Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

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MedMen is one of the largest cannabis retailers in California, which legalized recreational pot as of Jan. 1. Nicknamed the "Starbucks of cannabis," it's experiencing a wave of demand in the wake of the new law, with its West Hollywood store reporting a 480 percent revenue increase.” (E.J. Schultz, 04/2018)

This ad describes that anyone can be a “stoner” but it does not affect who they are there job or their life, that “stoner” is just a tag that people who smoke weed are labelled.
People Say Cannabis is a gateway drugs, that will lead you onto harder substances. Cannabis has been around for millenniums. People had been growing or using it for over 8 000 years since before it was banned. In 448 BC Heredidis used cannabis for steam baths. …show more content…

Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is not as addicting as one may think. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, recently wrote in his essay, "Why I Changed My Mind About Weed," that we have been "systematically misled" on marijuana.
Marijuana should be legal it would save our government lots of money. Marijuana can be used as medicine because it helps to stimulate appetite and relieve nausea in cancer and AIDS patients.
Some religions instruct their followers to use marijuana. Just like Christianity and Judaism instruct their followers to drink wine on certain occasions, some Hindus, Buddhists, Rastafarians, and members of other religions use marijuana as part of their spiritual and religious ceremonies. These people deserve the freedom to practice their religion as they see fit.
You may think having a large amount of THC in your system will kill you, but you are wrong. Ever since marijuana has been known to mankind, not one single account of death from overdose has been recorded. On the other hand, in 2010, 38,329 people died from drug overdoses. Sixty percent of those were related to prescription drugs. In that same year, 25,692 people died from alcohol-related