Laws have a major importance in our lives, but when its it ok to break laws and is it ever justified? People will always try to find loopholes on the laws they have broken. Laws are there to keep people in check, if they break it their punishment could be server or community service. Drug laws are some of the most strict laws in the United States, even tho the laws are strict people from other countries have brought them in and have sold them across the nation. The war on drugs is an ongoing battle. People use drugs for pain, illnesses, and recreational use. The war on drugs are is hard war to stop, from drug cartels in Mexico or any other south and central American countries are sending drugs to the US and making a huge profit. The US government …show more content…
“The first recorded use of marijuana was in 2900 BC in China. It was believed that it possessed with yin and yang” according to ProCon. In several states it has legalized and numerous other states it is still frowned upon. Vermont was the first to legalize marijuana legislatively according to The Washington Post. California and Colorado are well known for weed and they have weed dispensaries. Medical marijuana is helping people with very ill patients alleviate the symptoms. Medical marijuana doesn’t have THC which get people high, not having THC is a good thing because it is just focusing on the other aspects of the drug. “Marijuana has helped control epileptic seizures, stops cancer from spreading, decrease anxiety, THC has slow down alzheimer's, treats inflammatory bowel disease, relieve arthritis disease, and reduces some of the pain and nausea of Chemo and stimulates appetite” according to Business Insider. “A chemical found in Marijuana that can help prevent cancer from spreading is huge. In 2007 Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco found that Cannabidiol stops cancer by turning off a gene called Id-1. A few studies in United States, Spain, and Israel that suggest the compounds in weed could kill cancer cells” according to Business