Marijuana is an illegal drug that is commonly used in many parts of the world. It is a blend of desiccated leaves, flowers, seeds and stems of the hemp plant. Typically, marijuana is smoked to provide a calm or euphoric state but recently, people have been eating the substance to produce a slighter but prolonged high. Surveys conducted in 2007 in the US prove that 14.4 million people had smoked marijuana in the past month. Marijuana most certainly should not be legalised because it is highly addictive, can cause significant damage to health, and has the status of a gateway drug. Despite the fact that those who support legal marijuana say that the drug is not as addictive as cocaine or heroin, addiction treatment specialists beg to differ. They say that …show more content…
A research conducted in 2014 proves that more than 10% of people who have smoked marijuana before end up being dependent on it or being addicted to it. Regardless of whether a person is smoking marijuana or eating the mixture itself, the odds of them needing to consume marijuana regularly and being unable to stop it are high. The National Institute on Drug Abuse claims that using marijuana in a long term scenario definitely has addictive potential. How is it practical for the government to legalise an addictive drug? Furthermore, when trying quit smoking or consuming marijuana, you are subject to the following withdrawal effects of mood swings, insomnia, irritability, poor appetite, anxiety, cravings, depression and agitation. The severity of all these withdrawal effects emphasise why marijuana should not be