Legalizing marijuana

Marijuana is one drug that has heeling powers to it as believed by the Rastafarian culture. While smoking marijuana you’re immune system will improve as time progresses. THC has chemical in it that can rehabilitate your immune system making it stronger overtime. A couple quotes that I found from Bob Marley tell exactly what marijuana is and how it can help. “Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.      When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.” (Bob Marley) In this culture it is believed that Cannabis is the true healing through which you need in your life. I believe the same Marijuana has never hurt anyone and will never. Bob Marley talks in his quote about alcohol being the destruction and herb (marijuana) as the healer. From this I understood that he is basically talking about alcoholics, drunk drivers and people of that nature. There has never once been a case of someone who was intoxicated from marijuana driving recklessly or in an accident because marijuana was never directly connected to any of them.

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The side effects of being drunk are lost of balance, poor judgment, unconsciousness and many more. “One person died every 48 minutes due to drunk driving in 2009” (snyder). On the side of marijuana side effect are far less concerning. It is said that after smoking marijuana and then driving it can increase your skills by over compensating for their impairments. According to norml.org drug marijuana use is never directly connected to any accidents. On the other hand 40% of all accidents in the U.S.A are caused by drunk drivers. In my 17 years of living I have never heard a case of someone under the influence of marijuana in a car accident or over dosed. Other drugs that are legal and illegal have been causes of over doses and accidents all over the news. Everything from pharmaceutical drugs to crack/cocaine has had many over dose cases over the years. For example in 2011 there were over doses from the house hold drug Tylenol. In these cases Tylenol was ingested by the specific mg on the label but that was too much for most people which caused over doses. Also the manufacturing of Tylenol wasn’t all in all correct so they had to pull it off of shelves.“Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana.” -Melissa Etheridge quotes This quote shows exactly the feeling you get from this plant and how it could improve situations. With the ingestion of five or six peels you are sure to overdose. The heeling that those five or six peels will do for you can be achieved by just one “blunt or Joint” (names for marijuana cigarettes).