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“Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol; THC for short”.
Since I have been old enough to even know what marijuana is, people have just made a huge deal over it. The government just doesn’t know when to keep there foot in there mouth and give it a rest. They are always dancing around the issue, and debate whether it should be illegal or legal.
I am not going to lie, I have smoked marijuana at a point in time, and I don’t mind people smoking it, but after reading up on it I have that it has bad affects and consequences;however, the amount of arrests and fines for smoking marijuana is ridiculous .
Politicians, scientists, and doctors will go on and on about the negative affects of Marijuana, and police officers can keep breaking up a good time, but what is this doing? Statistics show that marijuana is the most used illegal substance in the World. The most recent stats I found were from 2006 which show canada ranks 8th in the world for the use this of drug.
It seems to me that nobody is thinking about cutting down on the grass anytime soon. Even though researchers say marijuana contains over 400 chemicals, it is the persons choice if they want to smoke weed, it’s a bad thing but cigarettes are also deadly, and should have been off the market years ago, and there still sitting pretty in stores.
Scientists have estimated that one in three adults smoke, with over 1 billion people smoking worldwide. The majority of these smokers reside in countries on the low end to the middle of the socioeconomic spectrum. Of this majority, about 80% live in low and middle-income countries. The total number of smokers worldwide is expected to keep on increasing each year. The number of cigarette smokers is very high, just like the number of pot smokers, therefore something should be done about cigarettes if they want t keep marijuana illegal. It also a very little talked about fact that most people who smoke begin smoking before they are 25 years old. Worldwide observations suggest that people are starting to smoke at a much younger age. World Health Organization studies reveal that the majority of smokers in affluent countries begin in their teens.
Personally though, I believe nothing and nobody on this planet is perfect. Legalizing marijuana would make the ongoing discussion end, and people would be much happier if they just gave it a rest. Let people make there own choices, it’s the only way anyone can learn.
I am not going to lie though, it is a very hard decision at times to take sides. It takes a lot of thinking because even though getting high makes you feel pretty good for a little while, it hurts you in the end. Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals, and most of those are found in tobacco smoke as well. Another scary risk you have when smoking marijuana is, the fact that you are five times more likely to have a heart attack. It is also said that the risk of some trying cocaine is 104 times higher if the person is a marijuana smoker.
Whether marijuana will be legal ever, is a long process, and we may never see that day, but I believe if that day arrives, it will make the police, and governments job easier, and the people of our Country and all over the world will be much happier.
