Hemp Essay Research Paper Hemp Hemp is

Hemp Essay, Research Paper

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Hemp is the plant called “cannabis sativa” which is more commonly called marijuana.Marijuana has been illegal in the U.S.. ever since the Great Depression. The question we must ask ourselves is “why.”

Why is a drug that has so many beneficial uses illegal. Is it because its poisoning the youth of today. Is it because itleads to harder drugs, the health problems, the addictiveness, the short-term memory impairment, the auto accidents,or is it simply because politicians tell us it is for “our own good.” We have grown up learning that marijuana is a terrible drug, and that

using it gives us brain damage, kill all of our brain cells, and makes us lose our memory.

The fact is though, that

marijuana does not effect us in any of the ways listed above. The idea that marijuana

impairs short-term memory is

true, but misleading. Any signs of short-term memory impairment vanish once the user is

no longer intoxicated.

Mainly the reason we think marijuana is bad is because that is what the Partnership for a

Drug-Free America wants

us to believe. They tell us that marijuana will cause brain damage and memory impairment,

it will kill brain cells, and

lead to more crime. But what they forget to mention is all the benefits we can receive from

legalizing marijuana. For

example, the medicinal uses, and the textile and construction uses. It is very likely that

legalizing marijuana would

decrease the crime rate, and by legalizing marijuana we will save a lot of money because

we won’t have to spend it

on fighting marijuana as part of the War on Drugs. There are many habits much worse

than marijuana, one example

being cigarette smoking. “Tobacco smoking kills more people each year than AIDS,

heroin, crack, cocaine,

alcohol, car accidents, fire and murder combined. Tobacco smoking is the number one

cause of preventable death

in the US. Tobacco smokers have 10 times the lung cancer of nonsmokers, twice the

heart disease, and are three

times more likely to die of heart disease if they develop it. Does it make sense that

tobacco is legal and marijuana is

not, when so many people die from tobacco smoking each year and there is not one

reported case of anyone ever

dying from marijuana use in its 10,000 years of consumption. You have probably heard

that “one joint is that same

as 10 cigarettes,” but this statement is misleading. ALthough marijuana contains the same

amount of carcinogens as

an equal amount of tobacco and more tar, tobacco is still worse. Every yr 350,000

Americans die from

tobacco-related disease according to the American Lung Association. A tobacco smoker

consumes much more

tobacco than a marijuana smoker consumes marijuana. This is probably because tobacco

has a 90% addiction rate

while marijuana is less addictive than caffeine. Also, tobacco contains nicotine that may

harden the arteries and may

be responsible for much of the heart diseases caused by cigarette smoking. Marijuana on

the other hand contains

the chemical THC which opens up the lungs and aids in the clearance of smoke and dirt. I

think it is safe to say that

tobacco smoking is much more dangerous than marijuana smoking. Another bad habit is

alcohol, which in my

opinion is the worst of all. 8,000 American teenagers are killed each year and 40,000

maimed from driving under

the influence. The mortality figures for alcohol use are 100,000 annually, compared to the

zero marijuana deaths.

The amount of marijuana needed to kill someone is 1 to 40,000, while the ratio for alcohol

fluctuates between 1 to

4 and 1 to 10. Not only do many people die each year from alcohol poisoning, but alcohol

has caused thousands of

fatal car accidents. Although, marijuana, when used to the point of intoxication, impairs

judgement and reaction

time, actual studies suggest that the effect alcohol has on one’s driving ability is much

greater than that of marijuana.

In fact, it is found that 85% of marijuana related car accidents also involved alcohol. It is

sad to think that a legal

drug like alcohol, the drug of choice for most teens, causes so many fatalities on our

highways each year, yet

marijuana is the drug that is illegal. I personally feel that marijuana is an amazing plant, and

it should be being utilized

today. The problem is that most people don’t know the benefits that can come from

marijuana. There are many

different beneficial ways for which marijuana can be used. Marijuana can be used for

medical and textile uses, for

food, for fuels, and for the economy. First of all, marijuana could be used for food. It is

believed that enough food is

grown worldwide to feed everyone and that famine exists because there are not sufficient

means of distribution. So

why not let people grow their own marijuana. Marijuana grows like a weed and has few

insect pests.

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