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Should Cannabis Be Legalized In Australia Essay

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Cannabis. Green. Kush. Ganja. Pot. Marijuana. It doesn't matter what people call it or what they think of it. It is considered illegal to cultivate, buy, sell, posses and use in Australia but people still manage to get their hands on it. However, laws can vary from state to state. From fines as low as fifty dollars [South Australia] to a diversion program/Cannabis intervention, aimed at informing and aiding offenders. Assuming that they're a non-violent offender. Cannabis is decriminalised in Australia, which means that punishments are less harsh, but it is still considered illegal, and like I said before, laws can vary from state to state.
I'm in favour of cannabis being used medically because if a plant such as opium, which is used to create …show more content…

One day you decide to drive to an anti-marijuana rally and along the way you end up in a serious car accident that nearly kills you and the other driver. You survived the crash, but you have serious trauma to the head, causing you to have severe brain damage. You recover several months later, but you start experiencing uncontrollable seizures.
And like the contemporary person you are, you self-diagnose yourself with the help of Google and discover that cannabis can be used to treat seizures. Then for some reason you are now in favour of legalising the medical use of cannabis because you found out that it helps control the seizures. Even if that hypothetical scenario actually happened, the chances of it happening are quite slim.
But the part about cannabis being used to treat seizures is true. Last year on the 24th of July, the Herald Sun published Richard Di Natale’s opinion piece with the headline ‘A mother should not be treated as a criminal for using medicinal cannabis to ease her son’s pain’ which is about a mother who had a search warrant put on her house because she had been using medicinal cannabis oil. She wasn’t using it for herself, but for her three-year old son who suffers from several illnesses like severe brain damage, epilepsy, cerebral

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