Legalizing Marijuana

Legalizing Marijuana

Introduction

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the ethical issues in legalizing marijuana. The researcher covered all the aspects of legalizing marijuana because one group of the society believed that legalizing marijuana is essential because marijuana is part of medication. However, marijuana using for medication is essential that it must be prescribed by the doctor. Therefore, the use and consumption of marijuana becomes very much controversial because on one hand government banning the drug but on the other hand medical people neeed this drug for curing the diseases. The researcher studied closely the role of marijuana and the ethical considerations as well and based on that evidence the researcher formulated the essay, which might help the readers in getting better understanding of the issue.

While there is still a debate on the harm caused by marijuana, the universal tendency of studies is considered much less harmful than alcohol and snuff and that has both highly recommended for health. No comparison with hard drugs. Studies of marijuana have been generally very favorable and there is no record in its harmful effects [except one case, but on an ape] (Carson-DeWitt, 2003).

Background

Marijuana throughout history has been smoked, in fact it is believed that by the year 3000 BC Native peoples and Central Asia have consumed marijuana in fact has been called Ganja by the Old Sanskrit word ganjika, then believes that the Greek merchants trips produced the first landing of Marijuana in Thracian part of the axis of Hellenic influence in today's Bulgaria, which is considered to have been the final entry of this herb in Europe, recently found remains of Pipes Marijuana year 2500 BC Xianjing area in China.

Marijuana is believed was consumed by the first Christian Disciples of Christ, which was used in certain Islamic Sufi cults that William Shakespeare was a regular customer with Cannabis Pipes, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln were great defenders of their culture and their consumption. Therefore understanding the existence of Marijuana as a way to use either medicinal or recreational is not new to history (Van, 2007).

However what is not if it is new in history, is the persecution and prohibition that makes the use and cultivation of Marijuana in fact in the United States, only in 1937 with the "Marijuana Tax Act", the prohibitions have relied primarily on grounds that from my point of view appear weak and are only demonize the "Yerba del Rey". We see that in a country like the U.S. has been most of his time as a drug marijuana lawful and did not cause social chaos, plus they are not documented deaths related to overdose of marijuana in the history of mankind, i.e. not known a single case of deaths related to overdose of marijuana and also known instances where the constant and continued consumption of marijuana has caused the death of a human being. Another weak foundation in the United States said that Marijuana is served as a bridge to other drugs such as heroin among veterans of the Vietnam War; probably heroin ...