Against Recreational Marijuana Legatization Assignment

Against Recreational Marijuana Legalization
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Against Recreational Marijuana Legalization
Historically, long before the year 1996 the history and debate of marijuana in the United States was different from what it is today. Before the year 1996, the use of marijuana was considered illegal. In the year 1996 the California state passed a law for the use of marijuana but limited its use for medical use only. The passing of this law was supported by medical researchers who identified that marijuana was a good remedy for chronic diseases, effective in chemotherapy among many other such health problems. Since then the history of marijuana changed as several other states followed suit by passing laws legalizing the use of marijuana for medical use. As time went by, the number of marijuana use increased. The states, upon realizing the income generated from the sale of this substance, led by Washington State and Colorado they legalized the sale of marijuana to people above 21 years. With the continued current approach on legalization of marijuana for recreational use, do people consider the negative physiological, psychological and sociological effects of marijuana?
Physiological
Cannabis just like tobacco affects the respiratory system although at different rates compared to tobacco. Huetis et. Al. in their research found out that smoking of cannabis had an effect on heart beat depending on the amount of cannabis smoked and the length of smoking. They recorded a 46.0 ± 18.6 for a 1.75 and 55.8 ± 22.2 for a 3.55 % for THC cigarettes of cannabis CITATION Whe02 \l 1033 (Wheelock, 2002). Maximum effects were realised at the last buff of the smoking exercise. Chronic abuse of cannabis results to impairment of lung functioning giving room for respiratory diseases. The psychomotor effects are pronounced for chronic abuse of cannabis making it difficult to perform tasks that require much attention for the abuser of the substance. Chronic smokers have a higher risk of lung cancer as compared to the acute smokers or those who use it for medical use CITATION Whe02 \l 1033 (Wheelock, 2002).
The reproduction system among the smokers gets affected and particularly the production of chromosomes with some produced with breaks and translocations. In women the Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and the Luteinizing Hormone (LH) get affected as their levels of production decrease resulting to difficulties in the menstrual cycle CITATION Whe02 \l 1033 (Wheelock, 2002).
Psychological
When cannabis is smoked, THC is absorbed into the blood stream and carried to the brain and other parts of the body. Once in the brain the THC reacts with the cannabinoid receptors which perform the role of coordination of the neural communication which aid the brain to develop and function normally. Once in the brain, marijuana over activates the cannabinoid resulting to distorted memory, impaired thinking and difficult in learning CITATION Nat12 \l 1033 (National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2012).
The continued use of cannabis resul...