Legalization of Marijuana
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Legalization of Marijuana
What will happen to society and the children of parents that use marijuana if it becomes legal for everyone to use?
I am stringently against the legalization of Marijuana. People that are drug impaired function at a slower rate and lower level than people who remain sober and people that chose to use Marijuana and have children could be putting their children in danger of harm due to lack of supervision. However legalizing Marijuana could on the other hand stimulate the economy and help empty the jails and prisons thus making the high cost of each inmate less of a burden on society. Another stance is the medical value of Marijuana.
I am so strongly against marijuana being legalized because of my personal experience with people who are using this drug and the effects it has on the user and all others around them. I have spent countless sleepless nights due to the use of this drug by other people. I have watched the treatment and neglect personally of people using marijuana that have children and my own brother’s attempt to abuse me and my children while under the influence of marijuana alone and not in combination with any other drug. I have personally watched my very intelligent brother lose his short term memory, his home, approximately 10 relationships with women that would have been great wives and who he really loved but not as much as marijuana, his health due to emphysema, car wrecks, being beaten and robbed for his marijuana and money from the sale of the drug, his job and ability to work, and his familial relationships all but the one with me. I watched as he smeared icy hot all over a two year old little girl because “She wanted it, so why’s she cryin’, awww it ain’t hurtin’ her! Quit it now bro!”
In light of this and other people I know who have their own children and neglect to watch them or smoke marijuana with the children in the room with them thus getting their children high from...
What will happen to society and the children of parents that use marijuana if it becomes legal for everyone to use?
I am stringently against the legalization of Marijuana. People that are drug impaired function at a slower rate and lower level than people who remain sober and people that chose to use Marijuana and have children could be putting their children in danger of harm due to lack of supervision. However legalizing Marijuana could on the other hand stimulate the economy and help empty the jails and prisons thus making the high cost of each inmate less of a burden on society. Another stance is the medical value of Marijuana.
I am so strongly against marijuana being legalized because of my personal experience with people who are using this drug and the effects it has on the user and all others around them. I have spent countless sleepless nights due to the use of this drug by other people. I have watched the treatment and neglect personally of people using marijuana that have children and my own brother’s attempt to abuse me and my children while under the influence of marijuana alone and not in combination with any other drug. I have personally watched my very intelligent brother lose his short term memory, his home, approximately 10 relationships with women that would have been great wives and who he really loved but not as much as marijuana, his health due to emphysema, car wrecks, being beaten and robbed for his marijuana and money from the sale of the drug, his job and ability to work, and his familial relationships all but the one with me. I watched as he smeared icy hot all over a two year old little girl because “She wanted it, so why’s she cryin’, awww it ain’t hurtin’ her! Quit it now bro!”
In light of this and other people I know who have their own children and neglect to watch them or smoke marijuana with the children in the room with them thus getting their children high from...