Marijuana Legalization It is my view that while Marijuana can be a controlled medical substance, it is still an addictive gateway drug with serious mental and physical symptoms. Marijuana can also have dire consequences on people around while under the influence of marijuana. Cannabis Sativa is known by many name, most commonly marijuana. According to one of my sources, “Cannabis Sativa is currently one of the oldest plants cultivated by humanity going back 12,000 years” (Agata 1). It originated then first in Asia then it moved to the Middle East through Arab merchants. After that it moved to Europe in the 1400’s and then to the Americas after the Europeans established colonies there. Marijuana has thrived here ever since. It is currently viewed by the government as a controlled medical substance, and as such is legal is in some states for medical use. California was the first state to legalize marijuana for medical use opening the door for other states to follow. To date 23 states have legalized medical marijuana, some states such as …show more content…
In counter to this argument I believe that we should not legalize it and subject these poor ill patients to the symptoms and effects of marijuana. In the book Medical Marijuana by Margaret Haerens the book states that “The federal government should not get in the way of patients who use marijuana to alleviate pain and suffering from a number of medical conditions” (Haerens 21). The main point of view of this argument is to argue that marijuana is needed by patients thus justifying the need for medical marijuana. In the same book it says that medical marijuana is found to alleviate the pain to various symptoms such as the nausea associated with chemotherapy. In an article by the New Howard