measures of pain, sleep quality and anxiety in people with unmanageable pain who have previously been given different treatments that had failed (NORM). Today one in five Americans unfortunately suffer from chronic pain and data shows many commonly use Marijuana for relief since reportedly is being effective. Legalizing Marijuana would give our scientist, researchers and physicians more freedom to study the plant and discovered its medicinal values, but with federals laws being tighter on Marijuana research is not as easy as it sounds unless it becomes legal. Theres many great studies done around the world on the medicinal benefits Marijuana could possibly bring to the medical field in 2007 there was a study done that showed smoking Marijuana …show more content…
Like everything else along with the good always comes the bad Marijuana use has a range of potential physical and mental health effects. A study showed that individuals who started practicing Marijuana massively in their teenage years lost about eight IQ points between the ages of 13 to 38. However the individuals who started smoking as adults did not show the same decrease in IQ points loss due to the brain being more developed. (Meier, 2012). According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Marijuana raises the heart beat for about three hours and people who are older than 65 years of age and those who have heart problems could be at a higher risk of getting a heart attack because of consumption. Many more associations a professionals support the idea of legalization could potentially be dangerous for our society's health, “Smoke is harmful to lung health. Whether from burning wood, tobacco or Marijuana, toxins and carcinogens are released from the combustion of materials,” a spokesman from the American Lung Association said. Although the evidence does provide good reasons why certain Americans are against Marijuana becoming legal Marijuana should be a personal choice and not a close cased for