Marijuana In Les Paradis Artificiels By Charles Baudelaire

Marijuana or more commonly known as weed is the most illicit drug used in the US. Marijuana is still yet to be legal. Marijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. The plant contains the mind-altering chemical tetrahydrocannabinol and other related compounds. (“Drug Facts” Par 1). In the 19th century several poets explored the use of weed along with millions of people today.

Les Paradis Artificiels is a book by French poet Charles Baudelaire, first published in 1860, about the state of being under the influence of opium and hashish. His whole book explains what it feels like to be high of hashish. “At first, a certain absurd, irresistible hilarity overcomes you. The most ordinary words,

“A promising research has discovered that the use of cannabis could impact ten of thousands of children and adults that include treatment for cancer, epilepsy and Alzheimer’s. With regard to pain alone, cannabis could greatly reduce the demand for narcotics and simultaneously decrease the number of accidental painkiller overdose which is one of the greatest cause of preventable death in the country” (Gupta 1). Marijuana is also known to be one of the safest drugs. There is very little evidence to prove marijuana is a health risk. “Although cannabis has been smoked widely for more than four decades there has been no report causes to lung cancer or emphysema there are zero deaths known from the use of marijuana” (Grinspan 1). Medical Marijuana seen as one of the best natural medicines known. Daisy Green, a loyal customer at Encanto Green Cross explains to everyone how marijuana helped her. Daisy is a cancer patient who was diagnosed at the age of 28. She had five rounds of chemotherapy and five rounds of radiation, none of which had work to stop her cancer. After trying Marijuana went into remission just 2 months later and was in remission for the next two years. She stated, “It feels incredible to feel better naturally without pain and the use of pills” (Medical Marijuana N.P.). Another patient named David Ezparza who had Parkinson’s for 13 years also describes how much marijuana helped him

This year marijuana was on the ballet in five states to be legalized. Only four of the five states got passed for legalization. Arizona is that one state that did not get passed. Even though it didn’t get passed that is not going to stop anyone from using it. Pot is one of the cheapest and easiest drugs to get ahold of. Only going for $10 almost anyone can afford to get their hands on this. Revised in June 2016 “ Marijuana use remained steady among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders over the past five years. Past-month use of smoked marijuana remained steady among 8th graders at 6.5 percent, 10th graders at 14.8 percent, and 12th graders at 21.3 percent. Six percent of 12th graders report daily use of marijuana. The majority of high school seniors do not think occasional marijuana smoking is harmful, with only 31.9 percent saying that regular use puts the user at great risk compared to 78.6 percent in 1991” (‘ High School and Youth” Par 4). Over the years marijuana has had dramatic changes in THC levels ."I think we're the best industrial growers of cannabis in the world," Medicine Man Marijuana CEO Andy Williams said of his company. Williams owns a high-tech cannabis grow facility in Colorado .He gave CNN a glimpse inside one section of it, a 12,000-square foot operation with machines that regulate temperature and humidity, and filter the air to create the best environment for fine-tuning cannabis