April 21. 2015 In recent discoveries, some people have argued whether or not marijuana should be legalized for recreational use. There are a lot of people that disagree and believe that medical purposes are good enough because of the proven results but there are also a lot of people that agree to the legalization of marijuana because of it not being categorized as a harmful drug. This so called “gateway drug” has never killed a single person but citizens with little or no knowledge at all about this drug still seem to believe it harms the body in an extreme way. Legalizing marijuana would help out the United States through many ways. Such as, creating more jobs for society, it could steer away people from alcohol and other products that harm the body and the obvious one, for medical use. One of the most important ways is how much it would help the economy. It would increase the governments’ revenue due to the high taxes and strong demand for the product. Marijuana is known for the endless amount of ways it helps people medically. Reasons like glaucoma, cancer, nerve pain and even a simple headache are reasons people can be prescribed. With cancer being a big one, you may wonder how on earth marijuana helps cancer. Although it does not actually cure it, it does help the pain caused by cancer. Nausea from patients going through chemotherapy can decrease. A better appetite can come from marijuana helping the unhealthy weight loss of the patients and the lack of sleep can improve with the help of THC that is within marijuana. Almost half of the United States have realized what the use of marijuana does medically and have gone about legalizing it just for that use only after one has received a medical card.
One of the most important ways the legalization of marijuana can help the United States is with its economy. “There is evidence of widespread use of marijuana