Discuss the pros and cons from the perspectives of patient, society, the medical profession, and the pharmacy profession
Marijuana also called weed, herb, pot, grass is a greenish gray mixture of the dried, shredded leaves and flowers of cannabis sativa. Legalization of Marijuana has become a big issue in a US and it is considered to be an illegal drug but some in states, it's use for medicinal reasons. According to scientific studies, the active ingredient in cannabis remain in the body for a long time and smoking marijuana can cause the same effect as smoking cigarettes. Studies in Australia in 2008 showed that marijuana smokers linked to brain damage or brain abnormalities. So if Marijuana can cause so many …show more content…
There is several reasons of why medical marijuana should not be legalize in the USA. The first point of view is that according to the New health advisor, marijuana damage your health. What do they mean by Marijuana damage your health is that after smoking Marijuana, your are not capable of functioning well and it affect the way of thinking, increased the chance of mental illness, it can affect your memory, your performance at school or work and you become dependent of the drug because cannabis is somewhat addicted.
Another reason of why Marijuana should not be legalize is the public will not be safe. On the influence of Marijuana, people tend to be violent and aggressive. The effect that Marijuana has on them from the time they smoke and the time they are sober is long and during that moment, they cannot have control of themselves and sometimes notice their bad behavior after the act has been posing.
The use of Marijuana is already significant in the US and if it become legalized, it will have a significant effect on the teenagers and if it become legalized for Medical purpose, Americans will use false document or prescription to have access to …show more content…
ACP review and classified marijuana as a schedule II controlled because they know that it is safe and efficacy for users. Cannabis should be legalized for several reasons. First, it is safer than alcohol after a study done by metrouk, they found that cannabis is actually 114 times less deadly than alcohol. The use of medical marijuana has already helped lower accidental deaths from overdoses of pharmaceutical drugs ( hailmaryjane). The use of marijuana has not only helped with overdoses of pharmaceutical but also helped patients with their pain. Marijuana is an effective drug. During the past few years the use of Marijuana has doubled and it will increase in the next few years. The legalization of marijuana will help medical patients that suffer through schedule II medication and it will prevent them from going to jail by purchasing marijuana to relieve their symptoms. Several states have legalized the medicinal use of marijuana. I think it will be a relief and good news for medical patients using marijuana to legalize the use of Medical Marijuana in all