The discussion topic whether marijuana should be legalized into the public parlance is a question of great debate, and it continues to spur both outrage and praises from the public domain. While, marijuana has been considered as an illegal substance, certain social segments contradict this viewpoint, and instead propose its legalization for public use. The pros and cons of marijuana are already in the public domain, and people have deeper insights of its impacts to the society. This paper takes a positive stand and recants the proponents’ views that marijuana should be legalized into the public. These viewpoints are baked by the harmful effects of this substance to the society.
Marijuana should never be legalized for public use due to its antisocial impacts in the society. Too mush indulgence into this drug leads to an addiction syndrome, which breeds other morality concerns. In this accord, such drugs have been associated with violence among the young people. Principally, youths lose their moral senses or reasoning rationales whenever they engage in extensive abuse of marijuana, and so become extremely violent to the society. In addition, the research reveals that most youths have a tendency to engage in extreme violence whenever they are under influence drugs than when they are sober (Rosenthal, Steve and Newhart 15). Thus, the rising cases of crimes are attributed to many people indulging into addictive drugs such as marijuana.
Addictive trend into marijuana is economically counterproductive. In this regards, individuals who engage in such drugs tend to be weak, and lack the strength to undertake their daily cores. In fact, strong addicts become completely irresponsible, thereby generating slower economic growth to the country. Thus, such drugs are economically deterrent to the social and economic progress of the society. One striking example reiterates that a majority of regions have experienced economic meltdown since their members have deeply indulged into the scourge of drug abuse (Caulkins, Angela, Beau, and Mark 34). This is a fact since such individuals become physically deterred from executing their daily obligatory responsibilities, but instead wander all day searching for drugs.
Extensive exposure to marijuana abuse leads to the decay of social values and mannerisms. A society that engages in the abuse of hard drugs contravene the physical, emotional, and social doctrinal of the society. In the first case, abuse of marijuana leads to poor health condition as this drug has been associated with hallucinations. A hallucination is a state of emotional or psychological confusion generated to an individual, and such people loose moral standards to make rational decisions. Thus, health condition is one aspect that is at stake when one engages in extensive abuse of marijuana. In yet another dynamics, abuse of marijuana is associated with poor moral and behavioral standards among the youths. The society prescribes certain values and standard among its population, and everyone is supposed to exhibit these behavioral accords (Caulkins, Angela, Beau, and Mark 43). However, indulgence in drugs is deemed as a platform in which most youths and other members of the society loose grip to these moral attributes. Indeed, bad morals have surfaced in the society as a result of drug-related incidences among the youthful population.
In conclusion, the vice of drug abuse is an acute challenge in the contemporary society, and the society is still coming to terms with its impacts. The impacts of legalizing marijuana will be by fair outrageous compared to any perceived benefits attributed to setting a democratic space. Real impacts of marijuana range from being a health menace, leads to antisocial practices and behaviors, and are an open-gate for economic meltdown. These impacts are felt by the society, and there is no way the world can shy-away from these problems. Besides, the society has failed to attain its optimal economic potential due to its exposure to mild and high levels of drug nets (Rosenthal, Steve and Newhart 23). Drug abuse is a real menace and it has underpinned most regions that should have experienced a robust economic growth. Moral decadence and economic sabotage attributed to marijuana leads to a conclusion that it should never be legalized into the country.
Works Cited
Caulkins, Jonathan P, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, and Mark Kleiman. Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know. , 2012. Print.
Rosenthal, Ed, Steve Kubby, and S Newhart. Why Marijuana Should Be Legal. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2003. Print.
