To Weed or not to Weed...

By Cameron Ross

The great national debate whether Marijuana should be legal or not hasn’t escalated recently even with the evolution of society. Medicinal purposes seem to merit the rights from the government to cultivate Marijuana but this is only a conditional legality.
Anytime this topic becomes part of a major debate controversy erupts because animosity surrounds the idea of legalizing a currently illegal drug. Some claim is would be a very lucrative crop.
If the government legalized Marijuana and taxed it on sales and allowed it to be internationally exchanged they could make the country a lot of money. New laws would obviously have to be implemented such as a smoking age and regulations on what type of behavior is allowed while under the influence of Marijuana.
Keeping Marijuana illegal is keeping the crime rate high because many crimes involve this drug as it is very common to society in brutal honesty.
Experiments on how Marijuana affects health range from both ends of the spectrum. It is used by people with health problems for relief and this is can lead to mind stimulation and an overall better feeling physically. Other people use it for recreation and it apparently kills brain cells and burns the lungs.
One reading up on Marijuana will ask himself or herself whether Marijuana has more health benefits or drawbacks because both ideas are advertised.
The plant may have magnificent medical potential if it were experimented with more openly. It can also be smoked by way of an orb, which basically results in the inhaling of the evaporating THC from the Marijuana but no burning of the lungs.
Reading an issue of High Times will teach you a great deal about Marijuana in the senses of both recreation and health. Anyone who watches television or has seen movies probably knows Marijuana can be baked into food by way of butter.
In reality it appears that Marijuana has more health drawbacks than health benefits but that is looking at it through a governmental lens. That is the same government who keeps Marijuana illegal and educates children from a very young age that it is forbidden and dangerous.
Responsibility plays a huge part in the use of Marijuana according to countless studies and common sense. Marijuana is definitely the most common illegal drug and can be found practically anywhere.
Anyone with culturally diverse acquaintances knows where they can locate Marijuana. Some health conscious people who swear off drugs think Marijuana will slow their lifestyle down and make them feel overly relaxed and tranquil.
To counter that fact there are professional athletes constantly accused of using Marijuana when they fail mandatory drug tests. Professional athletes are obviously health and the ones who use Marijuana prove that it is possible to stay healthy while using the drug.
This debate may never end and it is possible that in the future Marijuana will be legalized and then illegalized again. It is a popular drug that is illegal and highly sought after.
Society will adjust one way or another to whatever the government decides to do but we don’t truly know al the benefits and drawbacks of Marijuana because it is not available to experiment with enough. Scientists working for the government who experiment with Marijuana may find many good traits about the drug but since it is illegal they only negatively promote the drug to keep people from engaging in illegal drug activity.