Legalizing Marijuana

Ethics & Social Responsibility

Marijuana is used for both recreational and medicinal uses. Medical marijuana is legal in 26 states currently. It is frowned upon by many because of stereotypes such as laziness, stupidity, and a poor work ethics. The use of marijuana presents questions for both ethical problems and ethical issues. Such as, is it a gateway to harder drugs? And as an individual is it within my rights to choose whether or not to smoke marijuana?

Marijuana affects the nervous system and can be used to treat pain and give the user a euphoria feeling. Unlike other pain reducing drugs it is not addictive. In fact more deaths are caused each year by tobacco and alcohol than marijuana in the past ten. There are a couple bad side effects...