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6.Medical Marijuana

Pros: 1.Marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS. It can do so with remarkable safety. Marijuana is less toxic than many of the drugs that physicians prescribe every day.

2 .There is very little evidence that smoking marijuana does any damage at all to the body. Marijuana has been smoked widely in Western countries for more than four decades, there have been no reported cases of lung cancer or emphysema attributed to marijuana.

3.Legalizing marijuana would stop a large amount of gang violence. People have lost their lives over marijuana, there is gang violence that goes on everyday over it. If marijuana was legalized then gang violence would drop drastically.

4.Legalizing marijuana would generate billions in additional tax revenue annually. There are over 310 million people in the United States. I'm a betting man and I'd be willing to bet that at least 5% of these people would buy marijuana on a regular basis. The government could but a 100% or even 200% tax on Marijuana and people would still buy it, the amount of money that is waiting to be made is ridiculous.

Cons:

1.The National Eye Institute did research studies and none of them demonstrated that marijuana could lower IOP [intraocular pressure] as effectively as drugs already on the market.

2. There are some potentially serious side effects of marijuana including an increased heart rate and a decrease in blood pressure in studies using smoked marijuana.

3.Smoking marijuana damages the brain, heart, lungs, and immune system.

4.It impairs learning and interferes with memory, perception, and judgment.

5.Smoking marijuana contains cancer-causing compounds and has been implicated in a high percentage of automobile crashes and workplace accidents.

6. 3-4 Cannabis cigarettes a day are associated with the same evidence of acute and chronic bronchitis and the same degree of damage to the bronchial mucosa as 20 or more tobacco cigarettes a day.

Medical marijuana should definitely be an option. The pros out weighs the cons by a great deal.