Legalization of Marijuana
...decriminalized marijuana suggests that the use of alcohol and other drugs have reduced when marijuana use was legalized. A joint of marijuana and cigarette as more tar than a cigarette but on the average marijuana smokers do not have as much tar build up on their lungs as person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. In addition both alcohol and cigarettes have been proven to be physically addictive were marijuana has not been. When people hear the phrase, “legalization of marijuana,” they only think of the people smoking it to get high not for using it as a medicine. Maybe people should not smoke marijuana for the sole purpose of getting high only. In addition, Marijuana should be a prescription drug. It is a controlled substance that should be legalized for medical use. Marijuana is a plant that can save AIDS or cancer patients. It is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss, so that once the nausea subsides they also have a desire to eat. Cancer patients find marijuana a helpful drug for the same reasons. In both California and Arizona, a doctor ...