformed about the effects marijuana has on a person.

Marijuana consists of two major chemicals. The two chemicals are CBD (cannabidiol), and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). CBD is described as “relaxation without intoxication” (business insider), while THC controls brain cells that help you relax, which prevents many medical diseases. Marijuana helps release healthy chemicals in your brain, which includes dopamine and anandamide. These chemicals are the “feel good” chemicals which relieves people’s stresses and worries.

Naturally, marijuana prevents glaucoma. Glaucoma is an eye disease which increases pressure in the eye balls. Marijuana also prevents nausea, which helps for cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. Marijuana can help anxiety and can act as a medicine for it. Around 18.1% of adults in the United States have anxiety. If marijuana is legalized this could help out those adults who are struggling. You might say that marijuana is a gateway drug, but it is scientifically proven that is not the case. Studies that show people who use marijuana first before trying other drugs is correlation and not causation. People who use harder drugs tend to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. Marijuana has not killed a single person from overdosing. This statistic shows that marijuana is a safe drug to use at your choice.

The only deaths from marijuana have been from other drugs being mixed in with marijuana. If we make marijuana dispensaries more available and legal in all states, it will reduce the risk by almost 100%. Illegal drug dealers can put unhealthy substances in the marijuana that can affect your health. We need to start off by legalizing marijuana in every state with the plan to open up dispensaries for the public. The huffington post says that “marijuana is less addictive than coffee” which tells the public that they do not need to worry about this drug. Legalizing will reduce the crime rates, make more money for government on taxes, and be safer for the people buying.

Marijuana is a drug that has many beneficial effects to the human body. Marijuana is a drug that is non-addictive, healthy, and can help people with many medical issues, therefore, it should be legalized. This change needs to be done quickly because the positive affects will show almost immediately. If marijuana is not legalized, then crime will still be taking place, the government will not make tax dollars from purchases, and people could consume bad chemicals that could be mixed in from the drug dealers. Marijuana needs to be legalized.