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Pros And Cons Of Legalizing Medical Marijuana

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Sandra E.Vazques
Mr.Kegley
PHS p.4

Medical Marijuana

There are a lot of arguments in the world, one of them is legalizing Medical Marijuana. There are many Pros and Cons of legalizing marijuana. People sometimes take advantage of this law when some others need it for medical reasons. Marijuana should be legalized in all states for many medical use. There are people in the world that need medical marijuana but it’s illegal in their state and it makes it a problem for them. There are 23 states that had legalized marijuana to be used for medical reasons.These states have also “put a limit on how much it should be given out, for people not to overdose”, says the chart in medical …show more content…

Sanjay Gupta. In medicalmarijuana.procon.org, John Walters, Director of Office of National Drug Control Policy, said that smoking “marijuana damages the brain, heart, lungs, and immune system”. It is true, because the use of marijuana is like smoking a regular cigarette, not with the same ingredients but by inhaling the smoke can make damage other parts of our body. Alan J.Budney, Professor of University of Arkansas Center of Addiction, says that after using marijuana it can make us crave for more and “decreased appetite, sleep difficulty, and weight loss” also the person uses “Aggression, anger, irritability, restlessness” because they don’t have the marijuana in their body. Some of the Pro’s is that “Marijuana can relieve many types of chronic pain, nausea and vomiting” says themindfulword.org , Marijuana is very helpful because of its chemicals that is sent to our brain to make us relax and not feel the pain that the medicine causes to the body.In Pro’s and Con’s Honorable Frank Wolf, said he is “concerned that the public and policymakers do not have an accurate understanding of the health and public safety impacts of widespread marijuana availability” .This explains that marijuana is sometimes considered a bad thing for the …show more content…

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