Many people think marijuana, (also known as weed, pot, hemph, or mary jane), should be legalized, while others don’t believe this. Marijuana should be legalized due to its potential to do good in the world. Marijuana has many health benefits that cure diseases, it’s less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, and it’s safer than some over the counter drugs. There are many health benefits to smoking marijuana. Many people use it for recreational use but there are more uses for marijuana. “It reduced stress in the trenches.” Gottfried was talking about men smoking during the war in the 1900’s. This can be a very stressful time for many of the men, (at the time there were no women in the military), overseas. Smoking marijuana helped the men with stress being in the war had caused them. Being stressed out can cause insomnia, (not being able to sleep), and not getting enough sleep can cause …show more content…
“Though it remains criminal, pot offers a vastly superior safety record in comparison to legal drugs. Although the misuse of over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen, ephedra, and antihistamines each year kills thousands of Americans, pot is one of the few drugs that has yet to cause a fatality. Nor is there any known fatal dosage.” According to Gerber they have proven deaths due to drugs, that are legal and anyone can access just by going to your local drug store. You can misuse almost any over the counter drug, especially pills, but you can’t overdose with how much marijuana you smoke. Even when doctors prescribe marijuana, to help with a health condition you have, there’s not a proven way to overdose on it, unlike other prescriptions. I know that if there was a way to cure a condition I had safely without any risk due to it and there was a medication that could cause harm to my body, I would choose the safer option instead of risking my health.