Debate for the legalization of Marijuana is an ongoing battle. “Marijuana has been around for centuries traced back to the first use of the plant being around 2737 B.C” (Narconon 2). Around 1970 the Controlled Substances Act classified marijuana along with heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug, i.e., having the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Since they classified Marijuana as a drug people have always fought to have it legalized. Through the years the percent of people who agree about the legalization of the drug has gone up. People never wanted it legalized have even started to agree that it needs to be, even though they do not smoke it. Marijuana was used throughout history as medicine and soon was pushed out …show more content…
And it worked. Marijuana took away my nausea, so I could eat healthy. It took away the severe restlessness and anxiety, so I could relax. It allowed me to eat, sleep and be up and active when I was awake — all of which are critical to recovery. It didn’t get me “high;” it made me feel halfway normal (as opposed to the prescriptions, which left me feeling drugged and weak)” (Bokland 4). Anything that can help a person when they are sick is something everyone should have access to. Back in 2011, doctors found a tumor and cancer within Michelle’s lymph nodes. Michelle Aldrich claimed, “ I had smoked cannabis since 1967 but early in 2011 I kept saying I could not get high. I was smoking a lot. I now believe that THC was going to the tumor and lymph nodes, which is why the cancer did not spread more than it had.” (Aldrich 1). Government keeping a form of medicine from people that works is an issue.Legalizing marijuana will be a never ending battle for some. Although smoking in any form is frowned upon by society. Marijuana is number one on the list, right above cigarettes. In society's eyes anything you inhale into your lungs is bad for you. According to David Geffen, “Regular