Medical Marijuana has become a very debatable topic in the United States lately, many people believe it should be used as a medicine and others believe it should remain illegal. I personally believe that marijuana should legalized for medical purposes and decriminalized for anyone else that has it under a certain amount. There are numerous surveys that show Medical Marijuana is very prevalent in athletics and entertainment industries but many of these people don’t admit it openly due to the stereotypes on nation has put on people that smoke Medical Marijuana. “In the poll, conducted for CBS 5 by SurveyUSA, it found that 56 percent of Californians support legalization and just 42 percent oppose it. Only three percent were unsure”(CBS). California and the nation have an opportunity that could lead to a dramatic increase in tax revenues but they would have to put their stereotypes on hold and understand that Medical Marijuana is everywhere being used behind closed doors.
“The last global statistical analysis of the damage caused by this drug, undertaken in 2000, found that 3.2% of deaths worldwide were the result of use”(time). When looking at the previous information one might assume that it is referring to a serious drug however it is referring to alcohol. With that being said, there has never been a recorded incidence where Medical Marijuana has lead to death. Rather Medical Marijuana has been used to help people who are terminally sick from a disease. The statistics listen above strictly correlate with California; if Medical Marijuana were legalized in the country and all fifty states began to open Medical Marijuana shops. The overwhelming debt we have in the United States will slowly start to diminish with the amounts of tax revenue coming through to the government. The potential job market in California would raise from the creation of 60,000 to 100,000 new jobs for the society. If the all States joined in on the movement and we began to legalize Medical Marijuana it is estimated that there would be 2,940,000 to 5,390,000 newly created job opportunities nation wide. This would dramatically alter the substantially high unemployment rate in the United States. With Medical Marijuana being something that we can grow here, the nation would not need to import the drug therefore paying no outside taxes for a domestic product.
“The last global statistical analysis of the damage caused by this drug, undertaken in 2000, found that 3.2% of deaths worldwide were the result of use”(time). When looking at the previous information one might assume that it is referring to a serious drug however it is referring to alcohol. With that being said, there has never been a recorded incidence where Medical Marijuana has lead to death. Rather Medical Marijuana has been used to help people who are terminally sick from a disease. The statistics listen above strictly correlate with California; if Medical Marijuana were legalized in the country and all fifty states began to open Medical Marijuana shops. The overwhelming debt we have in the United States will slowly start to diminish with the amounts of tax revenue coming through to the government. The potential job market in California would raise from the creation of 60,000 to 100,000 new jobs for the society. If the all States joined in on the movement and we began to legalize Medical Marijuana it is estimated that there would be 2,940,000 to 5,390,000 newly created job opportunities nation wide. This would dramatically alter the substantially high unemployment rate in the United States. With Medical Marijuana being something that we can grow here, the nation would not need to import the drug therefore paying no outside taxes for a domestic product.
CBS, prod. "CBS 5 Poll: Most Californians Want Pot Legal." CBS News. CBS Broadcasting. CBS 5, San Francisco, California, 21 Apr. 2010. CBS5.com. CBS Broadcasting, 21 Apr. 2010. <http://cbs5.com/watercooler/california.marijuana.legalization.2.1648704.html>.
Harrell, Eben. "Stemming the Rise in Global Alcohol-Related Deaths." Time.com. TIme Magazine, 29 June 2009.
<http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1907408,00.html>.
The article that you found was really interesting. I did not know all the positives that could come from the legalization of medical marijuana. I am from California and I already know of many cases where people are able to receive medical marijuana under their insurance for health purposes. On the other hand, I can also see the concern that the government has for keeping medical marijuana legal because of the potential overuse and abuse of the drug. I also thought it was interesting how the use of medical marijuana has yet to have a fatal effect on anybody.
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