The legalization of marijuana has been a heated debate in the press over recent years, with valid arguments on both sides of the issue, but I feel as if the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Legalizing marijuana is not only economic but beneficial health wise people well, from any country. Look how many Western nations have captured this idea (Amsterdam, for example), and are benefiting from it.
For a second, let's give up all the notions we have been fed on marijuana through various media about the fact that it is a "drug" and the idea that drugs are bad (through our conditioning ). Have you ever thought about the fact that cigarettes are just as or even more damaging to their health, and yet still legal?
Advantage
What makes marijuana so bad that it be legalized? Definitely not the idea that marijuana is bad for your health because if it was bad for your health, not prescribed for medical purposes. In fact, medical research has demonstrated several advantages of using marijuana as a treatment for glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and the obvious fact that is both anti-emetic (prevents nausea) and is used to relieve pain. For those concerned about health effects due to consumption of marijuana, remember, smoking is not the only way to enjoy the benefits of marijuana, can also be eaten or even vaporize.
Why the Government Will not Legalize Marijuana
Marijuana advocates in light of its benefits
In fact, many economists are trying to push the legalization of marijuana because they believe it will help lift the economy drowning in the United States. Most people do not realize it, but the U.S. spends billions of taxpayer dollars fighting the "war on drugs" when there are many important issues at hand. That is, let the people who want to smoke marijuana smoking marijuana in peace, what is bothering you? If that does not make any money from the illegal sales tax is annoying, then just legalize and tax it.
From 0.5 grams of marijuana is sold in the streets for about $ 8.60 and its price of production is only $ 1.70 - which means that the legal sale price could be much lower than the price of street vendors, giving people an incentive to buy legally. Taxing marijuana and saving money in the war against drugs may actually greatly benefit the U.S. economy.
So if there are many benefits to legalizing marijuana, why should the government go ahead with it? Why not have enough support to move forward?
Disadvantages
Note that if we legalize marijuana or not, people will continue to use it illegally, costing the states billions of dollars in an attempt to fight it. There are not many disadvantages to legalizing marijuana, and minimal health effects, and can not have a drug overdose.
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Ultimately, the reason that the government will not legalize marijuana because it would be impossible to prevent the illegal sale even if legalized. I doubt they are concerned about health issues (minimum) following the use of marijuana - so their concern is how to make the high prices charged, while he and prevent illegal sales. Medical marijuana is now sold as or more than street prices, and if legalized, why people buy for the same purchase price and pay tax on it instead of buying illegally free taxes.
I think it's the biggest reason why the government does not decide on the legalization of marijuana, otherwise, I think, would have been pushed forward for a long time. Such concerns mean, however, should not prevent the exercise of government action that will ultimately benefit the nation, because people continue to use marijuana for recreational purposes, either legally or illegally.
10) MARIJUANA USE HAS NO effect on mortality: a massive study of HMO members in California funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality . Snuff consumption was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S et al. Marijuana use and mortality. American Journal of Public Health. Vol No. 874 April 1997. p. 585-590. In September 2002.
9) heavy marijuana as a young adult does not ruin your life: Veterans Affairs scientists looked at whether the use of marijuana as a young adult caused long-term problems later, studying identical twins in which one twin had been a user of marijuana for a year or more, but had left at least one month before the study, while the second twin had smoked marijuana more than five times each time. Marijuana use had no significant impact on the use of physical or mental health care, health-related quality of life, or current socio-demographic characteristics. SE Eisen et al. Does marijuana use have residual adverse effects measures self-reported health, socioeconomic and quality of life? A Monozygotic Co-Twin Control Study in men. Addiction. Vol 97 No. 9. p.1083-1086. September 1997
cool icon Top 10 Cannabis Studies the Government wished he had never supported the "GATEWAY EFFECT" MAY be a mirage: Marijuana is often called a "gateway drug" by supporters of prohibition, who point to statistical "associations" , indicating that people who use marijuana are more likely to try hard drugs over time than those who never use marijuana - implying that marijuana use somehow causes hard drug use. However, a model developed by RAND Corp. researcher Andrew Morral demonstrates that these associations can be explained "without requiring a gateway effect." It is more likely that this federally funded study suggests, some people simply have an underlying tendency to try drugs, and start with what is more readily available. Morral AR, D and Paddock S. Reassessment McCaffrey gateway effect of marijuana. Addiction. In December 2002. p. 1493-1504.
7) The prohibition does not work (PART I): The White House had the National Research Council examine the data gathered about drug use and effects of drug policies of the U.S.. NRC concluded that "the nation possesses little information about the effectiveness of current drug policy, especially the fight against drugs." And what data exist show "little apparent relationship between severity of sanctions for drug use and prevalence or frequency of use." In other words, there is no proof that prohibition - the cornerstone of drug policy in the U.S. for a century - reduces drug use. National Research Council. Report to the U.S. policy on illegal drugs: We do not know keeps hurting us. National Academy Press, 2001. p. 193.
6) The prohibition does not work (PART II): WHAT CAUSES THE PROHIBITION "Gateway Effect"): U.S. researchers and the Netherlands, supported in part by NIDA, compared marijuana users in San Francisco, where non-medical use remains illegal, to Amsterdam, where adults may possess and purchase small amounts of marijuana from regulated businesses. With regard to parameters such as frequency and amount of use and age of first use, they found no difference, except for one lifetime use of hard drugs was significantly lower in Amsterdam, with its policy of "tolerance" of marijuana . For example, lifetime crack cocaine use was 4.5 times higher in San Francisco to Amsterdam. Reinarman, C, Cohen, PDA, and Kaal, HL. The limited relevance of drug policy: Cannabis in Amsterdam and San Francisco. American Journal of Public Health. Vol 94, No. 5. In May 2004. p. 836-842.
5) UNRWA, marijuana can prevent cancer (PART I): Federal researchers implanted several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung cancers in mice and then treated with cannabinoids (unique components that are active in marijuana). THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and increased life expectancy of mice. Munson, AE et al. Antitumor activity of cannabinoids. Journal of National Cancer Institute. September 1975. p. 597-602.
4) UNRWA, marijuana can prevent cancer, (PART II): In a 1994 study the government tried to suppress, federal researchers gave mice and rats massive doses of THC, looking for signs of cancer or other of toxicity. The rodents given THC lived longer and had fewer cancers, "in a dose-dependent" (ie the more THC they got, the fewer tumors). NTP Technical Report on the toxicology and carcinogenesis studies of 1-Trans-Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, CAS No. 03.08. 1972, In F344 / N Rats and B6C3F mice, gavage studies. See also, "Medical Marijuana: Unpublished Federal Study found THC-treated rats lived longer, have less cancer," AIDS Treatment News no. 263, January 17, 1997.
3) UNRWA, marijuana can prevent cancer (PART III): Researchers at the Kaiser-Permanente HMO, funded by NIDA, followed 65,000 patients for nearly a decade, comparing cancer rates among nonsmokers, snuff smokers and smokers of marijuana. The smokers had massively higher rates of lung cancer and other cancers. Marijuana smokers also not snuff consumption had no increased risk of cancers related to snuff and the risk of cancer in general. In fact, their rates of lung cancer and other cancers were slightly lower than non-smokers, although the difference did not reach statistical significance. Sidney, S. et al. Marijuana use and cancer incidence (California, USA). Cancer Causes and Control. Vol 8. September 1997, p. 722-728.
2) UNRWA, marijuana can prevent cancer (PART IV): Donald Tashkin, a UCLA researcher whose work is funded by NIDA, did a case-control study comparing 1,200 patients with lung cancer, head and neck a reference group without cancer. Even the heaviest marijuana smokers had an increased risk of cancer, and had a slightly lower risk of cancer than nonsmokers (snuff smokers had a 20 times increased risk of lung cancer). Tashkin D. Marijuana Use and lung cancer: results of a case-control study. American Thoracic Society International Conference. May 23, 2006.
1) Marijuana has medical value: In response to the passage of medical marijuana law in California, the White House Institute of Medicine (IOM) to review data on marijuana's medical benefits and risks. The IOM concluded, "Nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety are all afflictions to lose, and everything can be mitigated by marijuana." While noting the potential risks of snuff consumption, the report said, "We recognize that there is no clear alternative for people suffering from chronic illnesses that can be relieved by smoking marijuana, such as pain or loss of AIDS." The government's refusal to acknowledge this fact led to the co-author John A. Benson to tell the New York Times that the government "wants to ignore our report ... they would rather it never happened." Joy JE, Watson, SJ, and Benson, JA. Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the science base. National Academy Press. 1999. p. 159. See also, Harris, G. FDA dismisses medical benefits of marijuana. New York Times. April 21, 2006