Marijuana Should Be Legal
Marijuana should be Legal
Medical scientists and doctors in some countries have discovered that marijuana, an illegal drug and cannot be purchased even with a doctor’s prescription at a pharmacy. According to a national household survey (Rosenthal 2004) more than 800,000 marijuana users are arrested each year. However, propositions to legalize the plant have risen and been subject to controversy and heated debate as marijuana has the potential to solve many problems if it were to be legalized. "Recently, many of these same researchers have changed their opinions as they see development opportunities and hard evidence supporting marijuana's medical uses," added Rosenthal (2004), author of dozen books ranging from cultivating to the social policy of Marijuana. In our opinion, marijuana should be made legal in all countries.
Firstly, it is an effective medicine for severely ill patients who cannot get relief from their usual prescription drugs. According to Walters (2011) marijuana can help cancer patients who must use chemotherapy or take anticancer drugs that cause serious side effects. Anticancer drugs can cause nausea and vomiting, because they irritate the stomach lining and affect the brain parts that control vomiting. Patients usually receive drugs to help them relieve these side effects, but there is no single best approach. Here marijuana can be helpful. Moreover, it can also help AIDS patients to regain their appetite and gain weight. A recent study by the University of California and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found that inhaled marijuana stimulated appetite hormones in adult HIV and AIDS patients (Cendejas 2012). Marijuana offers HIV and AIDS patients a natural alternative to over the counter medicine.
The second important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save the government lots of money. In the United States, all levels of government (federal, state, and local authorities) participate in the "War on
Medical scientists and doctors in some countries have discovered that marijuana, an illegal drug and cannot be purchased even with a doctor’s prescription at a pharmacy. According to a national household survey (Rosenthal 2004) more than 800,000 marijuana users are arrested each year. However, propositions to legalize the plant have risen and been subject to controversy and heated debate as marijuana has the potential to solve many problems if it were to be legalized. "Recently, many of these same researchers have changed their opinions as they see development opportunities and hard evidence supporting marijuana's medical uses," added Rosenthal (2004), author of dozen books ranging from cultivating to the social policy of Marijuana. In our opinion, marijuana should be made legal in all countries.
Firstly, it is an effective medicine for severely ill patients who cannot get relief from their usual prescription drugs. According to Walters (2011) marijuana can help cancer patients who must use chemotherapy or take anticancer drugs that cause serious side effects. Anticancer drugs can cause nausea and vomiting, because they irritate the stomach lining and affect the brain parts that control vomiting. Patients usually receive drugs to help them relieve these side effects, but there is no single best approach. Here marijuana can be helpful. Moreover, it can also help AIDS patients to regain their appetite and gain weight. A recent study by the University of California and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found that inhaled marijuana stimulated appetite hormones in adult HIV and AIDS patients (Cendejas 2012). Marijuana offers HIV and AIDS patients a natural alternative to over the counter medicine.
The second important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save the government lots of money. In the United States, all levels of government (federal, state, and local authorities) participate in the "War on