Legalizing Marijuana In Canada

Legalizing Marijuana in Canada

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The legalization of Marijuana has become a prominent and controversial debate in the society. Various practical and moral arguments have helped to put in perspective the issues surrounding the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana. “Those for ratification have debated for the medicinal purposes, employment, and prospective tax revenue, and crime decrease, failure of the existing prohibition laws and the burden of offenders in our state prison as the stirring factors to validate the drug.” Conversely, certification of marijuana may clue to calamitous effects on our society. The concerns over negative effects on physical and mental health,

These treaties are the Convention on Psychotropic Drugs of 1971, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, and the UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. The treaties state that the member countries should prohibit the use, trade, possession and distribution of drugs outside scientific and medical purposes. According to these treaties, illicit drugs are not allowed for recreational laws. During the 2015 elections, the liberals under Justice Trudeau were advocating for the legalization of marijuana so that its sale can be regulated. The conservatives have however continued to be rigid and have declared that they will not support legalization. The conservatives cite the major reason for opposing legalization as the fear that more kids will smoke marijuana. With the liberal party electoral victory in the just concluded elections, Canada is headed for the legalization of Marijuana. These might bring a lot of backlashes as it is a clear violation of the treaties. Although there are four States in the United States namely; Alaska, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon passed laws allowing the use of Marijuana for recreational purposes. The Federal government in America still considers marijuana as illegal. This clever argument thus shows America is not in violation of the treaties.

“The plant contains the mind-altering chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and more than other related 460 known compounds; of which more than sixty have been identified as cannabinoids. Scientists claim that THC is the cannabinoid responsible for the psychoactive effects of marijuana.” The dried leaves of marijuana are used to prepare a drug that has euphoric and hallucinogenic effects. The above can be achieved by smoking the dried leaves in rolled cigarettes or pipes, mixing the leaves with food and eating or brewing with tea. Marijuana is also commonly referred to as; dope, grass, cannabis Sativa, weed, pot, ganja and Mary Jane. It is the third most commonly used drug in the world after tobacco and alcohol. It is as a result of the euphoric feeling associated with it. Marijuana’s constant inhalation is linked to reduced lung capacity, short-term memory damage, panic, anxiety and poor coordination of movement. Long-term smoking of Marijuana has also been known to cause suppression of immune system, reduction of male sex hormones, and causes cancer. However, cancer only results in the case of smoking marijuana. Consumption of marijuana through cookies, tea, and food, does not cause cancer. It is, however, vital to point out that Marijuana has never been recorded as a cause of death as opposed to other legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco. “In the world Alcohol causes