Legalizing Marijuana

Marijuana, as well all know, is the most commonly used drug in the world.
In
fact, around 3.8 percent of the world’s population or 158.8 million people
around the world use marijuana, according to United Nations. And the number
is continuously rising. It is said that this drug can help cure diseases, including
cancer, glaucoma, and AIDS. Other people claim that it is a great stress
reliever and a useful medicine for pain. Even doctors prescribed this drug to
people who have problems in sleeping and eating.
But here in the Philippines marijuana is still not legalize. Many said that
people will abuse it and that's the reason why marijuana is still not legalize.
Here are the powerful reasons why we should legalize marijuana
1) The truth is marijuana is not a harmful drug. Although the use of it can have
negative effects on physical and mental health, if used well, it benefits the
user. And when it comes to relative risks and harm, marijuana is proven to be
far less harmful than other products, particularly alcohol and tobacco.
2) Marijuana is Medicine. Of course.
Now, we don’t need to keep listing all the health benefits of cannabis. There
are already tons of articles about cannabis being an all in one medicine with
only a tiny, tiny percent of a chance of an overdose.
Even though 23 states have legalized cannabis medically, physicians still
don’t have national guidelines on how to prescribe it. High Times, a magazine
publication advocating the legalization of cannabis, recently quoted Dr. Jean
Antonucci who told CNN that she still feels “completely in the dark” about
medical marijuana treatment, dose, and whether a patient should smoke, eat,
or vaporize it. Most physicians have never been trained to prescribe marijuana
and it is still not covered in medical schools. Only some states are beginning
to require doctors to take additional medical courses on medical marijuana.
3)
Marijuana doesn’t only benefit the body, but the economy as well. Just like
medicines and other goods, legalization of marijuana can substantially rake
huge amount of profits, which we badly need in these economic times. In the
first six months of 2014, Colorado alone has pulled in more than $25 million
dollar pot-related tax revenue, and the state expects the value to triple in the
middle of 2015. Just think about how much money the country will make if the
entire U.S. legalized the use of cannabis?
According to the latest analysis by the NerdWallet, if all 50 states legalized

marijuana today, the country could gain over $3 billion in tax revenue. This
very large potential profit can be extremely helpful in our entire nation. It can
used to better education, improve healthcare, develop the justice system, help
the poor, pay off country’s debt, and fortify unfunded government programs.
And remember that besides sales tax, several other revenues can also be
generated when marijuana is legalized. Once legal, states and cities can
impose other fees, such as licenses and annual fees, on consumers and
retailers.
4) It can help the goverment save cost
In addition to bringing in funds, legalization of marijuana gives the country an

opportunity to save billions of dollars per year. According to Harvard
economist Jeffrey Miron, a whopping $8.7 billion a yearis being spent for
enforcing laws against marijuana in the U.S. And what are we getting for the
billions of dollars spent in stopping cannabis use? Nada. Nothing.
Despite being illegal, thousands or more individuals are still arrested every
day for possessing and using marijuana. And that results not only to wasted
resources, but also to wasted time and lives. Our law enforcement officials
devote their thousands of hours to arresting, booking, and imprisoning
cannabis users. And since there are millions of marijuana users in the U.S.,
our jails and prisons are filled easily, which results to the need of more money
to building new and larger jails. This is not to mention the amount that we
spend in prosecuting, feeding, and defending these offenders. And the sad
thing is that being arrested doesn’t stop the users from smoking pot.

Continuing the arrest of these people is irrational. The $8.7 billion estimate is
a serious amount, which can be used to fund more important public programs
and help our courts resolve much more serious cases.
5) It is easy to grow and environmental friendly
n addition, cannabis itself has an ability to clean up toxins underground, which

is known as phytomediation, making the soil a lot healthier and useful for
farming. And as we already know, the fiber that comes from this plant can be
used to produce paper products, including cardboard, envelopes, and
computer paper, which helps us eliminate the need to chop down trees in the
forest. Furthermore, the cannabis plant can also be substituted for cotton in
the production of textile. Cannabis produces stronger and twice more fiber
than cotton, which can be used to make all types of clothing. Cotton, as well
know, requires an enormous amount of pesticides to grow. If we use cannabis
as a substitute for cotton, we will significantly reduce the usage of harmful
chemicals.
Link: https://www.change.org/p/legalizing-marijuana-in-the-philippines

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Marijuana, as well all know, is the most commonly used drug in the world.

2) Marijuana is Medicine. Of course.

According to the latest analysis by the NerdWallet, if all 50 states legalized

4) It can help the goverment save cost

In addition to bringing in funds, legalization of marijuana gives the country an

5) It is easy to grow and environmental friendly

n addition, cannabis itself has an ability to clean up toxins underground, which

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