Ah. Of course, a millennial college student talking about marijuana. What are the odds? As for this blog, I'm going to stick to the approval of recreational Mary Jane around the nation.
There's one specific study in England that shows that kids between the ages ages 17-20 that have higher cognitive activity were more inclined to smoke marijuana. The study shows that the higher cognitive kids showed the trait of "openness to experience" (ProCon). The point is that the effects of marijuana could help a struggling researcher come up with the next big thing.
Another reason is if you look at ADHD medicine, and possible other medications, Adderall and vyvanse are about a hair away from being cocaine and meth. Marijuana, depending on the strain, has the same cognitive effects as the pills. Where it relaxes the brain and helps people like myself and our brain slow down. Where as the pills contribute to the lack of appetite and can keep you up all night, marijuana helps people enjoy foods more deeply and seamlessly fall asleep. Overall, the use of marijuana can be used as a formal remedy for many illnesses.
Lastly, marijuana will do two things for the government once it becomes legal. If you haven't paid attention to Colorado's economy in the last few years, the state has turned marijuana into a billion dollar industry....... just within a single state. Think about what an extra billion dollars per state could do for this country. And if you're not interested in the economy, marijuana can single handily destroy the use of hard drugs such as cocaine, meth, LSD, and heroin. Some people just want to escape reality in any form that they can get their hands on it seems like. Once marijuana is legal nation wide, it'll be so common among the streets that the prices for it will drop dramatically. A druggie, whom probably doesn't have very much money to begin with will be more than likely willing to spend more money on a cheaper drug like marijuana in certain amounts than those that are harmful and cost a lot more money.
In conclusion, many people were so focused on the fact that the government wouldn't be able to regulate the recreational use of marijuana which is why everyone kept ignoring the legalization of it. Well, there are now 26 states that have some legal form of using the plant. The plant is also known to help those that have many different types of medical conditions to ease pain and help retain happiness as well. The use of marijuana will even eliminate the use of harder drugs and thus faze out the cartels from smuggling things across our borders. Marijuana will become legal with due time.
From the Love Administration’s blog, an article,“US Gov: Mary Jane and Me,” argues for the approval of recreational marijuana in America. The author includes numerous factors for the legalization of marijuana such as cognitive benefits to students, medication, and economic benefits.
ReplyDeleteHe begins by explaining higher achieving students are more likely to improve their cognitive abilities using marijuana. This seems kind of counterintuitive considering marijuana is meant to slow down your neuropathways. I suppose by slowing down their neuropathways, they could roam through their thoughts calmly and have an “openness to experience” as the author considered. This was an interesting point of view, considering the stereotype of marijuana users are those who have a carefree view on schoolwork. Perhaps with more conclusive scientific evidence, this theory could become a beneficial factor when arguing for the legalization for marijuana. For now, I do not believe there is sufficient proof to this claim.
Next, he acknowledges the medicinal value of marijuana in reference to those who may lose their appetite or have insomnia. I agree with this claim since marijuana leads to drowsiness and the “munchies.” Also, many veterans who have PTSD use marijuana to alleviate stress and calm themselves from the terrors they experienced. Marijuana's ability to help natural chemicals work better also allows it to aid with pain from various diseases such as cancer and seizures. Though marijuana may cause negative side effects as well, its aid in PTSD and pain in general lead me to the conclusion that the good outweighs the bad.
Finally, he recognizes that legalizing marijuana would bring economic benefits by allowing this to become a billion dollar industry. I believe this could become a possibility. Currently, marijuana is considered illegal on the federal level, yet legal marijuana businesses must pay taxes for it since that is their source of income, which creates unhappiness and low morale in this industry. If America were to legalize marijuana, it would create fair tax breaks which would allow more marijuana business to fund areas of our government like education or the infrastructure. In conclusion, I agree with the author that legalizing marijuana would bring medical and economic relief to America.
On March 30, 2017, Chance Love wrote on his blog " US Gov: Mary Jane and Me I will start by saying that I agree with Mr. Love on the use of Marijuana for medical reasons. In his post-Mr. Love use examples of people with medical problems that benefit from the use of marijuana. Nevertheless, when it come to recreational use I do not see how this can benefit people regarding health used, but mostly for pleasure.
ReplyDeleteWhile I am not a marijuana user I do believe that there are some advantages to legalizing marijuana for recreational used, but mostly for medical purposes.Furthermore, Mr. Love uses some great examples of states that have adopted laws legalizing marijuana for the recreational and medical use and have shown an increase grow in their economy. While marijuana is still a problem on the federal level, I believe that is more states continue to adopt laws that legalize the use of marijuana it could end up been removed from the class 1 drugs.
However, only time will tell how marijuana has impacted states that have for now legalize for recreational and medical use. Moreover, I would say that marijuana has come a long way and people's views have also changed in regards to marijuana. In conclusion, I agree with Mr. Love in regards to marijuana been beneficial for medical use. On the other hand, for recreational it will be more of an economy growth for the government. Mr. love makes a good argument about business been tax.