Marijuana. Drug or no drug? Dangerous or safe? Legalize it or not? These are questions that billions of people around the world are asking themselves or others. Marijuana does far less damage to people then alcohol or prescription drugs. Why are the things that do harm to you legal and the one thing that doesn't illegal?
Some consider marijuana a drug and others don't. This is a question that has been around for many years. Marijuana is a drug but does it have the same effects on your body as others such as crack-cocaine, heroin, or even prescription drugs? No.
Marijuana is the safest drug a person could do. Studies show that alcohol abuse kills 75,000 people a year, legal prescription drugs kill 100,000 people a year, and marijuana kills zero. Marijuana does not cause people to use other hard drugs," as stated in 10 Facts About Marijuana on drugpolicy.org. This article also stated that a recent (2009) population based study found that moderate marijuana smoking over a 20 year period REDUCED the risk of head and neck cancer. And another population-based study found that heavy long-term marijuana smoking was not associated with lung cancer. If anything, marijuana keeps you healthy.
Legalizing marijuana would have a positive effect on everyone. The government would save alot of money on prisons. "Almost one in five inmates in state prisons and half of those in federal prisons are serving time for drug offenses," says the
Times. Federal and state prisons hold 1.6 million prisoners at an average cost of $25,000 a year per prisoner. That's $40 billion," says, John H. Richardson in The Best Reasons To Legalize Marijuana. Another thing that legalization would help with is jobs. "With legal marijuana, America will see an explosion of
farms, stores, and manufacturing facilities for everything from
potency-testing kits to specialized agricultural equipment."
Now, with all of this support on how marijuana legalization will have a positive effect, why is it taking so long to be legalized?
A more
recent (2009) population-based case-control study found that moderate
marijuana smoking over a 20 year period was associated with reduced risk
of head and neck cancer (See Liang et al). - See more at:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana#sthash.41MYzt7M.dpufA
A more
recent (2009) population-based case-control study found that moderate
marijuana smoking over a 20 year period was associated with reduced risk
of head and neck cancer (See Liang et al). - See more at:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana#sthash.41MYzt7M.dpuf
A more
recent (2009) population-based case-control study found that moderate
marijuana smoking over a 20 year period was associated with reduced risk
of
head and neck cancer (See
Liang et al). And a 5-year-long population-based case control study found even long-term heavy marijuana smoking was not associated with
lung cancer or UAT (upper aerodigestive tract) cancers.
[5] - See more at: http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana#sthash.41MYzt7M.dpuf
A more
recent (2009) population-based case-control study found that moderate
marijuana smoking over a 20 year period was associated with reduced risk
of
head and neck cancer (See
Liang et al). And a 5-year-long population-based case control study found even long-term heavy marijuana smoking was not associated with
lung cancer or UAT (upper aerodigestive tract) cancers.
[5] - See more at: http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana#sthash.41MYzt7M.dpuf
A more
recent (2009) population-based case-control study found that moderate
marijuana smoking over a 20 year period was associated with reduced risk
of
head and neck cancer (See
Liang et al). And a 5-year-long population-based case control study found even long-term heavy marijuana smoking was not associated with
lung cancer or UAT (upper aerodigestive tract) cancers.
[5] - See more at: http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana#sthash.41MYzt7M.dpuf
Some effects of marijuana ingestion may include feelings of panic,
anxiety, and paranoia. Such experiences can be frightening, but the
effects are temporary.
- See more at: http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana#sthash.41MYzt7M.dpuf"
A more
recent (2009) population-based case-control study found that moderate
marijuana smoking over a 20 year period was associated with reduced risk
of
head and neck cancer (See
Liang et al). And a 5-year-long population-based case control study found even long-term heavy marijuana smoking was not associated with
lung cancer or UAT (upper aerodigestive tract) cancers.
[5] - See more at: http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana#sthash.41MYzt7M.dpuf
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