LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

Legalizing marijuana

Legalizing marijuana

Introduction

Hundred years ago, opium, cocaine, and even heroin were legal in America. They were used mostly to relieve medical conditions. Some versions of these drugs were sold over the counter, like aspirin and cough medicine today. Several factors led to laws restricting the availability of drugs (Clark, 2000): growing awareness that they were addictive; a desire by the medical. The debate over the legalization of marijuana has been raging on for several decades. Even though countless arguments have been presented and considered over the passage of time the debate is still present in the irresolute form (Rusche, Sue, chairman, et al, 2004). In the legalization of marijuana would also help the federal budget on two fronts, the federal cash flow will increase, because marijuana cigarettes would be taxed. In turn, companies that make the cigarettes would also pay taxes (Snyder, 1999). Secondly, there will be less money spent on law enforcement to arrest and imprisonment of marijuana users and sellers. The drug enforcement authorities could, at last, to pay more attention to an intense, hard drugs and violent crimes, and courts do not have to worry about the transfer of so many people in prisons (Rusche, Sue, chairman, et al, 2004).

My argument for this paper is “Legalizing Marijuana could be a significant boost not only for our economy but also for our medical field”. We will be providing supporting evidences in this paper for this thesis statement.

Body

A. Marijuana

In the late eighteenth century, marijuana began appearing in medical reference texts. It was recommended for treating coughs and general pain and as an analgesic to soothe allergies. These uses had their roots in ancient folk remedies and beliefs about the substance. By the middle of the nineteenth century, various forms of marijuana were available for general purchase in the United States (Boire & Kevin, 2006). This was before medications needed to pass a strict set of criteria demonstrating they were both safe and useful before physicians could prescribe them. Most medicines were available to anyone who walked into a chemist's shop and asked for them. Doctors recommended certain treatments for patients, but drug purchases were far less regulated than they are today (Rusche, Sue, chairman, et al, 2004). The government can make large sums of money for taxes on this issue. In medical care it provides a sufficient basis for its legalization.

B. Economy

The legalization of marijuana can also help the economy by creating more jobs across the nation. According to the United States Department of Labor (2009), "Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia” (Arsenault & Cannon, 2004). Some of the jobs that would emerge would be in manufacturing, transportation, and packaging of marijuana. Just as there are several economical benefits, the two greatest environmental advantages of legalizing marijuana are that hemp production would be allowed and both marijuana and hemp are grown organically (Snyder, 1999). In 1999, the European Union documented 26,821 uses for hemp fiber (Walton, ...