Why Medicinal Marijuana Should be Legal
Why Medicinal Marijuana Should be Legal
For the past decade, talk of Medical Marijuana legalization has been a huge debate in the United States. Individuals on both sides of the issue refuse to concede to each other. Everyone is convinced that their opinion on the issue is the right opinion. Doctors and Physicians on both sides have researched this issue to the end. My question to those who oppose; is marijuana more harmful than the prescription drugs Doctors so easily prescribe today?
I understand that Marijuana has known side effects and many natural chemicals. But are those side effects and chemicals as bad as those in our FDA approved prescription drugs?
Medical Marijuana should be federally legalized and regulated in the United States, just like all other FDA approved prescription drugs. The American people should have the choice to take a more natural approached to medicine instead of the unnatural, synthetic experiments we are forced to except as our only option. The drugs being prescribed today cause more harmful effects, are more mind altering, and contain a higher dosage of toxic chemicals.
In 2012 there were over 15,000 deaths from the FDA approved pain killer Vicodin. “The death toll has doubled in the last decade, now claiming a life every 14 minutes. They don't intend to die, but more than 20,000 times a year -- every 19 minutes, on average -- that is exactly what happens. Accidental overdoses are now a leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States, surpassing car crashes” (Gupta 1). This death toll of 20,000 people a year only covers death by overdose. ProCon.org gathered information from the FDA to do a study on “Deaths from Marijuana v. 17-FDA-Aprroved Drugs.” In that study they came to the conclusion that over an eight year span, seventeen different FDA-approved drugs were the “primary suspect” of over 10,000 deaths (ProCon.org 3). The 17 FDA approved drugs picked for this study are 17 of the most purchased and prescribed
For the past decade, talk of Medical Marijuana legalization has been a huge debate in the United States. Individuals on both sides of the issue refuse to concede to each other. Everyone is convinced that their opinion on the issue is the right opinion. Doctors and Physicians on both sides have researched this issue to the end. My question to those who oppose; is marijuana more harmful than the prescription drugs Doctors so easily prescribe today?
I understand that Marijuana has known side effects and many natural chemicals. But are those side effects and chemicals as bad as those in our FDA approved prescription drugs?
Medical Marijuana should be federally legalized and regulated in the United States, just like all other FDA approved prescription drugs. The American people should have the choice to take a more natural approached to medicine instead of the unnatural, synthetic experiments we are forced to except as our only option. The drugs being prescribed today cause more harmful effects, are more mind altering, and contain a higher dosage of toxic chemicals.
In 2012 there were over 15,000 deaths from the FDA approved pain killer Vicodin. “The death toll has doubled in the last decade, now claiming a life every 14 minutes. They don't intend to die, but more than 20,000 times a year -- every 19 minutes, on average -- that is exactly what happens. Accidental overdoses are now a leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States, surpassing car crashes” (Gupta 1). This death toll of 20,000 people a year only covers death by overdose. ProCon.org gathered information from the FDA to do a study on “Deaths from Marijuana v. 17-FDA-Aprroved Drugs.” In that study they came to the conclusion that over an eight year span, seventeen different FDA-approved drugs were the “primary suspect” of over 10,000 deaths (ProCon.org 3). The 17 FDA approved drugs picked for this study are 17 of the most purchased and prescribed