Legalizing Marijuana Persuasive Essay
The legalization of marijuana for recreational use has been a very controversial and multifaceted topic of debate for years, but now with the upcoming election, it is in the spotlight more than ever. Marijuana has been an extremely misunderstood drug. It has been given a bad reputation by people making misinformed and false statements about marijuana being a gateway drug, and major problem in today’s youth. Some of these problems that marijuana is being falsely accused of is leading to addiction, being a gateway drug, leading to higher crime rates, and causing medical emergencies/ death. Currently, “U.S. federal law still prohibits the production, distribution, sale, and even possession of marijuana”(rand.org, xi), but “Deputy Attorney General
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This positive response from people in favor of the legalization of marijuana will likely be apparent on this upcoming election day. I am in favor or legalizing recreational marijuana use in Massachusetts because as Major Neil Franklin,a former police officer and current head of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), said, “The legalization of marijuana is good for law enforcement, good for families, and good for our communities”( ). The legalization of marijuana would have many benefits including an increase in state and government revenue, positive medical effects, and the fact that legal substances can be controlled in ways illegal ones …show more content…
Marijuana does not have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. Additionally, in some cases medical marijuana is the only thing that works on patients. “Take the case of Charlotte Figi, who I met in Colorado. She started having seizures soon after birth. By age 3, she was having 300 a week, despite being on seven different medications. Medical marijuana has calmed her brain, limiting her seizures to 2 or 3 per month” ( ). There are no documented cases of death from marijuana overdoses. On the contrary, someone dies in the United States every 19 minutes from a prescription drug overdose. Similarly, alcohol was once prohibited in the US but unlike alcohol “the Times notes, cannabis is not particularly harmful:’ Casual use by adults poses little or no risk for healthy people.Its effects are mostly euphoric and mild, whereas alcohol turns some drinkers into barroom brawlers, domestic abusers or maniacs behind the
This positive response from people in favor of the legalization of marijuana will likely be apparent on this upcoming election day. I am in favor or legalizing recreational marijuana use in Massachusetts because as Major Neil Franklin,a former police officer and current head of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), said, “The legalization of marijuana is good for law enforcement, good for families, and good for our communities”( ). The legalization of marijuana would have many benefits including an increase in state and government revenue, positive medical effects, and the fact that legal substances can be controlled in ways illegal ones …show more content…
Marijuana does not have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. Additionally, in some cases medical marijuana is the only thing that works on patients. “Take the case of Charlotte Figi, who I met in Colorado. She started having seizures soon after birth. By age 3, she was having 300 a week, despite being on seven different medications. Medical marijuana has calmed her brain, limiting her seizures to 2 or 3 per month” ( ). There are no documented cases of death from marijuana overdoses. On the contrary, someone dies in the United States every 19 minutes from a prescription drug overdose. Similarly, alcohol was once prohibited in the US but unlike alcohol “the Times notes, cannabis is not particularly harmful:’ Casual use by adults poses little or no risk for healthy people.Its effects are mostly euphoric and mild, whereas alcohol turns some drinkers into barroom brawlers, domestic abusers or maniacs behind the