In the blog
entitled, Should Texas Decriminalize Marijuana, Travis is arguing for the decriminalization of
marijuana. Personally I do not smoke pot but I strongly believe that is has
several benefits therefore I am on board with wanting to decriminalize it. Travis brings up several interesting points about the
many advantages that legalizing marijuana would bring to the state of Texas. Of
the three areas that Texan’s tax money goes to, I feel like the two most
important are education and healthcare. The possible tax revenue from pot sales
would definitely be a large enough number to significantly help out in these
two areas, which would benefit Texas as a whole. From my understanding and
experience, education and healthcare are pretty expensive and unaffordable for
most people. This simply will not do. One of our priorities should be
affordable education for all who want to go to school but aren’t given the
chance because they lack the funds.
That being said, I feel
like it’s worth discussing the fact that pot works in a way that relaxes the
body so it should be regulated in the sense similar to the way alcohol is. I
understand that it is not as dangerous as alcohol and that pot has never directly
killed anyone. My opinion is that, if it is going to be legalized for
recreational purposes, it should have some restrictions such as having to be a
certain age to purchase or possess it. There is scientific research that shows
the effects pot has on the brain function and memory, so to allow it to fall
into the hands of a young person whose brain is still developing would be
foolish and irresponsible. There could even be a case made about the amount of
pot allowed to be in a person’s system that would be operating a vehicle,
similar to alcohol.
My suggestion is that we
approve it for medicinal purposes first. Pot has so many health benefits in
patients who suffer from different ailments such as cancer and glaucoma; it has
also been proven to alleviate many levels of pain. Let’s not kid ourselves, a
lot of the people who argue for the legalization do not have these issues. Let’s use the knowledge that we possess in
order to help people that really need it for medical purposes and then in time,
based on continuous extensive research, we can legalize it for recreational
use.
1 comment:
Legalization of marijuana could develop the economy in the state that supports education and healthcare areas. I support the article that explains the benefit of using marijuana in legal way, which could help in medical purposes. As Mr. Lynch says “Pot has so many health benefits in patients who suffer from different ailments such as cancer and glaucoma; it has also been proven to alleviate many levels of pain,” that such a health condition it is very benefit to legalization marijuana for these medical purposes and help those people who suffer from these kind of health conditions. Although marijuana has a good side effect, it should be under the rules of the government for the usage. Example for what Jaren says, “Having to be a certain age to purchase or possess it,” such as sells it under prescription and for specific ages like alcohol rules. Alcohol is legal everywhere in the United States for a long time that has more effect on the human body than marijuana, so why we don’t make marijuana legal as alcohol and under the same rules better than sell it illegally, like what Jaren also says, “I understand that it is not as dangerous as alcohol and that pot has never directly killed anyone.” We don’t want to harm people for the purpose of the government and the economy of the state, so the state should make rules to consider the result of the usage
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