Marijuana and freedom

Have we ever seen somebody smoke marijuana in public? The answer of course is no, because it is illegal. Think about marijuana and the legalization of it; does anyone has the right to smoke marijuana even in public? Some people agree that it is right for anyone to smoke it; because it is like tobacco, other not because it is illegal. The side who are say is illegal they also assert marijuana is blend of cannabis and other wild plants (Hitti, 2007). Everything in this life has advantages and disadvantages. We can not ignore the advantages in marijuana and make it illegal for just a few reasons. Marijuana should be legal for three reasons; medical reasons, prohibition reasons and economical reasons.

First, people can not find cure for all diseases, and scientists found recently marijuana is a good cure for some of diseases, such as cancer. Doctors can stop cancer by marijuana because marijuana cause anesthetic in the body and prevent the disease from extending. (Kravets, 2006). For example, in Florida, the state government since the last decade starts to make marijuana legal in medical use. They know how marijuana is can effect in the modern medicine. Also, with marijuana they can find a lot of medicine for a lot of disease. For example, they can produce a new can of drug can help in many diseases in the same time, they will save money for people from buying different kinds of remedies to different kinds of illnesses. Thus, if the governments make marijuana legal they will find a good solution for a lot of diseases.

Second, governments are trying to forbid marijuana and keep it illegal. They also put fines for anyone who carries it. Moreover, they disagree even if the person who carry it for medical reasons. However, make marijuana prohibit is not the solution. There is a quotation says "forbidden fruit is sweet ". Whenever governments make a decision to prohibit something, people will like to discover it. Therefore, making marijuana illegal is not the answer. For example, in the last century using alcohol was prohibited, and people were trying to produced it in illegal ways. However, when alcohol is legal, people can decide whether they want drink it or not. Therefore, people can make decision by themselves about whatever they want, and prevent marijuana is not the resolution.

Third, farming weeds-which marijuana comes from-cost less money than producing new kinds of medicine. Governments should care more about economic side. Marijuana can grow up every where and no matter in what season. People can grow whole acre of field with marijuana in just 3 months. Accordingly, that gives us more medicine in short period of time. That does not cost the government a lot of money. Therefore, making medicine from marijuana will cost the government less than trying to make marijuana forbidden. Thus, economical system will be better if the government make marijuana legal.

Opponents say that marijuana can affect the human body. It can make injurer and cause damage to memory. In "Marijuana Effects" the author claims "Marijuana use can cause people to forget things and interfere with learning. It can make you see and hear things that are not there or distort the way you see and here" (2007, para. 4). It means marijuana can confuse the brain and this is dangerous for human body. However, the idea is not convincing because most people drink alcohol and get confused, and using alcohol is legal. If they say the reason of marijuana should stay illegal, because it distorts the way people see and hear, the answer is: Why is drinking alcohol legal while the same effects happen? Thus, people can decide whether they drink alcohol or not, smoke tobacco or not. Therefore, people should make a decision whether they use marijuana or not.

In conclusion, for poor people who can not afford expensive medicine marijuana will be a new solution for their pains. Marijuana will be very cheap for them to use it as a medicine if they use it as prescription from doctors. People have the right to make decision in their life about everything such as smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol and also smoking marijuana. People have the right to choose. People cannot be agree every time with their governments, so they can still smoke marijuana even if the government does not allowed it. The taxes can be increased by the government when the government allowed using marijuana. When selling marijuana become legal, the government gets profit and gets more money from taxes of growing and selling marijuana. As a result, marijuana should be legal because it helps people and governments.





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