Marijuana Legalization
Uruguayan government must be the most daring in the world. According to Mic (2014), they proved this as late as they legalized the use of marijuana. There have been divergent opinions on whether to legalize weed or not. And with Uruguay providing the laboratory for scientific prove, it sounds an alert to other nation on pressure to appreciate and embrace the legalization of weed. Against many false dogmas surrounding the use of the ‘drug’, there exist countless benefits from its legalization. This writing elaborates why nations should follow the trend and legalize marijuana.
Firstly, the illegality of marijuana is based on unproven theories and delusions. Use of the modern scientific records proves against dogmas of reefer madness associated with marijuana consumption (Alternet, 2007). Claims of how vastly dangerous marijuana use can be, are nothing else, but 20th-century prejudices that existed without any scientific evidence. Since the discovery of cannabinoid receptor system during the late 1980s, cases of psychoneurotic hysteria concerns are yet to be confirmed. Also, a belief wide that marijuana helps in generation of criminals is nothing away from lies. Somebody’s character in inborn and prevalent. We have as many criminal culprits who don’t know the taste of marijuana. There is no any ground to support this.
Secondly, almost every government has failed to control the use of marijuana. According to WHO (world health organization) statistics, more than 5% in the world smoke bhang (Patel & Woodward, 2010). The World Health Organization also reports that there has been an increasing trend over the years. Statistics shows that there are nearly three times arrests for marijuana possession compared to cocaine, heroin, and their derived products. In accordance to Drugpolicy.org, 2011), marijuana arrests unnecessarily makes law implementations expensive and less efficient wasting space in jails, clogging court systems, and diverting of police time. It wastes time for judges and attorneys away from crimes of violence, the sexual abuse, and terrorism cases. Taxation of bhang shall be of income benefits to the governments especially the third world countries (Mic, 2014).
Thirdly, use of bhang is not as harmful as some other drugs. People have collective concerns about the use marijuana. But so are there many about tobacco or alcohol. Science has proven that marijuana use is not toxic to the human body. According to McDonough & Remington (2012), an overdose of bhang is almost impossible. Marijuana is not more addictive as alcohol and tobacco that are legal worldwide. And more cases of drug dependency on other drugs are more common away from the use of bhang. Moderate use of marijuana seems to pose no risk to healthy adults. On any level of its impact on society and health effects lies heavily on legalization. That lives the balance for every nation to weigh whether legalization is recreational or medicinal. But the fact remains, it is not fair nor just to subject marijuana users to harsh treatment of law than users of alcohol or tobacco. However, like any other drug is harmful to children’s development, there should be a scientific establishment of required age limit (Alternet, 2007).
In conclusion, the benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh pros. Any other government should refocus on its principles and understand why they should follow Uruguayan example. Many people have just written to advocate on medicinal and recreational legalization, but this writing elucidates on more reasons why marijuana stand international legalization. Coming up with systems for regulating and processing, sale, and marketing definitely will be complex and complicated, but it will be have ended a long needless problem
References
Alternet,. (2007). The Top Ten Reasons Marijuana Should Be Legal. Retrieved 14 October 2015, from http://www.alternet.org/story/60959/the_top_ten_reasons_marijuana_should_be_legal
Drugpolicy.org,. (2011). Marijuana Legalization and Regulation | Drug Policy Alliance. Retrieved 14 October 2015, from http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana-legalization-and-regulation
McDonough, E., & Remington, S. (2012). The official High Times cannabis cookbook. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
Mic,. (2014). One Year After Uruguay Legalized Marijuana, Here's What It's Become. Retrieved 14 October 2015, from http://mic.com/articles/106094/one-year-after-uruguay-legalized-marijuana-here-s-what-it-s-become
Patel, V., & Woodward, A. (2010). Mental and neurological public health. San Diego, CA: Academic Press/Elsevier.
