My opinion is bias so please don't rip off my head. I am bias because I work in an acute Psychiatry hospital.My experience does not count as medical research and should be took with a grain of salt. While working in the hospital I have heard stories while assessing adolescences who have tried marijuana only one time and they lost their minds temporally, acute psychosis. I have also seen patients try marijuana one time and loose their minds permanently. I don't base this opinion off of one story. Also, 9/10 of these children I assess state they have not tried any other drug. The patient who " loose their minds" are vulnerable to psychiatric disease. My advice to anyone reading this who has psychiatric illness in a family to not do drugs period due to genetic vulnerability.
So to answer the question " should marijuana be legal" I would have to say no due to how this drug affects people who are vulnerable to psychiatric illnesses. I also believe if its legal it is easier to obtain, and if easier to obtain it is easier for ignorant people to abuse the product such as children. This pretty much goes for any drug that ranges to a class 2 drug. According to the "Deadiversion" (1974) website classes one through five means the lower the number the higher rate of abuse and addiction ("Deadiversion", 1974).
I know not a popular answer, but I think marijuana is a dangerous drug based on my experience.
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