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Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

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Lougene Wilson
Mrs. Tamy
Advanced Writing
14 December 2015
Legalize Marijuana
Not everyone

To try and realize the health benefits of medical use of marijuana, we would probably save many lives and also help to alleviate financial burden many American faces each year due to blindness caused by glaucoma.
A condition that c ould simply be cured by making marijuana legal in all fifty U.S. States. With the Government making marijuana legal we can help cure many diseases, for example, cancer nervousness ‘disorder that sometimes affect small children. Keeping marijuana illegal may someday create miss opportunities for health benefits as well as saving human lives.
In order to get a clear scope of the benefits of medical marijuana legalization; one could notice all over the world, especially many European Countries Cannabis can be used up to two to five grams without being persecuted for …show more content…

For many years’ marijuana was used to make fabric for clothes and also oil for machinery
Somehow people find it was a demand for other uses and the Government started to put taxes on its production until it became illegal to grow or sell. Once this happens it was no more a demand on the open market so people begin to grow it illegal and sell without owning a permit, which influenced the Federal Government to get involved, this is what made it become illegal to have possession of marijuana, because it was declared a dangerous substance.
Instead, of the Government making marijuana legal and having better control of it use; they totally obliterated it and made it a felony to anyone who had possession of it regardless of the quantity. Only if the Government knew then what they know now the health benefits and income and jobs that are being created out of the manufacturing of hemp or cannabis, they would surely have had a different view or outcome of marijuana as a

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