Ulyana Velikova

Pro and Con about marijuana Ulyana Velikova Table of Contents 1)Introduction.............................................................................................................................................1 2)Pro and con using marijuana...................................................................................................................2 a)Pro......................................................................................................................................................3 -Medical use..........................................................................................................................................3 -Relax and reduce stress..............................................................................................................4 -Non-addictive..................................................................................................................................5 -Treats alcoholism ...........................................................................................................................6 -Can treat Depression.......................................................................................................................6 b)Con.....................................................................................................................................................7 -Health risk of using marijuana.............................................................................................................7 - Increase the chances of using heavier drugs.................................................................................8 -Increase anxiety.............................................................................................................................8 -Can cause Schizophrenia.................................................................................................................9 3)Conclusion............................................................................................................................................10 1)Introduction Marijuana is the most popular drug in the world, estimating that hundreds of million people use it annually generating billions of dollars for the crime industry. Because the effect of this drug is less in comparison with other drugs, many countries think about smaller punishments for possession and usage and some even for legalizing it. The first country that legalized marijuana was Uruguay in December 2013.Until the end of the year, Canada will be the second country that will legalize marijuana. Many states in the USA also legalized marijuana like Washington and California and the debate about legalizing marijuana became bigger and bigger with pro and con for the legalization. The majority of the population in the USA had used marijuana and between 65-70 % of US’s citizen supported the legalization. Historically, the mankind had experience with marijuana for a long time. The oldest written record of marijuana use came from the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung in 2727 B.C. The civilizations between – Relax and reduce stress The stress is one of the main problems of the humankind and one of the reasons for some of our major illnesses like hearth deceases and strokes. Our society is more concentrated and interested in the results and the level of stress and the impact of our health is not so interesting topic. Marijuana can help people under big stress to calm them when they smoke marijuana. Their level of stress will decrease making them more relaxed and even happy. With the reduced level of stress, they are less reluctant to catch some typical illness caused by the stress like hearth decease, strokes, diabetes or something else. When people are relaxed, they typically are more concentrated making them more productive. Typical example is musicians -they usually need to smoke marijuana to relax and concentrate better making them more productive in their work activities that he had done before and enjoyed very much, now would not have any desires for them. Except for damaging the health (not eating or drinking regularly or even at all, no physical activities, negatives thoughts…) the biggest risk is to commit a suicide. A person with depression has significantly more likely to commit suicide than normal people. Marijuana can be used to fight this mental illness. It can help by increasing serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is responsible for controlling the mood, sleep and appetite. It’s the brain chemical that has most antidepressant medications target. Marijuana can activate serotonin and act as an antidepressant. b)Con -Health risk of using marijuana Yes, Marijuana is less addictive in comparison with both tobacco and alcohol and also doesn't hurt and affect negatively the health so much in comparison with them, but it doesn't mean that marijuana is harmless. It is possible to lose your memory in due to using marijuana, your heart will beat faster making it Fast heart rate. Also, your coordination will be slower and for this, it is advisable not to smoke marijuana outside of your home and not to go outside until you are under effect of the marijuana. Your reaction will be slower and you can put yourself in danger, so until the effects of marijuana stop, it is not to leave the safety of your home. Smoking marijuana affects the brain in. People who smoked marijuana very often for a longer period have lesser scores on the test of memory, attention learning…and the scores become lower if they smoked marijuana more regularly. For this reason, many people are worrying if young people are smoking marijuana because if they smoke too often they will make damages to their brain and their brain is still in development. This process is not finished and their brain can become underdeveloped thanks to regularly smoked marijuana. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ulyana Velikova. E-mail-LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-rai-rai-b9b762150/ Long years entrepreneur, I have a huge passion for this. From starting a business from humble beginnings to write articles/advises and sharing my experience with others. As a typical entrepreneur, I have not one, but several activities in which I have a huge passion :))) I like to do professional researches and articles and I have a huge passion about finances, investment and entrepreneurship. I also do translation as my business for more complicated translation (medical and technical one, etc.) Bulgarian, English, Russian. In my free time I like walking, jogging, reading crime novels and meeting with interesting people. If you have the same passions and interests as me, you can follow me on my LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-rai-rai-b9b762150/