Prohibition In The United States

Prohibit Prohibition The United States of America was built upon the creation of the Constitution. This document has been the foundation for every amendment, law, and policy created in the government. Because this country is run by people, and people make mistakes, there is always the possibility that documents are deemed constitutional when they shouldn’t be. One prominent example in particular is the federal prohibition of marijuana use. The most significant reasons why marijuana should be legalized are: (1) the Constitution does not specifically give the Federal Government control over the use of any type of drug, (2) research has shown that marijuana has the potential to be very effective in the medical field, and (3) prohibiting the use

Research has proven that medical marijuana has helped treat a many different types of medical conditions and symptoms, but it is not recognized by the FDA as a safe medicine (The National Institute of Drug Abuse). In order for the FDA to approve medical marijuana, a very large scale human clinical trial must be directed to outweigh the benefits and risks of making it available to the public for treatment. Many animal trials have been conducted, and the results shows that “marijuana extracts may help kill certain cancer cells and reduce the size of others” (The National Institute of Drug Abuse). It has also been able to slow cancer spread and growth in brain tumors. In accordance with radiation treatment, marijuana extracts have “increased the cancer-killing effects” (The National Institute of Drug Abuse). According to the Center for Medical Cannabis Research, marijuana may help increase the effectiveness of previous treatments in that were not adequately providing relief for people (Grant, Atkinson and Mattison 2). Marijuana also decreases bodily muscle spasms in patients diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (Grant, Atkinson and Mattison

This means marijuana is considered as “having a high potential for abuse, no current accepted use as a medical treatment, and lacking accepted safe use under medical supervision,” and it cannot be used as a legal medical prescription (Miron and Varela). In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that people who have been prescribed medical marijuana, in states that have legalized it, can be “prosecuted for violating federal laws” (Miron and