marijuana has known as the most frequently consumed illegal drug in the United States. Even though, as mentioned above, some states have been legalizing it, but still, the use is only for medical and recreational. The work of marijuana in our brain could be described as; the moment we smoke or consume marijuana, there are some chemicals named cannabinoids would be released into our body, which included THC as the main of those cannabinoids. Then, these cannabinoids would pass over from our stomach or lungs and encounter into our blood. From our blood, these cannabinoids would then travel to our brain along with the other parts of our body. Now, THC has its function as some receptors inside our brain and would able to create an essence of “high” for some people (Iversen).
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Up till now, there no reported death cases due to overdose of marijuana so far. This is due to the consequences of using marijuana would be depended on the amount of time that we spend on consuming it. For this reason, a large amount of time in consuming marijuana still prosecuted in various countries. In addition to this, some stronger types of marijuana could cause health damage which affects our brief-term memory and also our capability as well. However, ever since marijuana has introduced to the public, it has become further pervasive each year regardless of how it has also been less addictive than coffee. In fact, marijuana has been approved to treat some chronic pain, several sclerosis, as well as chemotherapy effects (Jacques).

If there would be a legalization of marijuana, then it would able to remove the consumption of opiods which has been causing many death cases in the United States as the figure below presents.

Figure 1 The Death Cases caused by Opiods

Source: (TIMMER)

Meanwhile, how marijuana has been considered much safer if compared with other drugs which already legalized presented from the figure below.

Figure 2 Harm caused by Drugs

Source: (Jacques)

With most of people in the United States have claimed their agreements to legalized marijuana, here are some beneficial points that would be achieved by its full legalization (White).

·         It would make marijuana to be more financially feasible due to people will no longer need doctor prescriptions to consume it

·         The legalization of marijuana would open up huge business opportunities for the people to sell marijuana, and also create jobs opportunities in the official economy rather than of the illegal market place

·         The legalization of marijuana would also give the tax revenue for the government from its distribution across the country as well

·         A benefit in the medical section is aligned with the fact that marijuana is safer than opiods which have been used typically for pain killer and anesthesia

·         Marijuana could be a safer alternative than alcohol

·         Marijuana could reduce the possibility of people to consume tobacco since marijuana would not cause any lung, head, or neck cancer as tobacco would

·         The legalization of marijuana would make the police officers in the country to put their focus more on other important things rather than arresting the people who consume marijuana

Despite the benefit points mentioned above, it is undeniable if there would always be pros and cons to everything. In the case of legalization for marijuana to be used by the people, there are some detriments to the legalization itself as mention below (White).

·         Marijuana is still morally unacceptable whereas some people still think marijuana as an illegal drug

·         Some critics have arrived in the legalization of marijuana which mentioned it as a “gateway drug” which might lead people to try in consuming other more hazardous drugs such as heroin or cocaine

·         The legalization of marijuana might able to interfere with the medical procedures that have been practiced whereas some doctors might would change their prescriptions for their patients and modify with marijuana

·         It would be quite complicated for the government to determine the new laws which would legalize the use of marijuana in each state

As a conclusion, we can assume that, overall, marijuana could be considered as a relatively safe drug for people to consume. The reason is obvious, marijuana is surely less detrimental than other drugs that have already legalized these days. What’s more, marijuana also has given some potential benefits to certain health level for some people over its medical prescriptions. Besides that, with the fact that there are only relatively small harms can be caused by the use of marijuana, it is quite worth the benefit of decreasing the imprisonment along with the crippling fierce drug alliances financed in part by the profit that would be gained from illegal clear sales of marijuana.

Thus, in other words, the legalization of marijuana would able to deliver more benefits rather than detriments for both the people and also the country as well. However, the government surely needs to make proper research and plan before finally will release the legalization of marijuana. The reason is due to the government needs to understand properly the benefits, the effects, and the consequences that would appear with establishing the legalization of marijuana itself. In simple words, if we take a look all of the aspects, legalization of marijuana would surely be a great thing.

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