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Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

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Has Marijuana ever hurt anybody? Think about it, marijuana has been around for hundreds of years and you never heard the News 12 saying ¨Breaking news Marijuana has killed 4 people yesterday,¨ Not once anybody ever heard that. Marijuana has never killed anybody but if you look at all the patients that took medical marijuana it helped them. That is why I know Marijuana should be legalized. Let me fill you in with some of the reasons why I think Marijuana should be legalized. First Marijuana helps tremendously in medical issues. Also it won't increase the use of marijuana if it is legal; it is less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. For my first reason marijuana has a lot of medical use. Marijuana has helped thousand of people with Epilepsy, and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and more. In Sanford hospital nurses give patients with a lot of pain Marijuana. A lot of veterans come back from war with PTSD, they go to doctors to find medication for their sleeping, and depression, but most people don´t know that Marijuana will help the veterans PTSD. People might say that Marijuana is still a drug and it could harm the older people with their weak lungs, but would you rather those veterans have a potential medication or have to live their life with depression, and everytime they hear a loud noise they get scared. We have the medication to help people with these diseases so let's use it. …show more content…

It won’t increase use because some people are scared of what is could do to them. Some people despite the smell

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