Question

Research the recent legalization of marijuana in several states within the USA. What factors prompted its legalization? What have been the negative consequences (if any) to individuals, families, and communities since the legalization? What have been the positive consequences (if any) to individuals, families, and communities since the legalization? What is your personal position about legalizing marijuana?

Answer 1

The factors that prompted its legalization include its medical and recreational use and a potential income avenue worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Marijuana affects mostly the mental health and makes an individual to be afraid and anxious all the time.

Marijuana helps to reduce serious pain experienced by individuals and also a treatment for insomnia.

I don’t think it should be legalized because people may abuse the substance and may cause serious menace such as increase in crime and shootings in the society at large.