Legalizing Recreational use of Marijuana

Legalizing Recreational use of Marijuana
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Legalizing Recreational use of Marijuana
Drugs serve several purposes such as recreation and in medicine. While scientific studies have brought out the value of these drugs in medicine, questions still abound regarding the end term values of using these drugs for recreational purposes. Marijuana falls into this class of drugs. While it is broadly used for medicinal purposes in the US, several states have gone ahead to legalize it for recreational uses. It has created a wave of influence from several states who are still debating with the idea of legalizing CITATION Lym14 \l 2057 (Lyman, 2014).
This discussion will delve into the expected problems that will result in the use of marijuana in case California legalizes its recreational use. Using marijuana for recreational purposes will result in the use of harder drugs CITATION Pro15 \l 2057 (LegalizationofMarijuana.com, 2014). Marijuana is a soft drug and once a user gets used to it, there is a tendency to increase the effect to feel ‘higher’. It will make the user go for harder drugs. In a...