Marijuana is actually safer than tobacco or even alcohol.
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It still causes mental illness. Which isn't very nice, is it?
I believe legalizing marijuana can have both positive and negative effects on today's economy. Because i looked further into the subject , i think it would be more of a negative idea rather than positive...
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If marijuana is legalized for medicinal purposes, there will be an increase in the crime rate as there are people in society who will do anything in order to gain marijuana or to traffic it in order to gain wealth.
When more people claim that they need to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, there will be an increase for the “need” of marijuana and therefore more prescriptions will be handed out to people. When that happens, doctors may be unknowingly putting themselves in danger. “Doctors may become part of the black market by handing out prescriptions to those who want it rather than those who need it.” When this happens police will have investigate who the source was, and if they don’t arrest the doctor, they are wasting time because they had investigate this case while they could have been doing something else.
Another reason why the government should not legalize marijuana is there are people out there willing to take advantage of innocent bystanders in order to fulfill their own deeds. For instance, in Winnipeg on October 20th, 2005, the RCMP found twenty-five Chinese immigrants squeezed into a 700 square foot house to take care of marijuana plants. One person didn’t even know that she was doing something illegal, and the majority of them had never even seen marijuana before let alone heard of it. If the government and the voters allow the legalization of marijuana, more cases similar to this one will emerge where innocent people are being taken advantage.
Lastly, ever since Ottawa has loosened their hold on marijuana laws, there has been a record amount of charges for possession of marijuana that is over fifteen grams. “‘The police reported drug-crime rate has risen to an estimated 42 per cent since the early 1990s and now stands at a 20-year high.’” From the words of Charles Gordon, a reporter of Times-Herald (Moose Jaw, SK), even if marijuana is legalized, all the shady characters associated will not suddenly disappear and become professional businessmen/women, because growing marijuana for trafficking is still illegal, and some people may ship it to the States to sell, which is even worse because in the United States of America, marijuana is still illegal and then the person trafficking the drug may also be breaking laws that cross the borders of Canada.
The legalization of marijuana will cause many to become addicts of this drug and the Canadians will eventually be paying for the assistance of those people.
When marijuana is legalized, families of marijuana addicts will have to pay the price. “Addicts are willing to spend their entire life savings on purchasing the drug. If marijuana remains illegal, fewer people will go into debt to buy the drugs, thus decreasing the amount the government will pay for the social assistance of these addicts.” When people are willing to do this, the social-economic status of that particular family will plummet, therefore affecting the community because this will mean more social assistance programs for the addicts and their family because the family may have to go programs such as the Salvation Army to obtain the bare necessities.
Due to the fact that some addicts are willing to plunge themselves and their family into debt, the family will not function in society. “Fewer families will become dysfunctional as a result of marijuana use.” Every unit in the family affects another, if one unit of the family has an extremely bad temper, is addicted to some form of drugs etc., it will reflect in their children’s behavior or grades, or in the attitude of their spouses.
Finally, some people may argue that marijuana is not an addictive drug, however according to the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy; marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug. “The most likely adverse effects of smoking cannabis are bronchial irritation, the risk of accidents when intoxicated, dependence, and possible cognitive impairment with heavy, long-term use.” If marijuana is such an addictive drug, why do people suggest using it?
There are many Canadians that are under the impression that marijuana is helpful for some diseases, but the truth remains that marijuana will worsen a person’s condition then it was before.
When a person uses marijuana to relieve their pain, they run the risk of relying solely on this drug for pain relief. “The use of marijuana as a pain control may cause patients to rely solely on the drug rather than medical treatment.” When this happens, certain necessary treatments in Canada’s health care system may be deemed useless by the government because there aren’t enough people receiving the treatment, and
therefore, the government may not fund the treatment. Marijuana also has negative effects on the brain.
Some effects of marijuana on a person’s mental health is: a) a high release of dopamine in the brain, causing hallucinations, b) if the person’s family has a history of schizophrenia, marijuana can trigger psychotic episodes, c) schizophrenia itself, d) depression, e) anxiety, f) people who smoke marijuana are five times more likely to become very violent. These are just some of the mental problems created while using marijuana. Some physical symptoms are: a) increases possibility of getting head and neck cancers, b) death. Contrary to popular belief, there are many marijuana deaths, it’s just that most of them are reported as accidental overdoses, c) over a long period of time, marijuana has the potential to cause damage to the lung tissue, in which can lead to diseases such as cancer or COPD, d) the ability of the cellular and pulmonary immunity decreases, e) inability to ward off herpes, f) unable to receive genital wart treatments, g) inability to drive, concentrate, and remember.
As a final point, according to the American Cancer Society, the American Glaucoma Society, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the American Academy of Pohthalmology, and the American Medical Association will say that there is no proof that marijuana has any medical use whatsoever. If there is no evidence that marijuana has any medical use, why legalize it when it can harm so many?
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