Marijuana has always been a vital part of our world's culture, with evidence dating back to as early as ancient Egypt and ancient Greece, and in the 19th century ( “History and Debate”). It has been used as a pain reliever, and now it's used as a vice drug, but it’s time for it to go back to its initial use, a beneficial use. Marijuana has been genetically modified for medicinal use, it can help people with disease no pharmaceutical drug can. It can change millions of lives in our country, by letting people actually live their life instead of constantly taking pills that aren’t nearly as effective. Medicinal Marijuana has more benefits than detriments and should be legalized.
POINT (OKON) In the United States there are only twenty-four states that have legalized medicinal marijuana, and in these states there are approximately 1,137,069 patients depending on marijuana to help them on a daily basis. ( …show more content…
This is due to California being the very first state to legalize the use of medicinal marijuana in 1996, long before any other state had. With California being known as the state for this lots of patients from across the country have gone their to get their license for medicinal marijuana. This is due to the fact that 76% of doctors will recommend medicinal marijuana to their patients if needed ( “Survey: 76%”). People who have received over twenty years in education, with countless years of experience of being a doctor have recommend this, who are we to tell them what's best for us when they clearly know more? These doctors aren’t just from California or the United States, it was a poll for 1,446 doctors coming from 72 different countries ( “Survey: 76%” ). This just helps illustrate that medicinal marijuana doesn’t just have an affect on the United States, rather it has one all over the world. The question is no longer whether to legalize it but rather why haven’t we done it