Reclassification of marijuana

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Marijuana is Harmful and Should be Reclassified to a Class B Drug

I find it alarming that people of my generation seem to be under the impression that the smoking of marijuana has no harmful effects. They think that it is alright to be ‘stoned’ regularly and seem to be unaware of any adverse effects. I gather that they feel the feelings of relaxation and heightened senses outweigh any health concerns or ‘downers’ felt afterwards.

 At the moment we see very graphic anti drink driving campaigns to good effect so I can’t believe that there is no such campaign for the abuse of marijuana. This is a subject close to my heart because; the son of a close family friend was a sporty teenage boy with a bright outlook until he began heavily smoking cannabis unbeknown to his father. Things went out of control very quickly and he ended up in a mental institution suffering from paranoia, schizophrenia and hallucinations amongst other physical illnesses. Seeing his son like this emotionally destroyed his father. To this day his son still attends the mental health outpatient clinic.      

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In order to be better informed and surer of my argument I turned to the internet. What I discovered there was startling in the extreme. I found such contrasting information that I was more confused than before I started. According to New Scientist there has never been a major test into the long term effects of smoking marijuana.  But it does say that small tests have shown that it contains more cancer causing toxins than tobacco and that five joints a week contains as many carcinogens as smoking a packet of cigarettes every day.  

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