Opposing The Legalization of Marijuana

"If marijuana is legal, the marijuana garden in the backyard will appear anywhere, so the children can easily choose fruits from the next tree" (Johnathan Greens). According to the National Drug Use and Health Survey, 62.2% of the 14.2 billion people who used cannabis for the first time on the 1st day were under 18 years of age in 2003. This figure has increased nearly 3% each year. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is an active ingredient of cannabis, which is a problem as it may be dangerous if it absorbs it or abuses it in capsule / tablet form (Barr).

The medicine is very controversial. People have such a strong opinion as to whether they are legal or illegal. People who oppose the legalization of marijuana should be aware that people use it regardless of whether it is legal or not. If marijuana is legal, as with tobacco and alcohol, the government can further regulate use and sales. The government can also get some income from sales. In short, the current policy to keep illegal marijuana must be changed so that Americans have the right to decide whether they can be for marijuana.

Since the late 1960s Gallup regularly asked Americans whether to use marijuana in the United States. Most Americans have opposed the idea of ​​legalizing marijuana, but the support of the world grew slowly over the years. In 1969, only 12% of Americans supported legalization of marijuana, but by 1977 approximately one quarter of Americans admitted cannabis. In 2000, the support rate was as high as 31%, and now about one third of Americans think that marijuana should be legal. Some Americans have a tendency to support the legalization of marijuana. In order to better understand which Americans tend to favor legalization, Gallup combined the results of the three surveys conducted in August 2001, November 2003 and October 2005 It is.

There are many myths related to the use of marijuana, people opposed to legalization of marijuana repeatedly quote. One of them is that cannabis causes brain damage. In the late 1970s, the opposition figures made a request based on the study of Dr. Robert Heath of the rhesus monkey. Heath's research was criticized because it misunderstood the brain structure of normal monkey as "damaged" because there were only 4 monkeys with insufficient sample size and experimental bias could not be controlled ( Hager 1). Practical studies of the cannabis user group did not show evidence of brain injury (Hager 1). Indeed, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) conducted two studies in 1977, but they did not find evidence of brain damage to serious marijuana users (Hager 1). In the second half of that year, JAMA made progress towards the legitimization of marijuana (Hager 1). If marijuana causes brain damage, does JAMA agree to legalize it?