Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

Marijuana has existed for many years and has remained illegal in many states but has become legalized for recreational use in four states, which are Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Alaska. Medical Marijuana has become legalized in thirteen states, some of which are California, New Jersey, Michigan, etc. That signifies that medical marijuana is legalized in twenty five percent of the states, and that recreational marijuana is legalized in less than one percent of the states. Some people deem that recreational marijuana should be legalized for numerous reasons including the positive overall health effects they suspect that it provides. Opposing that argument, Recreational marijuana should not be legalized in all fifty states for countless reasons

Robert Margolis, worked for more than 20 years with teenagers who smoke marijuana, wrote an article about the harmful effects of marijuana, “Legalizing Marijuana Would Harm Teenagers”, and states “According to NIDA, that marijuana is a drug that can and does cause addiction. THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, activates the brain 's reward system in the same way as other drugs of abuse—by triggering the release of dopamine. Charles Stimson advises that the Citizens also should not overlook what may be the greatest harms of marijuana legalization: increased addiction to and use of harder drugs. In addition to marijuana 's harmful effects on the body and relationship to criminal conduct, it is a gateway drug that can lead users to more dangerous drugs. Prosecutors, judges, police officers, detectives, parole or probation officers, and even defense attorneys know that the vast majority of defendants arrested for violent crimes test positive for illegal drugs including marijuana. They also know that marijuana is the starter drug of choice for most criminals. Whereas millions of Americans consume moderate amounts of alcohol without ever "moving on" to dangerous drugs, marijuana use and cocaine use are strongly correlated.
Opposing that proclamation, Philip M. Boffey verbalizes in his article, “What Science Says About

Following this further, Recreational marijuana should not be legalized in all fifty states because it worsens a person’s medical and physical health through out their lifetime. Robert Margolis states in his article, “Legalizing Marijuana Would Harm Teens”, that Marijuana also contains more carcinogenic material than cigarettes and has been statistically linked to cancer. It also impairs the immune system 's ability to fight off diseases and infections. It increases the risk of a heart attack fourfold for the first hour after smoking it. Students who smoke marijuana get lower grades and are less likely to graduate from high school than their nonsmoking peers. Workers who smoke marijuana experience a variety of problems, absences, tardiness, accidents, etc., when compared with workers who do not smoke marijuana. Marijuana also causes major problems with learning, memory, concentration and judgment. Individuals who smoke marijuana have an impaired ability to learn for at least twenty-four hours. Long-term users have been shown to be impaired for up to four weeks after cessation of