Should marijuana be legalized?

Should Marijuana be legalized?

Marijuana is a very common street and recreational drug that comes from the marijuana plant. It is dried leaves and flowers especially smoked in the form of cigarettes.

Many people think marijuana is harmless. It is not. Consumption of marijuana can have long-term and short-term effect. The long-term effects may include decrease in motivation and harmful effects on the brain, heart, lung and reproductive system. People who smoke marijuana are more likely to develop cancer of the head and throat. The more often a person smokes marijuana and the longer they continue to smoke it, the greater is their chance of developing cancer in places such as the mouth, tongue. A person who starts smoking marijuana will be habitual to other harmful drugs in future. This drug as you know is bad and causes severe side effects to your brain and body. Scientist has found that smoking marijuana can cause you to loose your memory. Marijuana has many psychological and physical effects. People usually smoke marijuana in cigarettes or pipes, but it also can be mixed with food and beverages.

Those people who take marijuana are violent because they are stimulated by drugs. So this sort of drugs increases crime rate and if they are legalized than everyone will be taking such drugs and crime rate will reach on the top. Similarly, young girls and boys will be involved in it and they will be addicted from their early age.

However, marijuana is also considered as the beneficial medicine for some treatments by the doctors. Marijuana alleviates the nausea, vomiting, and relief’s muscle pain. It is also used as one of the good medicine for the people who are mentally ill. Though marijuana has various advantages it has many disadvantages also. So, in my point of view it should not be legalized.