Should Marijuana Be Legalized - 1340 Words

The argument of legalizing medicinal marijuana and marijuana used for recreational purposes has been around for quite some time now. Recreational use is when one smokes cannabis just for fun and with the intention of altering the state of consciousness while medicinal marijuana is used for treating certain maladies and alleviating their symptoms. Though marijuana use is not as harmless as many people seem to believe. Like any other drugs, marijuana can affect the body and mind and may have a majority of side affects. It has an addictive nature and is also known as the gateway drug. It can even affect those around you in more ways than one. For instance if something were to happen to you or if for whatever reason you lash out at them. The†¦show more content†¦The problem has not only happened in Colorado but in other states were the use of cannabis is legal. For example, in the article, â€Å"Odd Byproduct of Legal Marijuana: Homes That Blow Up†, by Jack Healy, he says â€Å"Over the past year, a hash-oil explosion in a motel in Grand Junction sent two people to a hospital. In Colorado Springs, an explosion in a third-floor apartment shook the neighborhood and sprayed glass across a parking lot. And in an accident in Denver, neighbors reported a ball of fire that left three people hospitalized.† Innocent lives are getting hurt because now that recreational marijuana is legal in colorado people think that it is also legal to extract hash-oil from it and that they don t have to pay the crime if someone gets hurt. â€Å"I view this as an equivalent of frying turkey for Thanksgiving. Someone spills the oil, and theres an explosion. It’s unfortunate, but it’s not a felony crime.† (Healy) So then who pays for the crime of someone getting hurt? Simply because it is now legal does not mean that it is a get out of jail free card. That is only an excuse to get away with it because at the end of the day the explosion still occurr ed and people got hurt. More and more accidents like this will occur if other states legalize the use of Marijuana. As I have said, the use of marijuana also alters ones reasoning and