Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

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If marijuana gets legalized in all 50 states in the U.S. for medical uses, would it help out the world or make it worse? In the late 5000b.c., marijuana has been used for medical conditions longer than it was labeled as an illegal drug. Years after marijuana has been discovered, a lot of people, especially teenagers, started to abuse the cannabis for other non-medical reasons such as getting high. Because of that reason, there’s a huge controversy of whether to or not to legalize marijuana. However, scientists, researchers, and even doctors claim that marijuana is cheaper than any other medication, cure diseases, and even reduces death rates. Legalizing marijuana would give out a huge positive impact to others who have been suffering or will be suffering from any other conditions that a cannabidiol would’ve prevented. …show more content…

HIV pills cost 750 dollars per tablet. That’s twenty times as much as what cannabinoid would’ve been cost. “Nearly 7 million HIV patients around the world who need antiretroviral drugs, but do not have access to them” (HIV/AIDS & Medical Marijuana). That only counts to those states who chose not to legalize marijuana. Because of that, around 7 million AIDS patients are suffering from the illness that could have been prevented if the price of the original pills weren’t as expensive, and that there’s no alternatives such as a cannabidiol. Not only cannabidiol is “cheaper than currently available drugs”, but it’s “more effective than any other original pills” that can help cure any kind of diseases (Could Cannabis Treat