Everybody Hates Mary Jane

. According to The Free Dictionary, Marijuana is a preparation

made from the dried leaves and female flower clusters of the
cannabis plant, usually smoed or eaten to induce euphoria!. "n
simple terms, marijuana is just a plant that, when smoed or eaten,
sends you into a euphoric or hallucinogenic state. #r in the words of
a stoner, it gets trippy. According to The $enter For %ubstance
Abuse, the chemical that causes this euphoric or hallucinogenic
feeling is delta&'&tetrahydrocannabinol, also nown as T($. Due to
the variety of effects that marijuana can produce, it can be a
stimulant, depressant, or a hallucinogen.
There is a lot of controversy regarding whether or not marijuana should be legal or stay illegal.
" believe that it should be legal. Marijuana has more health benefits than health riss. #f course
with smoing anything you ris issues with your lungs and respiratory system, but according to
angelfire.com, studies have proven that users with asthma have improved breathing and
sometimes no signs of asthma at all) *ot only has marijuana been proven to have medical
benefits to people with cataracts, glaucoma and all stages of cancer, some believe that it can be
used to cure cancer as well. +ut with all this good, come the biased opinions. ,eople against
marijuana would say that the drug! alters your perception to mae choices or problems solve.
According to about.com, the short term effects of marijuana include-
Distorted perception .sights, sounds, time, touch/
,roblems with memory and learning
0oss of coordination
Trouble thining and problem solving
An1iety .fear, paranoia, distrust, panic/
2ranted, the first 3 are true but " have some doubts about the last. Marijuana
is illegal which means if you4re a user you ris arrest, %o obviously when
you4re high you4re going to be paranoid and 5uestion everything. +ut "
wonder, if marijuana wasn4t illegal and there was no way you could get
arrested for being a user, would this side effect still e1ist6 "t4s hard for
people to understand that marijuana isn4t drug that4s sole purpose is destroy
peoples lives. "ts not the drug, it4s the laws. "f people didn4t get arrested for
a victimless crime!, no user would be at ris for a ruined life!. 0ie " said
before marijuana has more health benefits than riss, which leads me to
another 5uestion. %ince $igarettes have been proven to cause cancer, heart
attacs, stroes, 7T$. 8hy is it that they are legal and marijuana is looed
at as the worst drug! imaginable6 America spends millions on anti&tobacco
campaigns, ads and commercials annually. 8hy is it still legal6 Marijuana has been proven to do
less damage to the body than cigarettes. Marijuana is even
safer than peanuts)
" understand that not everyone is going to be an advocate
for marijuana, but don4t judge what you haven4t
e1perienced or understand. The only way that you can be
9::; sure that marijuana is bad, is trying it for yourself .no
peer pressure/. For a plant that can do so much good, " don4t
understand why everybody hates mary jane.
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