Pro's of Marijuana Legalization - MarijuanaToday.com



  • The strongest argument for legalizing marijuana is for medical purposes. Marijuana can treat many patients with certain illnesses. Legalizing marijuana will make it easier for the patients to receive the drug and it will make it easier for scientist to study the drug further and confirm the drugs medicinal purposes. Below is a chart explaining what diseases marijuana can treat.
Condition
Marijuana Treatment
Cancer Chemotherapy
often causes extreme nausea and vomiting		Active ingredient THC reduces vomiting and nausea,
alleviates pretreatment anxiety
AIDS-related wasting
Low appetite, loss of lean (muscle) mass		Improves appetite
Pain and Muscle Spasms
Associated with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis		Reduces muscle spasms; may ease incontinence of
bladder and bowel and relieve depression.
Glaucoma
A progressive form of blindness due to increased pressure inside the eyeball		When smoked, it reduces pressure within the eye.
But it may also reduce blood flow to the optic nerve, exacerbating the loss of vision.
  • Legalizing Marijuana means we can treat the problem of drug abuse as a medical problem not a criminal one.




  • The United States spends millions of dollars a year on to get drugs off the street. This could all turn into a profit...If Marijuana is legalized The U.S. can put tax on it and the revenues can be used for awareness of the drugs affects and treatment.
  • During the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920's the Mafia could produce alcohol and had a considerable control over others who wanted it. The role that the Mafia played in the 1920's has transformed into the corner drug dealers and drug cartel of the 1990's.
  • Legalization will result in a decrease in deaths related to drug deals.
  • The government spends $8.26 million dollars a year to try to keep Marijuana off the street
  • Money spent on prohibition is an overwhelming figure that is not needed and is obviously accomplishing little.
  • 1/6th of people in jail are in for non-violent marijuana offenses. Prisons are overcrowded and it cost a lot of money to keep a person in prison. Legalizing marijuana would make room for more violent offenders.
  • The money saved on law enforcement can turn into a profit or be used for treatment and education of the drugs effects.
  • Scientists have proved that marijuana is not a lethal drug.
  • A recent report states that approximately 57 million people in this country are addicted to cigarettes, 18 million are addicted to alcohol, and 10 million are abusing psychotherapeutic drugs
  • Everyday 1,000 people die from smoking related illnesses, 550 die from alcohol related accidents and diseases, and less than 20 die of drug related causes.
  • The record speaks for itself: American adolescents use marijuana twice as much as their counter parts in Holland where the drug is legal. Furthormore the only drug that causes traffic fatalities in and violence in Holland is the same one that causes these problems here--Alcohol