Legalization of Marijuana
Marijuana, what is also known as the cannabis miracle plant is badly misconstrued. When people talk about marijuana, it is considered a taboo especially in American society, but it is actually a wonder drug that has so many advantages to benefit mankind. The legalization of marijuana is an ethical issue that has been debated for years. An effective solution to this ethical issues is the classical theory of utilitarianism to help battle the conflicts of legalizing Marijuana. The opposing view of classical theory is the alternative perspectives like relativism. The classical theory of utilitarianism is the greatest good for the greatest amount of people (Moser, 2013). Marijuana has so many benefits that it does the most good for the most people. It has so many to benefit mankind like fuel, paper, housing, inspiration, textiles, food, oil, and medical uses (Multidimensional, 2009). On the other hand relativism can be against the legalization of marijuana. Relativism is moral claims that are good or bad for a given society. In American Society Marijuana is consider bad because it is a drug that has allegedly bad for your health, also for religious beliefs, for the gate way drug theory and it ability to be addictive drug. To begin with, I have to give a little history of marijuana and how it was once used in America. Marijuana is also known as cannabis and hemp. Marijuana come from the cannabis sativa plant. Cannabis is several of mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as hashish or marijuana, prepared from various parts of the hemp plant (Dictionary, 2013). The founding fathers of the United States like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin grew cannabis (Regan, 2010). Benjamin Franklin grew on of the first paper mill that produced durable and long-lasting hemp paper that was to play a crucial role in the founding the new nation of the United States Of America( Regan,2010). In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the
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