Why Is Marijuana Taboo In Our Society
Why is marijuana so taboo in our society?
They’re numerous slang terms for marijuana that vary from town to town and from community to community. Some often used names are: “cannabis,” “pot,” “grass,” “herb,” “weed,” “Mary Jane,” “reefer,” “green,” “chronic,” ”ganga,” and all these would be adverse to use in a regular daily conversation, but why? Why is marijuana still a huge taboo in our society?
After all many famous intellectuals are in favor of the legalization of marijuana. For instance Al Gore is an environmental activist, founded the alliance for climate protection and was the 45th vice president of the United States. Although I bet you didn’t know that he is a strong supporter of legalizing marijuana. The founding father of our …show more content…
The prohibition of marijuana is a bad idea all together. There was a prohibition on alcohol from 1919 to 1933 and that was a huge fail that came out very unbeneficial. Believe it or not having marijuana legal is the worst thing we can do to handle it. Keeping marijuana illegal ultimately creates a “black market” which is an illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities. The black market creates a huge amount of violence and crime and it is very unsafe. For example the black market in Mexico today is ran by the Mexican drug cartels which are one of the biggest crime problems in the world. The government spends about 10-14 billion yearly to enforce marijuana and to stop the usage and trafficking of …show more content…
Marijuana has been majorly known to treat cancer patients as the American association for cancer research has found that marijuana actually works to slow down tumor growth in the lungs, breasts, and brain. Marijuana is also known mainly to relieve chronic disease symptoms and to treat migraines. Generally the anti-legalization advocates tend to think that Marijuana’s potential health benefits are insignificant compared to the damage caused by smoking the drug. Marijuana can be taken in smoke, food, tea, or through a smokeless vaporizer. A study by a leading pulmonologist, Dr. Donald Tashkin, found that even heavy smoking of marijuana does not lead to lung cancer. They also believe that allowing the medical use of marijuana will lead to more youths using the drug but in the 13 medical marijuana studies show that state medical marijuana laws do not cause an increase in youths' use of
They’re numerous slang terms for marijuana that vary from town to town and from community to community. Some often used names are: “cannabis,” “pot,” “grass,” “herb,” “weed,” “Mary Jane,” “reefer,” “green,” “chronic,” ”ganga,” and all these would be adverse to use in a regular daily conversation, but why? Why is marijuana still a huge taboo in our society?
After all many famous intellectuals are in favor of the legalization of marijuana. For instance Al Gore is an environmental activist, founded the alliance for climate protection and was the 45th vice president of the United States. Although I bet you didn’t know that he is a strong supporter of legalizing marijuana. The founding father of our …show more content…
The prohibition of marijuana is a bad idea all together. There was a prohibition on alcohol from 1919 to 1933 and that was a huge fail that came out very unbeneficial. Believe it or not having marijuana legal is the worst thing we can do to handle it. Keeping marijuana illegal ultimately creates a “black market” which is an illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities. The black market creates a huge amount of violence and crime and it is very unsafe. For example the black market in Mexico today is ran by the Mexican drug cartels which are one of the biggest crime problems in the world. The government spends about 10-14 billion yearly to enforce marijuana and to stop the usage and trafficking of …show more content…
Marijuana has been majorly known to treat cancer patients as the American association for cancer research has found that marijuana actually works to slow down tumor growth in the lungs, breasts, and brain. Marijuana is also known mainly to relieve chronic disease symptoms and to treat migraines. Generally the anti-legalization advocates tend to think that Marijuana’s potential health benefits are insignificant compared to the damage caused by smoking the drug. Marijuana can be taken in smoke, food, tea, or through a smokeless vaporizer. A study by a leading pulmonologist, Dr. Donald Tashkin, found that even heavy smoking of marijuana does not lead to lung cancer. They also believe that allowing the medical use of marijuana will lead to more youths using the drug but in the 13 medical marijuana studies show that state medical marijuana laws do not cause an increase in youths' use of