Marijuana has been used for medical purposes for thousands of years to treat the general public with illnesses that are uncontrollably painful. However, society often stereotypes marijuana as an addictive drug that only hooligans use to get high and cause problems, yet other drugs and beverages that are far more dangerous are legal. The United States is a place where industries answer to the wants and needs of their customers. Beverages like alcohol are addictive and damaging and don’t have good traces, yet the American populous unknowingly keeps this dangerous narcotic legal. However, as soon as people hear the word marijuana, they act as if it is a terrifying drug. The introduction of marijuana caused havoc, which soon resulted in its prohibition. Cannabis within the years has been proven to not be an addictive drug, which is one reason it should be legalized for the public to use for …show more content…
Legalizing marijuana for medical purposes is the best solution for patients with illnesses that consist of chronic pain, seizures and scoliosis. Marijuana is natural, although it does have chemicals like THC and CBD, it does not harm one’s body like prescribed medications. Why not use a safe medication like marijuana to release pain rather than medicine that could potentially kill you slowly like morphine and other drugs? Marijuana is a natural plant that has many substances in it that help the human body with problems like eating, sleeping, and can even help with nausea on patients that have been in chemotherapy. Cannabis should be used as medicine rather than products such as morphine or other symptomatic drugs on cancerous or tumorous patients. Other Problematic drugs can only cause more harm rather than good: with the chemicals they carry bringing upon long term damage to the critically ill