Legalizing the Use of Marijuana

[Name of Organization]Legalizing the Use of Marijuana

A number of researches and movements are emphasizing on legalizing the use of marijuana. Research studies warn that consumption of this substance is directly related to school failures, produces serious health disorders and the origin of certain mental disorders. Numbers of states in America have already legalized it for medical purpose. Most of the American citizens believed that the drug should be legalized when considering its medical use, but the opponents are still concerned about its adverse medical and health effects.

Certain clinical and empirical studies present important adverse effects of use of marijuana on mental and physical health along with its interference with the occupational and social functioning. The study is carried out according to the background that the cognitive factors of the anxiety sensitivity are hypothesized to be playing an important role in the use of cannabis and its disorders (2011). On the other hand, there are studies which emphasize on researching further about its effects. Julia D. Buckner and his colleague authors in, “Anxiety Sensitivity and Marijuana Use: An Analysis from Ecological Momentary Assessment” studies the effects of marijuana.

It has been reported in different studies that the use of marijuana have positive cross-sectional link with papillomavirus (HPV) - related neck and head cancer. The findings suggest that features of anxiety sensitivity relates with the cannabis yearning to forecast its use. It has also suggested the differential relationship between the cannabis-related behaviors and the anxiety sensitivity facets (Buckner, et al. 2011). Nevertheless, there is a need to research more about the impacts of anxiety sensitivity aspects on the instant reasons of cannabis use. The data extracted from laboratories suggests that the use of marijuana might have an immunomodulatory impact. However, little is known about the effects of use of marijuana on neoplasia or cervical HPV. Owing to these facts Gypsyamber D'Souza with co-authors studied the natural history of cervical neoplasia and cervical HPV in a great potential group of 915 HIV-seronegative and 2,584 HIV-seropositive women. On the other hand, Researchers have been investigating the relationship personal characteristics of early adolescent have with the developmental course of using marijuana that is ranging from the early stage of adolescence to adulthood (D'Souza, 2010).

This research makes improvement in the previous studies in two important ways. Firstly, it decreases the impacts of selection bias by utilizing the propensity score methods. Secondly, the study also analyze whether making changes in the centrists between the stage of early and middle adolescence assist in explaining the relationship rather than supposing that the influence or measurement of a specific construct is stable over time (McCaffrey et al. 2010). There are situations when the use of marijuana not only impairs the emotional capabilities of a person but there are times when the social and cognitive abilities of marijuana users are also affected.

The relationship between marijuana and school failure is increasingly studied by many researchers. Phyllis Ellickson, Bing Han, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, and Daniel F. McCaffrey in ...