Brain Damage.Cancer.Death. If we don’t put a stop to Marijuana use all these things will continue to happen. “Smoking Marijuana can end up causing mental issues.” (About, Inc) Is that what we should be encouraging or society to do? The people saying marijuana isn’t bad are probably the same people smoking it and creating violence over it too. “Marijuana makes people feel like they can escape reality and their problems and that’s a reason why they smoke it because that high they feels and it feels great until it’s over and they’re back to reality.” (David Schlundt) “Marijuana also raises your heart rate by twenty-one hundred percent shortly after smoking.” (Nationnal Institue on Drug Abuse) . Marijuana increases heart rate because “The heart begins beating more rapidly and the blood pressures increases” (About, Inc). “Marijuana also has short term affects including sight, sounds, time, and touch) (About, Inc). Even though marijuana could bring the money for the government, It shouldn’t be legalized because Marijuana it puts such negative effects on our world.
Marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because it’s killing our people whether it’s because they’re selling it or smoking it. Marijuana kills and damages cells in your brain. “Those cells can’t be repaired once they’re dead” (David Schlundt) When those cells die it can cause you to have memory loss. “Cannabis can cause someone suffer from depression because of the way if attacks the central nervous system. This drug is highly addictive and too much of anything isn’t good” (David Schlundt) People are so worried about making money off of this product that I’m not sure if they’re really looking the negative affect it has on our society. “…According to the National Survey on Drug Use and health, in 2007 14.4 million Americans aged 12 or older used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed.”
Marijuana is given to patients for pains but it’s the way they use it that makes it kind of different. People who use marijuana as medication don’t use it every day so it doesn’t affect them as negatively. (Foundation for a drug free world ) Even medical marijuana can affect the way a person thinks. Marijuana can affect your lungs which mean it affects your air ways and the way you breathe. People think that weed isn’t as bad as cigarettes, but “A cannabis joint could cause as much damage to the lungs as up to five regular cigarettes smoked on after another (Foundation for a drug free world ).” The social effects of smoking marijuana can be quite detrimental as well. Adolescents who use the substance are at higher risk of pregnancy, dropping out of school,delinquency,legal problems and achieving less educational and occupationally”
“Marijuana can increase the chance of getting cancer” (About, Inc). This is a huge factor supporting my argument with keeping marijuana illegal. “If addicted, people cannot control their urges to seek out and use marijuana, even though it negatively affects their family, relationships, school performance, and recreational activities.” (About, Inc) Marijuana is even second handily affecting the loved ones of the smokers. “Not surprisingly evidence suggests that, compared to non-smoking peers, students who smoke marijuana tend to get lower grades and are more likely to drop out of high school.” (Foundation for a drug free world ). I know this is true because I see it every day at school. Kids who could have so much potential ruin it by smoking marijuana because they stop caring about they’re grades. Marijuana shouldn’t be legalized period it negatively impacts our world way too much for us to legalize it.