MARIJUANA

Marijuana

Marijuana

Introduction

A war on drugs is a noble effort to quell a abuse of illegal drugs and a hurtful penalties they have on society. However, marijuana is a drug that should not be targeted. It is drawn from from a cannabis vegetation, which is evolved and cultivated regularly from a earth. A cultivation and usage of cannabis has dwelled since a starting of annals and encompass recreational, devout, and medicinal purposes. A United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has approximated that about 162 million individuals worldwide use cannabis every year, and a rate has been increasing since a late 20th century.In most parts of a world, laws are enacted which regulate or prohibit a ownership and/or sale of cannabis. In a United States, federal law prohibits a ownership, usage, purchase, sale, and/or cultivation of marijuana; although, many states have legalized cannabis for medicinal use or personal use (Ingram 8). Despite a harmful consequences marijuana can induce, it should be decriminalized all through a nation because of its advantages to society.(Johnson,2009)

Discussion

A primary non-medical use of marijuana is a effect of achieving a psychoactive effect of getting high. Under this state, people experience an altered state of consciousness, euphoria, increased self-worth, stress reduction, and lethargy. Although rare, marijuana use can also increase risk of heart attacks and strokes, and damage memory capabilities. Anti-cannabis advocates seek to prevent a use of marijuana for getting high. However, many pro-cannabis advocates argue that under a right of freedom and liberty, people should be allowed to use marijuana for personal enjoyment.(Shepard, ,2007) They are aware of these risks but a positive effects of marijuana balance out or even override a negative effects. Particular claims of positive marijuana effects include increased appreciation of humor, music or art, joviality, enhanced recollection, increased sensuality, increased awareness of sensation, creative or philosophical thinking, and reduction of stress and anxiety.

In response to a argument of freedom, anti-cannabis advocates argue that marijuana use impedes a safety of others because of people who drive while theyre high. This argument holds merit, but it can be regulated just like drunk driving. Furthermore, research has shown that a overall addiction potential of marijuana is virtually nonexistent. (McAllister,,2009) A 1998 French governmental report commissioned by Health Secretary of State Bernard Kouchner, and directed by Dr. Pierre-Bernard Roques, classed drugs according to addictiveness and neurotoxicity. A most addictive and lethal categories included heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. A middle categories include benzodiazepines, hallucinogens, and tobacco. Cannabis is placed in a lowest category because of low addiction potential . A gateway drug theory states that a use of marijuana leads to abuse of other drugs. Many anti-cannabis advocates argue a existence of a gateway drug theory, but little evidence supports a theory.

Study By A American Psychiatric

A December 2006 study by a American Psychiatric Association displayed that adolescents who utilised marijuana former to utilising other pharmaceuticals, encompassing alcohol and tobacco, were nothing less probable to evolve a substance abuse disorder than other topics in a ...