Marijuana Drug
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Marijuana Drug
Marijuana is a relatively harmless drug that governments around the world have
made illegal. If legalized, marijuana can be beneficial to society in a number
of ways: whether it be for medical, economic, or public safety reasons.
Marijuana has been proven to treat several life debilitating, and even life
threatening diseases. Although it is not a cure, marijuana can ease the pain and
suffering of a dying person. Another benefit of legalization is the financial
gains that governments will accomplish through the taxation of marijuana. This
is a realistic claim if marijuana sales are compared to that of cigarettes;
governments make billions each year from cigarette taxes (Caputo and Ostrom
484). Every year law enforcement spends countless man-hours trying to apprehend
marijuana dealers and growers. This time would be better utilized in dealing
with more serious crimes. This essay will display some main reasons why
marijuana is a substance with beneficial uses and applications. First, marijuana
can be used as a treatment for the effects of diseases such as AIDS, cancer,
glaucoma, and other terminal diseases. A study carried out in California clearly
demonstrates the effectiveness of marijuana as a treatment for cancer: “Over
74 percent of the cancer patients treated in the program have reported that
marijuana is more effective in relieving their nausea and vomiting than any
other drug they have tried.”(Zeese 1990). Chemotherapy for cancer patients
often produces nausea and vomiting. Marijuana has been proven to relieve these
symptoms and there have been no known side effects recorded (Ad Hoc Group of
Experts part 4). The people who would benefit the most from the legalization of
marijuana are the terminally ill. These people are not criminals at heart,
because they only require marijuana as a way to bring relief from their
ailments. Moreover, a government should feel obligated to provide terminally ill
patients with marijuana to relieve pain. Governments such as Canada and the
United States are supposed help its’ people, and by legalizing marijuana, many
terminally ill citizens will feel less pain and suffering. If marijuana were to
become legalized, governments could make a large amount of revenue through
taxes. In the United States, billions of dollars each year in revenue are
produced through tobacco taxes (Caputo and Ostrom 484). If marijuana became a
manufactured product, the government could set taxes on the sale of that
product. Once leg...
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