The Pros And Cons Of Marijuana

Do you smoke marijuana? Weed, Maryjane, ganja, herb. That’s great! So, does about 30

million other Americans. You would think with about 30 million Americans that smoke (Ossola).

Marijuana, it would be legal. Wrong! This plant that grows in the ground with a little water and

sunlight, is classified as an illegal drug by federal law. Marijuana comes from the Indian hemp

plant, and the part that contains the “drug” is found primarily in the flowers (commonly called

the “buds”) and much less in the seeds, leaves, and stems of plants. Marijuana, when sold, is a

mixture of dried out leaves, stems, flowers and seeds of the hemp plant. It is usually green,

brown or gray in color. (What is marijuana). Why is this drug illegal if

The Report, published in the Scientific Repots,

compared the potential of death from the typical, recreational use of 10 drugs: marijuana,

alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, diazepam, amphetamine and

methadone. Marijuana was, by far, found to be the safest, even when compared to alcohol and

cigarettes. (Shapiro). Adults at the age of 18 can go out and buy cigarettes that start killing them

the every seconded that smoke is inhaled. Tabaco use is considered the leading preventable cause

of death in the U.S. and chronic alcohol use has been linked to everything from heart disease to

cancer. According to CDC, one in 10 deaths among working –age adults can be attributed to

excessive alcohol poisoning account for more the 2,000 American deaths every year. Meanwhile,

most say there had never been a documented overdose death from marijuana use in someone

without an underlying condition. (Shapiro).

50 states in the United States of America. Seven states and the District of Columbia

passed their states laws for recreational marijuana use. Twenty-seven states in America have

legalized only medical marijuana. The first two states to ever legalize reactional cannabis