Should Marijuana Be Legalized - 1308 Words

Marijuana is a drug that is illegal in forty-eight of the fifty states in America, including Texas. Some people argue for the benefits that come from Marijuana such as, medical factors which include Diabetes and Obesity. It would also allow the State and National government control over the drug production, sale, and price. There is also opposing views that legalizing of Marijuana would be a bad thing. They say there are several negative consequences if the state of Texas were to legalize the drug. The opposing side argues that marijuana has more harmful medical factors than helpful, has no financial benefit, and it would also create more discourse between citizens and drug cartels in bordering countries. There are several medical†¦show more content†¦Murray A. Mittelman, MD studied 4,657 adult men and women from the National Health and Nutrition Examinations Survey (NHANES) between 2005 and 2010. Those who currently smoked marijuana exhibited lower levels of fasting insulin and lower levels of insulin resistance than those who never or occasionally smoked. Marijuana smokers also had smaller waist circumferences and higher HDL cholesterol levels than those who never or sometimes smoked marijuana.† (Brett Wilkens, Para. 4, â€Å"How medical marijuana can help treat diabetes†) Another major health risk in the State of Texas is Obesity. Marijuana has been proven to prevent obesity and obesity related health issues. They also discovered that daily users had noticeably slimmer, measured smaller around their waist lines, they also had a large increase in the amount of good cholesterol (Yann Le Strat and Bernard Le Foll. â€Å"Obesity and Cannabis Use.† Para. 1). This is good news for Texans that suffer from obesity. Texas is one of the states with the highest obesity rate, this could help a majority of citizens in Texas. Texas is considered to be one of the top leading states with obesity, it is ranked at fifteen out of the fifty-one states and districts calculated in a national survey. The Obesity rate is over Thirty Percent in the entire State with a large majority of obese citizens being between the ages of twenty six to sixty four. (â€Å"State of Obesity in Texas.† Pg. 1) If