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Legalizing Marijuana Analysis

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The intake of marijuana can also be harmful for the people around the users. Not only in the act of second hand smoking, but also in the acts that the marijuana conveys you to do. As mentioned earlier, marijuana has a greater concentration of carcinogens and irritants that can cause damage to the participant’s trachea and lungs. It is also possible to have enough marijuana in your system to fail a drug test from second hand smoking. Consequently, this can cause real danger to the roommates, suitemates and anyone else around the participants while they are smoking. They can also be affected by the mental side effects mentioned earlier. Another key point in the argument against external conflicts is the enhancement of sexual behavior. In “Get …show more content…

She states that as a result of high pricing, the consumption of marijuana will be lowered. I also agree with Pacula but I would have to make the same comment I did to the article from Subritzky. I believe this method will be used for less frequent users who are not dependent on the drug, and know the consequence that can come from buying from an illicit supplier. Both of these authors make great points but I believe they need to come together and show both spectrums of the users from hardcore, frequent and …show more content…

Many parents want a return in their investment of sending their son or daughter to an institution of higher learning. This can now be connected to the student’s grades. With the student’s new mental incapability’s, the parents will start to notice a slippery slope. They will first notice a drop in test grade and closely thereafter, a hindrance in their GPA. The next faze they will see will come from the stress and anxiety. If their son or daughter continues to partake in marijuana they will see the amount of stress and anxiety rise. In the worst case their son or daughter might become a harm to themselves. The next worry of a college students’ parents is their sons’ or daughters’ safety. College students are met with many dangers on a regular basis. Many College students have been taught how to avoid these dangers and if they can avoid them, how to handle themselves. Under the influence of marijuana these teaching can be thrown out the window. The biggest worry for a parent should be for their daughter. As we learned earlier, females are much more susceptive to the side effects than males, especially in the category of sexual behaviors. No parent will want to know that their child is being taken advantage of, hurt or in the worst case scenario, killed. Henceforth, this is why parents should sit down and talk to their child about the side

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