Research And Discuss Should The Marijuana Be Legalized?

Should the Marijuana Be Legalized in the US?
Marijuana, also known as cannabis or weed, is the most abused and controversial drugs in the United State and across the world. The marijuana was first found in Asia, then spread out to the Europe and America. In that period, the marijuana was used to make clothing, paper, sails and rope, and its seeds were used as food. There early marijuana had very low effects to human brain because of low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Eventually, people noticed that using marijuana can also get one drug, a feeling that is perceived to be good and addictive. Therefore, the more frequently the use of marijuana has occurred can in turn be related to the increased number of criminal activities in the US. In this case, the marijuana had a pretty bad reputation. Lots of people believed that the marijuana has nothing good, but was instead hurting people. Through the history, the discovering of marijuana had led to the debates over whether marijuana should be legalized or not. Even nowadays, the legalization of marijuana is still controversial since it was commonly appeared in the society. In some states, the marijuana had already been legalized by medical uses, but not totally legalized in the whole country. In the phrase stated by President Obama: “Look, I’ve been very clear about my belief that we should try to discourage substance abuse,” Obama said. “And I am not somebody who believes that legalization is a panacea. But I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we do with cigarettes or alcohol, is the much smarter way to deal with it” (President Obama, 2014). President Obama stands his position that he thinks we should treat marijuana as same as cigarettes and alcohols. Therefore, through some researches and consideration of both good sides and bad sides of the using of marijuana, I think the marijuana should be legalize”
Marijuana is much safer than the tobacco, alcohol, and drugs that have already been legalized. According to the News from NBC, the Scientific Reports by Dirk Lachenmeier and Jürgen Rehm who investigated and comapred10 different, recreational drugs. Among them is marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, diazepam, amphetamine and methadone. It comes up with a statement that the marijuana has the least dangerous effects to the human body. They also state that “the risk associated with marijuana was approximately 114 times less than the alcohol.” The data shown by the reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that more than 88,000 U.S. deaths per year due to the alcohol poisoning, 480,000 people die every year from smoking-related illnesses and 16 million people are currently living with a disease caused by smoking (Searles, the Free Press). Compared with the death caused by using of marijuana, which are more less than alcohol where CDC doesn’t have a specific data. "You can die binge-drinking five minutes after you've been exposed to alcohol. That isn't going to happen with marijuana," said by Ruben Baler, a health scientist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "The impact of marijuana use is much subtler"(Brownstei...