Should Marijuana Be Legalized - 1092 Words

The notion of legalizing marijuana has been a very controversial issue. In most states the use and possession of marijuana is illegal, but today some states have legalized marijuana such as Colorado and Washington since Nov. 2012 due to Colorado’s Amendment 64 was enacted for its recreational use. Marijuana has always been seen as a bad drug but marijuana is misunderstood by the nation. Marijuana has never been issued to be dangerous, it is safer than a lot of other drugs being used today. Till this day there is a constant reminder that drugs are bad, yet no matter what legal or illegal marijuana is being consumed by many. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, in which it’s why marijuana should be legalized†¦show more content†¦Her parents tried everything, numerous types of prescriptions that failed to help her in any way. Doctors even suggested to put their child in a medically induced coma to give her small, battered body a r est, but that wasn’t the answer. Her father stumbled over this article that mentioned a son being relieved by seizures for days with marijuana. Paige eventually gave her daughter, Charlotte marijuana oil, for the first time and her daughter seizures stopped for seven days. Since then charlotte seizures have come to only 2-3 per month instead of multiples in a week. Her ability to walk has improved, she even feeds herself and by the day she communicates more and more. Charlotte being the youngest to consume marijuana by the Stanley brothers, the plant in which help her and others with their symptoms has been named after her. It’s called Charlotte s Web. In which this is one of the reason why marijuana should be legalized, since it is used for medication it has higher and better quality health standards. Therefore, marijuana being illegal is a disadvantage to whom suffers from diseases, in which their main medication is marijuana. (Young) Nationwide it’s been said marijuana is bad, but so is alcohol, and yet alcohol is legal. There’s no complain with alcohol and cigarettes, then there shouldn’t be a reason not to accept marijuana. It has been brought up that marijuana is addictive. Yes,