9-42-2014
11th grade health,
Period 8 , Even
legalization of marijuana
I will talk about the idea of legalization of marijuana in Pennsylvania. I think marijuana being legalized would be good but with few restrictions. Limitations to this drug would have to add age restrictions and other laws. Kids cant go around and legally smoke cigarettes so why do the same with weed. Another thing is don't drive under the influence. After the legalization of marijuana or the idea of it in Washington the roads were already more dangerous. The increase of drives influenced by THC rose from 18.6 to 24.9 percent in 2013. This shows that marijuana isn't safe to use if you plan on driving.
Needless to say marijuana has many positive outlooks on it as well. This helps stop drug dealers selling to anyone. Many high school students say its easier to obtain illegal drugs then it is to get alcohol or tobacco. Making the drug easier will help stop students obtaining these drugs as there would be an even harder restriction from getting marijuana. So in the long term its better to keep students away from marijuana as the same way as tobacco and alcohol. Another great benefit from marijuana being legal is that it can be used more then medical and medicinal. Hemp can be made into paper, paneling, plastics, clothing and thousands of other useful products. The highly nutritious seeds can be used to make flour, cooking oil and cattle feed. So weed could be an economical plus to the state , or country.
resources:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2014/04/03/more-pot-safer-roads-marijuana-legalization-could-bring-unexpected-benefits/
http://legalizationofmarijuana.com/pros-and-cons-of-marijuana.html
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16798-top-ten-reasons-to-legalize-marijuana-now
