According to US.news, in 2012, every forty-two seconds,the FBI arrested one United States residents for (majority) possessed marijuana. In contrast, more than fifty-two percent of American adults publicly support the legalization of marijuana. Therefore, in this case, should the government legalized marijuana or should keep it illegal as usual?
Marijuana, also known as cannabis or pot, was found in Asia around 500 BC. Marijuana used to be use as a medical herbal medicine. Later, in the 20th century, due to political and racial factor, marijuana became illegal. On 2001 and 2010, according to ACLU, there are 8.2 million marijuana arrests with 88 percent of them are only using marijuana. At the same time, WebMD’s survey on 1,544 doctors from
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Lots of people mistakenly believe in the “marijuana is not addictive” myth. However, the development of problems use in marijuana, known as marijuana use disorder, are also associated with dependence of the drug. The users will have withdrawal syndrome if they do not use the drug. According to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), there are around four million people in United States has marijuana use disorder in 2015, but only 138,000 people reach out for medical helps. Of course it is true that marijuana is less addictive than tobacco and alcohol since they has more mild effect of addiction, the high resistance of using cannabis can still make the users lost their controlling use, lead to the more severe case is drug abuse. In fact, Dr. J.Wesley Boyd, from Psychology Today, records that in 2009, 61 percent of teenagers who are under fifteen and 18 percent teens aged twelve or older are victims of marijuana drug abuse. Also, the consequence of marijuana addiction lead to many heartbroken that not everyone recognize. A Dr. J Wesley Boyed’s male patient in his mid twenty, who has a high tolerance use marijuana, said that he tried his best to quit marijuana, but fail to giving up completely. The patient also mention that marijuana keep him isolate from his dearest like family and friends. Hence, does the supporters of marijuana want to see that there will be more adolescents get abused by marijuana and people isolated from society? This is an “expensive price” that every marijuana users will pay. The numbers of people who disregard the aware marijuana addiction are keep growing rapidly, and at the same time, more people in treatment for drug abuse of marijuana also growing without a