Types of Marijuana

There are two ways that marijuana can be used: medical and recreational. Medical use is through doses requiring a medical marijuana card used only for treatment for patients with diseases. Recreational use is illegally abusing the drug to experience being high. There are many street names for the drug such as weed, pot, dope, blunt, broccoli, Mary Jane, and many more

Forms of Marijuana

Marijuana can be found in many forms. It can be smoked, eaten, and even sometimes made into a juice. Another reason why it is dangerous is because you could receive the drug from someone who may have put other drugs into it as well and you would be unaware that you were putting yourself at even more risk than when you are just taking the one drug. Overall, marijuana is a drug that should not be used nor legalized.

Immediate Effects of the Drug

The immediate effects are puffy red eyes, increase in hunger, slowed reactions, anxiety, paranoia, increased heart rate, and a dazed feeling. This slowed reaction is especially bad because people who decide to drive when they experience being "high" are more than doubling their chances of getting in a car accident.

Later Effects of the Drug

The later effects are dismissed memory, addiction, and lung cancer. Not only will you experience these effects to your brain and body, but you also will notice your wallet shrinking from spending your money on drugs rather than other important things.

States That Have Legalized It

Right now, marijuana is legal for recreational use in 5 states. These five states Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Michigan, and Washington.

Why It Should Not Be Legalized

Now that I have familiarized you with the drug and all the bad effects of it, here is why it should not be legal. Other than all the dangerous effects it has on your brain and body, it can influence children to try it when they are older if it were legal. It also can become a dangerous addiction. One of the biggest reasons that marijuana should not be legalized is that it would be a gateway drug to not only trying worse drugs, but also legalizing them, which would be damaging our society and future slowly but surely.

Opinions of People Who Don't Want It Legalized

It has really bad side effects, it can become an addiction, legalizing weed could lead to the legalization of worse drugs, it's not good for you, and children would be more prone to doing drugs because it is legal.

Opinions of People Who Do Want It Legalized

People think it should be legal so it's less expensive, everyone already does it so it should just be legal, it could be a new way for people to have jobs, economic prosperity from the sale of it, it has been found to help cure diseases, and it's just as bad as drinking and alcohol is legal.