The Pros And Cons Of Medical Marijuana
Educate Yourself, Mary Jane While synthetic marijuana such as K2 and Spice are getting used less frequently because of the health risks, views of real marijuana have gone in the opposite direction. Adolescents don’t know where to look today; from marijuana legalization ads, to online reports supporting synthetic marijuana, there’s too many inaccurate and unreliable resources that teens have easy access too. Many see that “pot” is not as addictive as other available drugs and that it will not cause major health problems. With comments from the medical and political words clashing, many, including myself for a while, didn’t really know what to believe. Thanks to class discussions, reliable resources, and sheer curiosity, I know what
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This is similar to a cigarette. On the other hand, teenagers are not typically educated on the uses of medical marijuana specifically. While medical marijuana and recreational marijuana are one and the same, “medical marijuana” may just be THC (tetrahydocannabinol) in a pill or other form. What adolescents don’t understand about medical marijuana that it should only be prescribed for a rare eye disease and effects of chemotherapy, not minor pains/diseases such as back pain or headaches. I believe that if teens are able to determine the pros and cons of marijuana, they will be able to make an informed decision to whether or not they should use it. While marijuana can be harmful to those who don’t need it, cancer patients need the best life that they can have, and if marijuana is the way to get that, so be it, and teenagers need to understand that they’re lives are still worth living without marijuana. In all, marijuana is still a drug, no matter how you think about it, and must be treated as such. The more informed and knowledgeable teens are about what’s going in their bodies, they can make a decision that will not only benefit themselves, but those around them. Do you really want the future
This is similar to a cigarette. On the other hand, teenagers are not typically educated on the uses of medical marijuana specifically. While medical marijuana and recreational marijuana are one and the same, “medical marijuana” may just be THC (tetrahydocannabinol) in a pill or other form. What adolescents don’t understand about medical marijuana that it should only be prescribed for a rare eye disease and effects of chemotherapy, not minor pains/diseases such as back pain or headaches. I believe that if teens are able to determine the pros and cons of marijuana, they will be able to make an informed decision to whether or not they should use it. While marijuana can be harmful to those who don’t need it, cancer patients need the best life that they can have, and if marijuana is the way to get that, so be it, and teenagers need to understand that they’re lives are still worth living without marijuana. In all, marijuana is still a drug, no matter how you think about it, and must be treated as such. The more informed and knowledgeable teens are about what’s going in their bodies, they can make a decision that will not only benefit themselves, but those around them. Do you really want the future