It’s unfortunate that the citizens of the United States are behind the 8-ball when it comes to marijuana. The laws are not transparent are out of date, not to mention they need to be changed to fit what the citizens want. The best thing you can do is to educate yourself about the subject of marijuana. here are some facts that can bring your education of the subject to a higher level.
MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY:
A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality.
HEAVY MARIJUANA USE AS A YOUNG ADULT WON’T RUIN YOUR LIFE:
Veterans Affairs scientists looked at whether heavy marijuana use as a young adult caused long-term problems later, studying identical twins in which one twin had been a heavy marijuana user for a year or longer but had stopped at least one month before the study. The second twin had used marijuana no more than five times ever. Marijuana use had no significant impact on physical or mental health care utilization, health-related quality of life, or current socio-demographic characteristics.
THE ‘GATEWAY EFFECT’ MAY BE A MIRAGE:
People often call marijuana the gateway drug because they point to associations indicating the person who uses marijuana are more likely to eventually try hard drugs than those who never use marijuana. A federally funded study by RAND Corp suggests some people simply have an underlying propensity to try drugs, and start with what’s most readily available.
PROHIBITION DOESN’T WORK:
The White House had the National Research Council examine the data being gathered about drug use and the effects of U.S. drug policies. NRC concluded, “the nation possesses little information about the effectiveness of current drug policy, especially of drug law enforcement.” In other words there is no proof that prohibition, the cornerstone of U.S. drug policy for a century, reduces drug use. In fact it increases it because people want to see what the hype is all about.
MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER:
Federal researchers implanted several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung cancers in mice, and then treated them with cannabinoids. THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and increased the mice’s lifespan. Even the heaviest marijuana smokers have showed up in studies with no sign or increased risk of cancer.
After reading all this you should start thinking to yourself that this drug isn’t so harmful. In fact its been proven above and throughout history to be the safest drug in the world. So shouldn’t we all have legal access to get it if we need it as a humans trying to live in this world?
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