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Assignment 3 – Report about the Legalization of Marijuana

In April 2017, the Canadian government made an act that tried to legalize the

marijuana, and this act had passed in the following year in October. Which makes the

Canada becomes the second country after Uruguay to legalize recreational marijuana.

This means that Canada’s legislation allows it to create a large market for marijuana

throughout the country and to sell recreational marijuana legally. There is no doubt

that marijuana is a kind of drug. In many countries around the world, attitudes

towards marijuana are prohibited in both medical and recreational aspects. Such as

most of Asia counties, China, Japan, Singapore and so on. However, under this

situation, why can Canada pass laws to legalize marijuana in Canada? According to

the research, I roughly divided into five parts to explain the impact of the legalization

of marijuana in Canada: 1) The harm of marijuana, 2) the medical effects of

marijuana, 3) Whether the legalization of marijuana can reduce unnecessary public

resources? 4) The influences of marijuana legalization on teenagers and 5) the results

of marijuana taxes.

First of all, marijuana, as we all know, has been regarded as a drug since a long

time ago. It is as addictive as opium, heroin, crystal meth and so on, but with a

relatively low degree of addiction. But, this is not enough to get it out of the ‘drug’

name. Below, there are two charts that indicate the attitudes towards marijuana of

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many countries in Asia and in America. It found that almost all Asia countries outlaw

the drug for both medical use and recreational use. However, in the most countries in

the Americas, recreational marijuana is illegal, while medical marijuana is legal in

most countries to use. This means that most of people in America’s countries have

accepted or got used to use marijuana to treat their diseases, which includes Canada.

Also, that is one of the reasons why it has been so quick to legalize marijuana within

Canada. But, even if marijuana is legalized in Canada, that doesn’t mean it is safe to

use. According to the research from German Association for Psychiatry,

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), which indicates that “one in ten

marijuana users has a treatment-dependent addiction. And marijuana use is the major

reason of intoxication in drug-treated addiction.” (Reinecke, 2016, 3) And, according

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Assignment 3 – Report about the Legalization of Marijuana In April 2017, the Canadian government made an act that tried to legalize the marijuana, and this act had passed in the following year in October. Which makes the Canada becomes the second country after Uruguay to legalize recreational marijuana. This means that Canada’s legislation allows it to create a large market for marijuana throughout the country and to sell recreational marijuana legally. There is no doubt that marijuana is a kind of drug. In many countries around the world, attitudes towards marijuana are prohibited in both medical and recreational aspects. Such as most of Asia counties, China, Japan, Singapore and so on. However, under this situation, why can Canada pass laws to legalize marijuana in Canada? According to the research, I roughly divided into five parts to explain the impact of the legalization of marijuana in Canada: 1) The harm of marijuana, 2) the medical effects of marijuana, 3) Whether the legalization of marijuana can reduce unnecessary public resources? 4) The influences of marijuana legalization on teenagers and 5) the results of marijuana taxes. First of all, marijuana, as we all know, has been regarded as a drug since a long time ago. It is as addictive as opium, heroin, crystal meth and so on, but with a relatively low degree of addiction. But, this is not enough to get it out of the ‘drug’ name. Below, there are two charts that indicate the attitudes towards marijuana of m ...
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