LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

Legalizing Marijuana

Legalizing Marijuana

Today, pharmaceuticals are a foremost anxiety and topic for Americans for diverse reasons. We hear tales every day about drug-related misdeeds, but the "war on pharmaceuticals" has been going on for years, and it is conspicuously failing. Drug laws have only initiated more violence and crime. They have also failed to reduce the demand for drugs. Drug laws have been very rough on people that are put in prison for ownership of marijuana charges. The decriminalization of marijuana can advantage humanity through health advantages and by decreasing the allowance of cash expended on drug enforcement. Furthermore, a foremost cause marijuana is not legalized is the numerous myths about the sick consequences of marijuana.

The use of marijuana in the health area can help numerous persons in numerous ways. Marijuana has assisted many cancerous diseaseous disease patients deal with the side consequences of chemotherapy. These edge consequences include nausea and vomiting. Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC (the chemical in marijuana that makes people "high"), decreases this vomiting and nausea, putting the patient at ease. The most widespread effect of chemotherapy is appetite loss. One side effect of marijuana use is hunger, which would help chemotherapy patients by stimulating their appetite. Marijuana use has also been shown to decrease intraocular pressure, which is very beneficial for persons suffering from glaucoma. Marijauana can even help multiple sclerosis patients by decreasing epileptic seizures and cheek disorders. Currently, there are only nine U.S. states that have legalized the health use of marijuana including: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. If these health benefits can boost the value time in a patient's life, then I feel we should do what we can to help them relish their life.

America's annual marijuana crop in 1989 was worth $50.7 billion and $41.4 billion in 1988, which was $28 billion greater than corn. Marijuana could become a premier farming merchandise, and make huge levy incomes for the government. Also, marijuana comes from the blossoms of the female hemp designt. The fiber from the top can be utilised to make apparel, paper, rope, and even methanol fuel. These are pieces we can deal and use. Hemp doesn't need wealthy dirt either, so it wouldn't be taking up farming space utilised for other goods. Also, over a twenty-year period, one acre of hemp can make four times as much pulp as one acre of trees. This ...