Over the past several decades marijuana has been given a very bad reputation by the government. The image that the government projects on society about marijuana and it’s consumers is horrific. People are led to think that marijuana is extremely dangerous and addictive; that it is a “gateway drug”, and it’s consumers are just couch potatoes. Those things are not true. Let’s start over and forget everything you have ever heard about marijuana. We want you to know the truth. We are not saying that Marijuana does not have any effects. We just want to get our point across without any biased perception; marijuana is far less harmful than alcohol, tobacco, and any other narcotic, and is something responsible adults do in substitute of the more harmful narcotics.
The question isn’t will marijuana be
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It is last in withdrawal symptoms, tolerance, and dependency. Second to last in reinforcement, a measure of the substance’s ability in humans and animal test, to get users to take it again and again, and in preference to other substances. It’s third to last in intoxication. Alcohol is first in withdrawal, and intoxication. Nicotine is first in dependency, and second in tolerance. Marijuana is far less addictive that nicotine and alcohol. (Addictive …show more content…
“During the first six months of 2014, violent crime in the city and county of Denver was down 3 percent from the same period in 2013.” (Ferner, 2014) Legalization of cannabis has no harmful effects on people and the location of its use. Although Marijuana isn’t as bad as tobacco it still has lasting affects as stated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Marijuana affects brain development, and when it is used heavily by young people, its’ effects on thinking and memory may last a long time or even be permanent.” (NIDAA,