Legalization of Marijuana: A Hit or a Miss?

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LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA: A HIT OR A MISS?
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LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA: A HIT OR A MISS?
Introduction:
Marijuana indicates different dried parts like leaves, flowers, seeds and stems of the
Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant. It is one of the most commonly used drugs in USA.
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the elemental psychoactive chemical of marijuana and
responsible for the intoxicating effects on people. In 2019, 10 states including Washington-DC
have legalized use of marijuana for adults above 21 years (Hingson & Compton, 2014).
However, such legalization has some advantages as well as disadvantages which are elaborated
in the later part of this writing.
Discussion:
Many states of the USA have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes. While this
legalization has some positive aspects, it has got some negative affects too (Monte, Zane &
Heard, 2015). In this paragraph, the positive aspects have discussed. Firstly, it has brought
economic benefits to USA. Its legalization has remarkably cuts down the black market which
was initially the only source of this addictive. Consumers are taxed whenever they buy marijuana
resulting into increase of the tax revenue. Thus, its legalization has incurred white money to the
state. It has increased income through sale as well as taxes. Secondly, marijuana can be widely
used for medicinal purposes. It has huge applications in the treatment of nausea, vomiting, pain
relief, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic pain, anxiety, seizures, inflammation and others
(Compton et al., 2017). The availability of medical cannabis will result into betterment of public
health. Thus there will less expense on the healthcare system. Such funds can be efficiently used