Marijuana has been found to be a good use in medicine lately. Smoking pot does not cause disease, instead it helps treat it. Glaucoma, for example, can be treated and prevented with smoking pot. Studies have shown that marijuana decreases the pressure inside the eye that initially causes glaucoma.

Smoking marijuana increases one’s lung capacity. Compared to tobacco smokers, marijuana smoker had an increase in lung capacity as seen in a 20 year experiment conducted by the journals researchers.. In a 2003 study, marijuana was also found to prevent epileptic seizures. (Marijuana Study)

Cannabidol, CBD, is one of the chemicals found in marijuana. It is mostly used to prevent the stop of cancer spreading. CBD turns off a gene called Id-1 that multiplies and spreads. Marijuana is always looked at as a negative drug that anti- druggist don’t seem to realize that it can be the best discovery in science. Marijuana can help a lot of people suffering from cancers and other types of disease.

Legalizing marijuana can actually do a lot for the economy as well as people suffering from these illnesses.  Anti-druggist oppose the legalization of marijuana as a whole. Recently, marijuana has caught the attention of many political leaders in debate of whether it should be legal or not. They tend to forget all positive factors when it comes to legalizing marijuana. Based on information obtained from what they think is the reason for violence and crime rates escalating, marijuana has been the one to blame.

During the Great Depression that Americans began fearing Mexican immigrants and associating marijuana use with socially deviant behaviors, which were primarily being committed by underclass communities. (Marijuana Timeline) After some advanced research was done, it was found that marijuana in fact does not have a link to violence or crime or any social issues going on at the time. (PBS, 2014) This strongly suggests that marijuana is indeed not a bad drug and is not at all dangerous.

To hear that New York is trying to push for the legalization of marijuana as a recreational use is a big step. Other states pushed for it a medicinal resource but I believe it being used as a recreational purpose isn’t bad. With the right amount of monitoring and laws set up, it can be a good foot forward for New Yorkers. Smoking marijuana causes no harm to no one as we found out earlier. Also not only is legalizing going to make a lot of people happy but also it will flourish the economy. Marijuana is a cash crop that has been used before and with the retail sale of it, hopefully this year, it can make a lot of businesses happy as well.