Conclusion
In summation, I contend that marijuana is becoming increasingly more popular in American society due to its portrayal by TV shows in American society such as Mary + Jane and Weeds. The many positive portrayals of marijuana depicted by the TV shows in combination with the increase in knowledge of marijuana, through the increase in researches about marijuana, are increasing the number of marijuana smokers in American society. But the increase users us it for multiple reasons such as for recreational and medicinal purposes. The majority of people use marijuana to help deal with there illness and the other majority use marijuana because they like how it affects them or to make themselves look cool. Because the amount of marijuana smokers is increasing rapidly and people are still being increasingly punished for possessing and consuming marijuana, I think that marijuana should be legalized in the whole of America. If marijuana is legalized in the whole of America the 14.6 million plus users will no longer have to fear being prosecuted by the law. Once marijuana is legalized, in more than the majority of American states, it can be made into a pharmaceutical product so its distribution can be supervised. Therefore controlling the amount of users. Not to mention marijuana being made into a pharmaceutical product will lead to it being seen by more people as medication, so people who need it for their illnesses and more importantly to live, will no longer be punished by the government for using it. If marijuana isn’t legalized and turned into a pharmaceutical product people, even those who use it as a form of medication will continue being punished for using it.
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Attributions
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“Foxglove” by Mariola Anna is licensed under Shutterstock
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Mary+Jane by Vania Dapaah
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Photo by Matthew Benoit / Shutterstock
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Weeds by Vania Dapaah
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