Esb Legalising Cannabis

 What do you first think of when I  say the phrase pot head ?i bet it isn’t  a man lying in a hospital bed using marijuana to relive crippling cancer pains .I hope to give a balanced argument allowing you to make your own mind up,about the issue of legialsing cannabis  . I feel that my topic is a very relevant one, with  the law surrounding being  changed as recently as last month in California.

The first pro of legalising is:

 1 – TOKING FOR FREEDOM

Even if cannabis is harmful – and that is by no means clear – it is the right of every individual to decide whether to take it. Smoking weed is a “victimless crime” where only the user is taking any risk. .it seems absurd that people are given free choice of whether or not to smoke tobacco which is proven to have only negative consequences but not choice of whether to smoke marijuana.

The first con of legalising is:

1.there are proven negative health effects:

cannabis may have some medical uses in strictly controlled circumstances, mainly for pain relief . however Opium poppy derivatives have medical uses – but that doesn’t make heroin healthy. Dope is called that for a reason – it makes you stupid. As well as being bad for your brain,been medically proven to kill of brain cells,  and a terrible risk if you plan to do anything like driving or operating  machinery. Pot smokers also run higher risks of developing mental health problems like schizophrenia and depression.

However:

2. BETTER THAN BOOZE

Weed is less harmful than legal drugs like alcohol or tobacco, In the UK, in 2015 there were 8,750 alcohol-related deaths, Alcohol harms are estimated to cost the NHS around £3.5 billion annually.comparatively no one has ever died directly from  the use of cannabis.so keeping it banned because it is too dangerous is ludicrous.  In fact, cannabis has proven health benefits, from treating glaucoma to preventing epilepsy or easing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

It is argued that:

2. MORE PEOPLE WILL USE IT

Cannabis is highly addictive. Studies show up to one-in10 users develop dependence over time. Stopping marijuana use can lead to withdrawal symptoms like anxiety . Over half the 7.3 million people classified with illicit drug dependence or abuse in the United States are hooked on weed. Making it legal will mean more people will use it – including youngsters – and more people will become addicted.