“It’s actually growing from the ground straight to you, so it’s just like eating a vegetable. you know what I’m saying?” -Snoop Dogg. Exactly how better would this world be if more people agreed with the legalization of marijuana? It would actually help us with so many of today's problems such as: seizures, nausea from chemotherapy, and glaucoma just to name a few. “Weed”, the term used in today’s generation is a misunderstood drug. A large number of people presume the intake of marijuana to be dangerous. Which in some way could be true, but in many ways can be the exact opposite.The use of marijuana should be legalized because it not only has various therapeutic and economic benefits, but it is also much safer than alcohol. Marijuana, also known as weed, pot, bud, grass, ganja, Mary Jane, and a great extent of other jargon expressions is a dark green color and is a mix of stems, flowers, and pointy shape leaves. …show more content…
When asked “Why do you smoke marijuana?” many people answered: It feels like it slows things down, to become alive, and to calm and relax. Marijuana has a long history of usage. The United Nations reported that there's roughly 158.8 million marijuana users around the world, which is more than 3.8% of the planet's population. Many cultures didn’t use marijuana to get high, but instead for medical purposes, and is dated to have started in Asia sometime around 500 B.C. Cannabis, another word for marijuana, originally developed in central Asia before it was introduced to Africa, Europe, and then eventually America. Marijuana fibers were used for things such as clothing and paper and its seeds were used as foods. Marijuana has definitely changed over the past few decades. It’s power is now higher than