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Why Weed Should Be Legalized

Just some reason as to why I believe marijuana should be legal.

Shelby Trimm

Jan 22, 2020

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I have always been passionate about the legalization of marijuana. So here are some of the reasons why.

Medical Uses

According to a Discovery Health article, marijuana has been extremely successful in relieving nausea. Which is a very common side effect of cancer patients going through chemotherapy. Marijuana also helps those with a loss of appetite due to diseases. It also helps those who suffer from chronic pain and spasms by relaxing the muscles. Weed can also be used as a sleep aid for those who suffer from insomnia or other sleep disorders.

Safer than drugs that are already legalized

Harm to the user and others is less with marijuana than harms posed by alcohol and cigarettes. No one has died from a marijuana overdose. There is a very low risk of abuse when it comes to marijuana. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is not as addicting as one may think. Dependence on marijuana is around 9-10 percent in adult users while cocaine hooks 20 percent of its users. Heroin gets 25 percent and the worst culprit is tobacco with 30 percent of its users becoming addicted.

Insanely common

Already 40 percent of Americans have admitted to using marijuana. Marijuana is becoming more and more common every year despite being less addictive than caffeine. Even famous people use marijuana. For example, Martha Stewart, Morgan Freeman, Ted Turner, Michael Bloomberg are all high-functioning marijuana users.

Simply not a gateway drug

As Scientific American points out, the studies that show people who use marijuana first before trying other drugs is correlation and not causation. People who use harder drugs tend to use alcohol and cigarettes more rather than marijuana. Personally, those who I know have smoke weed have not more on to harder drugs. I believe that is true for many others as well.

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Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

24. “If you’re gonna be somebody’s heartbreak, somebody’s mistake, if you’re gonna be somebody’s first time, somebody’s last time, be mine.”

25. “Don’t be afraid to take the road less traveled on.”

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)