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Articles
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http://uk.businessinsider.com/healthbenefits-of-medical-marijuana-20144?r=US&IR=T
This website talks about many health
benefits of regular marijuana usage.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blo
g/psychologymasala/201204/cannabis-andcreativity
This website tests how taking
marijuana helps the persons creative
thinking.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti
cle-3036667/How-cannabis-helpcancer-patients-Drug-kills-cancercells-shrinks-brain-tumours-reportreveals.html

In the
Articles Against
UK.
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/drugs/pages/can
nabis-facts.aspx

This website outlines some possible risks of

long term smoking of marijuana.

https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/project/expl
oring-relationship-between-cannabis-useand-crime-among-adolescents
This article tries to link increase in crime
with marijuana smoking.

http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkin
s/2014/01/21/5-reasons-marijuana-shouldremain-illegal-n1782086/page/full
This website outlines some reasons
marijuana should remain illegal.

This website explains and gives clear

evidence how marijuana stops
growth of cancer cells.
http://www.nature.com/news/marijua
na-flips-appetite-switch-in-brain1.16957

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/res
earch-reports/marijuana/how-doesmarijuana-use-affect-school-work-social-life

This website explains how marijuana

can improve persons appetite and
metabolism.

This article explains how marijuana use

affects school, work and social life.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti
cle-2575646/Cannabis-CAN-reduceanxiety-levels-say-doctors-smalldoses.html

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/res
earch-reports/marijuana/does-marijuanause-affect-driving

This article explains how marijuana

can be used to help people with
severe mental illnesses.

This article explains how marijuana use

affects driving.

The topic I have chosen is the legalisation of marijuana in the UK. I think
that this topic is very relevant these days because after United States

started the legalisation of marijuana for medical and recreational usage in

many states, British pot users started many movements that contribute to
legalisation of the drug.

Bob Marley, a very famous reggae singer that used to say Herb is the healing of a
nation, alcohol is the destruction. This is very accurate statement because marijuana
is more healthy option than alcohol. It is estimated that more than 8000 people died of
excessive alcohol consumption in 2013 in UK alone
(http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health4/alcohol-related-deaths-in-theunited-kingdom/2013/index.html ). There has been no deaths recorded regarding
excessive marijuana usage. From that article it is safe to assume that marijuana is a
lot safer then alcohol in terms of death caused by excessive use of the substance.
Larry King, TV and Radio host once said I had four chiefs of police on, and the
question raised was: If neither one was legal, marijuana or liquor, and you could only
legalise one, what would you legalise? And they all answered at the same time
marijuana, because they had never seen a murder committed while someone was
under the influence of marijuana.

There are many issues why marijuana should remain illegal in the UK, but health is the
one brought up the most. NHS says that Even hard-core smokers can become
anxious, panicky, suspicious or paranoid, referring to one of the side effects of
marijuana. They also protest against it because of the large impact it has on a person
while driving. (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/arguments-againstlegalisation-cannabis-5782967 )
After reading the facts and delving into the topic in my private time, I personally think
that marijuana should not remain illegal. As explained in the article and the source
table, the positive effects of the drug massively outshine the negative ones and the
fact that no one has died of straight up marijuana usage supports that. People may
argue that it affects driving but so does alcohol which was proven to be far more
dangerous than marijuana. To conclude, marijuana should be legal because it is not
dangerous to you and has many health applications.