Before agreeing and disagreeing with the quote of Bill Hicks and the legalization of marijuana, people must first know what marijuana is. Cannabis is commonly called marijuana, a slang word that originated in Mexico and refers only to the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant. Marijuana—also called weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and a vast number of other slang terms—is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried, shredded leaves and flowers of Cannabis sativa, the hemp plant. Hemp typically refers to plants grown for fiber and seed. From 1850 to 1915, cannabis was widely used as a medicinal drug in pharmacies and general stores. After the Harrison Act of 1914, marijuana use became a crime for the first time in the U.S. Hick’s quote made a lot of sense especially when he pointed out that “it grows naturally upon our earth. Doesn’t the idea of …show more content…
People who smoke weed are said to lose control which leads to violent acts. I smoked weed for two years and never have I committed a crime. Throughout history, weed has been linked to crimes all around the world specifically because those who had been arrested were tested positive for marijuana use. People are arrested because marijuana is illegal in most places, especially because they fight for it or rebel against the law. According to CNN Health, AIDS/HIV, Alzheimer’s, Arthritis, Cancer, Chronic pain, Glaucoma, Multiple sclerosis and may more. The summer I came to the United States, I went for a checkup and the doctor asked if I smoke marijuana. Hesitated to answer, but I said yes and he told me to continue using it because it’s good for my asthma. So marijuana is recommended by some doctors as a form of medication, medical marijuana. Marijuana don’t affect a persons’ cognitive process in the long run, it might affect the process for the duration of being high, which varies. Marijuana still doesn’t damage the brain in the long