Friday, April 3, 2009
Drugs
I just switched topics from drugs to food and obesity and since i am not writing about drugs in my paper i would like to say what i wanted to say now. My topic was why are some drugs illegal while others are legalized? I thought that it was a little arbitrary that marijuana was illegal when alcohol which also is a drug is legal. It doesnt make sense that people can drink and get extremely intoxicated and put their health and others at risk, and people can not smoke marijuana and just sit in someones house. Now i have never done drugs and i would like to make that clear, but i feel that marijuana should be legalized. First it would cut back on alot of crime and gang violence and in turn might make alot of places safer. second underground selling of marijuana makes billions of dollars that is just going to more getting and selling more drugs. i believe that the government could legalize the drug and tax it as alcohol is, and this might help make the economy better. also roughly 50% of the nation has tried marijuana and if that many people have tried it and bought it then why not legalize it? i believe that the drug would then be very useful for people that have chronic pain and would reduce the pain they have. the people would not have to worry about possessing it and using it also.
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I know a lot of people who agree with your viewpoint on the legalization of marajuana. It seems a lot of young people agree and believe it could help to stimulate our economy. At the same time, marajuana has damaging brain effects. It kills brain cells and can be extremely detremental to brain development. It is considered a drug for a reason. It has hazardous side affects. I know that you of all people want to "chill" and "hang" and smoke your pot, but Brian, that just isn't going to happen. I look forward to hearing more about your food topic and JT.
But Adam what i am trying to say is that alcohol also has damaging effects on the body, it damages brain cells and can destroy a liver, also many people are killed each year from alcohol poisoning and drunk drivers. And what constitutes a drug being illegal when both drugs like alcohol and marijuana have damaging effects.
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