AnnaSanchez

February11,2016
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LegalizationofMarijuana

ThinkMarijuanalawswilleverchangeintheU.S.?81%support
MedicalMarijuana,72%supportnojailtimeMarijuana,and50%support
legalizingMarijuana.WearethemajorityofMarijuana.Wearethevoiceof
Marijuana.Ifmostofussupportthisconcept,thenweshouldstand
togethertopreventthisaswell.

TomakeMarijuanaagainstthelawislikesayingGodmadea
mistake
,saidBobMarley.YesIagreethatGodmadethisplantbut,people
dontuseitforitsgoodreasons,mostpeopleonlyuseittogethighand
thatsnotwhatGodspurposewasforthisplant.Thinkaboutitthisway,
Godmadedirtright?Sodoesthatmeanyoushouldswallowdirt.No,there
isnoreasonMarijuanaisanydifferent.ItisoneofthemanyplantsGod
didntmakeforyourpleasure.Ithinkunlessyouhaveagoodenough
reasonandyougetamarijuanamedicalcardfromalegaldoctor,thenno
oneatanyageshouldusethis.
Fourreasonswhymarijuanashouldstayillegal.
1stReason
Itis
extremelyaddictiveforsomepeople.
"Ofthe7.3millionpersonsaged12or
olderclassifiedwithillicitdrugdependenceorabusein2012,4.3million
personshadmarijuanadependenceorabuse."
Idontneedtobesmartto
havethecommonsensetoknowthatthemorelegalandavailable
Marijuanabecomes,thehigherthosenumbersrise.
2ndReason
Marijuanaisterribleforyourmentalhealth.
Marijuanamayevenbe
WORSE
thancigarettes!Atleastcigarettesdont
takepointsoffyourIQexams.

ArecentNorthwesternUniversitystudy
foundthatmarijuanausershaveabnormalbrainstructureandpoor
memoryandthatchronicmarijuanaabusemayleadtobrainchanges
resemblingschizophrenia.Thestudyalsoreportedthattheyoungerthe

personstartsusingmarijuana,theworsetheeffectsbecome.
Theresa
goodreasonwhymarijuanausersarestupid.Thisdrugisjustmakingthem
dumber,evenwhentheyarenothigh.Doyoureallywantyourkidsand
familymembersonthat?
3rdReason
Marijuanaisterribleforyourphysicalhealth.Itiseven
moretoxicthancigarettesmoke.Regularusersarehitwithdevastating
lungproblemsasmuchas20yearsearlierthansmokers.Evensmall
amountsofmarijuanacancausetemporarysterilityandithasaterrible
impactonthebabiesofwomenwhosmokeincluding
"birthdefects,mental
abnormalitiesandincreasedriskofleukemiainchildren."
4thReason
Thedrugdecimatesmanypeople'slives.Itcauses
flunkingoutofschool,losingtheirjobs,frustratedbecausetheycan't
concentrateorlosingtheloveonesbecauseofdifferentbeliefs,andnot
wantingtobearoundacrackheadfortherestoftheirlives.

Astudyof
postalworkersfoundthatemployeeswhotestedpositiveformarijuana
had55%moreaccidents,85%moreinjuriesanda75%increaseinbeing
absentfromwork.
AnotherquotebyBobMarley,
Idosmoke,butIdontgothroughall
thistroublejustbecauseIwanttomakemydrugofchoicelegal.Its
aboutpersonalfreedom.Weshouldhavetherightinthiscountrytodo
whatwewantifwedonthurtanybody.
Iagreethiscountryisfreebutif
wedidntputregulationsthenallwe'redoingisharmingourselves.For
example,shouldweletpeopleharmourfamiliesandnotdoanythingabout
it?Justbecauseitsafreecountry?BobMarleywhowasaninfluential
Marijuanauser,stronglybelievedinMarijuanarights.Hediedatavery
youngageof36.Thecauseofdeathwasthespreadofmelanomatohis
lungsandbrain.
Therestwosidestothisargument.Somepeoplethinkthatmarijuana
shouldbelegalbecauseithelpsformanyreasons.Iagreeitdoeshelpand
curepeoplelikecancer,diabetes,headaches(migraines),backpains,
obesity,etc..Iknowmanypeopleusethisformedicalreasonsbutitsnot
right.Theresalwaysgonnabemorethanoneoption.Likethereissalt
waterandpurifiedwater.Wechoosetopickthebestoptionbutmost

peoplechoosetheworse.Manypeopledontcauseharmtootherswhen
usingmarijuana,peopleonlycauseharmwhenundertheinfluenceof
marijuana.
Afriendindeedwon'tmakeyousmokethatweed!
Manypeople
thinkthatifyourfriendssmokethatweed,youhavetouseittoo,butthat's
nottrue.Don'tfollowothersbecauseyouthinkitmakesyoucool,because
youthinkyouhavetofitin.Bealeadernotafollower.Setanexamplefor
allofthem.Arealfriendwouldntletyouharmyourself.Whatkindof
peopledoyoucallfriends?Thepeoplewhodontcare?Orthepeoplewho
dontagreewithharmingyourself?
Drugmisuseisnotadisease,itisadecision,likethedecisiontostep
outinfrontofamovingcar.Youwouldcallthatnotadiseasebutanerror
of
judgement
.

PersonallyIunderstandthismorethanothers.Thisis
becauseIknowsomeonewhosmokesthisplant.IalwaysgetsadbecauseI
seethewaythispersonisheading.Hetellsmethatitsformedicalreasons,
becauseithelpshimwithmigraines.Hehasamedicalcardbutitdoesnt
seemlikeheurgentlyneedsone.Theresmanypeoplethathavemigraines
orevenmoreserioushealthissuesbutdontsmokemarijuana.Thereare
othersolutionstothis.Hechoosestosmokeweed.Ifeelbadforhisparents
yearsofshowinghimrightfromwrong.Iwishhismomunderstoodthat
itsnotherfault.
Thisessayismostlydedicatedtohimandotherslikehim.Ihope
manyofuscanunderstandthisaswell.Wecanstandtogetherandbethe
voicethatdisagrees.Togetherwecanmakeadifference.

Resources:
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2014/01/21/5reasonsma
rijuanashouldremainillegaln1782086/page/full
http://www.unitedpatientsgroup.com/resources/illnessestreatable
https://www.google.com/search?q=anti+legalization+of+weed+quotes
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