Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized?

Should Medical Marijuana be Legalized?

The Legalization of Medical Marijuana is one of the most controversial issues we face today as a society. There are many advantages and disadvantages that are attached with smoking marijuana. Many people believe that this drug should be legalized for medical use, and others disagree. Even if marijuana is legalized, there are so many problems that people will have to face because of this drug. Either way you look at this situation people are going to smoke marijuana if it's legal or not.

Marijuana- also called weed, pot, reefer, grass, dope, ganja, mary jane, and hash is the drug most often used in this country. It is a mix of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), which contain the non-narcotic chemical THC. Marijuana comes from the female flowers which form dense clusters at the ends of branches of the plants. Female plants die after dropping the mature seeds; marijuana produces an abundance of quickly germinating seeds. It is smoked or eaten to produce the feeling of being "high." Marijuana can be rolled into a cigarette (joint), smoked in a pipe (bong), mixed in with food, or brewed with tea. Marijuana is not only smoked for recreational or social use, it's also used for industrial purposes such as to make paper, textiles, cosmetics, paints, clothing, and insulation.

There are many ways people can benefit from smoking marijuana. This drug is commonly used for cancer patients who use anticancer drugs that cause nausea and vomiting. There are two forms of marijuana that have been used: one taken by mouth, Dronabinol (Marinol®), and a synthetic form of the active marijuana constituent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is smoked. This drug not only helps keep food down it also stops most cancer patient from becoming anorexia.