Informative Essay On Recreational Marijuana

Medicinal Marijuana

Recreational marijuana can cause the munchies, which can be a bad side effect. However, to a cancer patient going through chemotherapy the munchies can be a good thing. Chemotherapy takes away a patient’s appetite, but the marijuana increases the metabolism and brings their appetite back (10 Surprising Health Benefits of Medical Marijuana). Unlike medical marijuana use, recreational use of marijuana can have many negative side effects. According to the Colorado Department of Education, “Regular marijuana use among teens has been linked to social problems, learning and memory problems, and falling IQ scores. And these problems do not go away after marijuana use has stopped.” Because of the negative and life threatening

According to Roland Lamarine, a professor at public health at California State, “Numerous studies have linked marijuana use with schizophrenia. In this brain disorder, people may think they hear voices and that others are controlling their minds and thoughts.” Also, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, “Some researchers show that marijuana smoke has up to 70% more cancer-causing substances than tobacco smoke.”(Recreational marijuana: are there health effects?) When people use recreational marijuana, there are such hazardous physical and mental effects. Even knowing those outcomes, they still put their physical and mental health in danger to get the

In 2014, an eight-month old baby was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She needed chemotherapy. However, before chemo the father wanted to try medicinal marijuana. Twice a day he put some cannabis oil (marijuana oil) on her pacifier and slowly increased the dosage. After 2 months, the tumor reduced remarkably and there was no need for chemo after that. Today, she has no long- term side effect from her treatment. To have something that easy to use and to get such a remarkable and unbelievable outcome is fantastic. That baby did not have to go through the pain and horror of chemotherapy that only had a chance at saving her life (