Legalizing Marijuana: a "Drug" That Safer Than Alcohol
In recent years marijuana use has become more normalized. The plant is increasingly used for medicinal and recreational purposes and is soon to be legalized in many countries. This is one of the “Legalizing marijuana” essays where I will give some arguments for legal use of this plant.
Marijuana is the plant created by the devil, even although millions of people consume the true devils' brew alcohol, this is what society has been brainwashed to believe about a medicinal plant. This belief seems ingrained, despite the fact that numerous studies have been conducted, proving time and time again that marijuana is physically and mentally safer than alcohol. Studies have proven that THC falls into the low-risk category for addiction whilst alcohol falls into the high-risk category. This piece of information was obtained from the Drug Foundation website.
One concern comes from parents who worry about their children as it is common for teenagers to use marijuana recreationally. However, if marijuana were legally available, teenagers' use would decrease as only licensed shops would sell it, resulting in ID checks to purchase the substance. The thought of legalizing marijuana makes many people outraged, but these same individuals are fine with alcohol, even though a recent study performed by the University of Colorado showed that marijuana had no impact on the structure of grey matter in either teenagers or adults however, alcohol had significant effects in destroying it. This is a worry as the grey matter is the part of the brain responsible for decision-making. This shows marijuana is safer than alcohol and should be legalized in all nations across the globe.
Moreover, it is impossible to overdose on marijuana. Last year the World Health Organization âs expert adviser professor Wayne Hall said the estimated fatal dose of THC is between 15 and 70 grams, a far greater amount than even a very heavy cannabis user could smoke in a day. Each of those 15 to 70 grams would all have to be consumed in one minute to do any harm, physiologically impossible to accomplish. In contrast, alcohol only takes 25 standard drinks (10 shots) to overdose or contract alcohol poisoning. Alcohol causes the most deaths per year than any other drug. Worldwide 2.8 million people (about the population of Mississippi) die every year due to alcohol alone. Another horrifying fact about alcohol is that, in 55% of domestic violence cases, the perpetrator was drinking alcohol before they committed the crime. On the other hand, Cannabis has the opposite effect.. According to a recent study, Low levels of THC helped people manage hard conditions.
Marijuana is safer than alcohol but in contrast many believe it is the other way around. Multiple studies have been done by The Lancet, PMC, and PubMed central all confirming that alcohol is more detrimental to your health than marijuana. Here is an extensive list of long-term health effects caused by alcohol: Liver disease, pancreatitis, heart damage, and stomach issues, central nervous system problems, the list goes on and on. So, what about the long-term effects caused by marijuana: the list is much shorter: Impaired Schizophrenia. However, schizophrenia can only be triggered if the user has a predisposition towards it already. Governments around the world should be ashamed of legalizing and glorifying an extremely dangerous drug while criminalizing and demonizing a safe medicinal plant that can also be used recreationally and to help alleviate pain.
Nevertheless, it must be acknowledged that obtaining alcohol is safer than obtaining cannabis. Alcohol can be bought in controlled environment with ID requirements to purchase it and a hefty fine of £5,000- or 6-month jail time for selling to underage people. In most countries cannabis is acquired through drug dealers who are notoriously violent and unscrupulous. Buying off drug dealers may lead to debt and dangerous situations due to enforced contact with such sinister individuals. If marijuana were legalized, People would not have to purchase the substance from drug dealers and could go to dispensaries where the substance is safe and requires identification. Also, the government could tax and use the proceeds for services like the NHS.
For decades, our government and marijuana prohibition proponents have convinced the public that marijuana is so deadly that it must remain illegal at all costs. They have inflated its potential for harm, promoted falsehoods about its social influence, and even spent hundreds of millions of pounds on TV advertising to persuade you that anyone who smokes marijuana is a loser who spends their days on the couch. Alcohol is responsible for more than 30,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This figure does not include accidental deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on the other hand, does not even have a category for deaths caused by marijuana's health effects. The mortality risk associated with marijuana is around 114 times lower than that associated with alcohol, according to a study published in Scientific Reports in January 2015. This an alarming number of deaths and alcohol is still legal while cannabis has 0 and is still criminalized by most governments today.
In conclusion, I am sure you will agree that marijuana is safer than alcohol from all perspectives. There are many convincing arguments, for example, most pertinently, it causes zero deaths, and it is used for medicinal purposes. That the substance can be dangerous to obtain is one of the few negatives. My personal view is that, at the very least, needs much more robust rules and restrictions. I hold this view because I have seen alcohol ruin many people's lives, I want to stop this from happening in the future. Many studies have been done that show the fact that marijuana is physically and mentally safer than alcohol. Cannabis could be legalized as a healthier alternative. 2.8 million People die every year due to alcohol - all those lives have gone permanently. This it could be prevented by limiting alcohol and legalizing cannabis. Finally, to quote of one man “They legalized alcohol, they legalized tobacco. What is it gonna hurt to legalize this medicinal, medical marijuana that's used for purposes of cataracts?”
