Should Marijuana Be Legalized - 1675 Words

Many people oppose marijuana because it is a schedule I drug and they do not know much about it therefore it is scary to them. Schedule I drugs are drugs that have a high potential for abuse or have no current acceptable medical use. On that list of schedule I drugs are heroin, LSD, marijuana, MDMA or ecstasy, peyote, GHB, psilocybin, quaaludes, khat, and bath salts. There is one drug on that list that does not belong and it is marijuana. Marijuana is still on that list even though some states have already legalized the recreational and medical use of marijuana. I think marijuana should be legalized nationwide for both recreational and medical use. The benefits outweigh any possible risks for the use of marijuana. If marijuana were to be†¦show more content†¦Sativas are a head high and are stimulating. They have a feeling of well-being or at ease and can be though provoking and energizing. It is often referred to as the uplifting stand. Indica is a couch lock, or body high. It reduces nausea, is a sleep aid, fights depression, helps with migraines and headaches, and relaxes muscles and is a pain reliever (Carruthers). How did marijuana become illegal in the first place by Dr. Malik Burnett and Amanda Reiman explains why marijuana was outlawed in the United States in the first place. Marijuana was made illegal in the United States in 1937. The original negative connotation for marijuana sprouted from when Mexican immigrants flooded Texas and Louisiana. The Mexicans brought with them customs and one of those customs was the smoking of cannabis or, marihuana, as the Mexicans called it. This term was foreign to Americans who knew of cannabis but not marihuana. The media then spread false claims about the â€Å"disruptive Mexicans† and their dangerous marihuana. Then Texas took a play out of the California playbook and made marihuana illegal to deport Mexicans like California did with Opium to keep Chinese out of California. Then during the 1930’s there were claims that marijuana caused men of color to become violent and solicit sex from white woman. Which led to the Marijuana Tax act of 1937 banning the sale and use of marijuana. During the 1970’s the Act was replaced with the Controlled