Growing up, everyone is told that, “Drugs are bad for you,” time and time again. As a kid, you don’t understand the reasoning behind it but you listen to your authority figure regardless. I remember being told this my entire life and even to this very day. But as I got older I realized that people would still use drugs even though it is illegal.
I could never figure out why someone would go against the law and jeopardize their life just to use drugs? The drug that I am talking about is marijuana, and surprisingly it is all around us. Marijuana is even referred to in today’s media Mainstream media sources that people enjoy, like music, movies, and other entertainments. Marijuana originates, from a preparation made of dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria.
Some places are very strict when it comes to enforcing that law while others are very lenient. Today more and more people are deciding to side with pro-marijuana legalization for America. People that never gave marijuana legalization a thought or were heavily against it are now starting to believe legalization would prove helpful for the United States of America.
Some states in America have already legalized the use of marijuana for medical use only, while many have not. Other countries like Canada have already allowed medical marijuana use (ProCon. 2012). The fact that states and other nations have allowed the use of marijuana for an important aspect like medicine should make the drug legal. Especially since it has caused no problems being used that way. Marijuana as a medicine can relieve pain for its users along with other benefits. It is also beneficial to the everyday person for relief of migraines, OCD’s, ADHD, ADD, and even prevention of Alzheimer’s.
The drug also has no proven or tested medical drawbacks (COED. 2010). Unlike other drugs like sleep aids, painkillers, alcohol and cigarettes,...