The legalization of marijuana.

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Effects of Marijuana on the Brain. Researchers have found that THC changes the way in which sensory information gets into and is acted on by the hippocampus. This is a component of the brain's limbic system that is crucial for learning, memory, and the integration of sensory experiences with emotions and motivations. Investigations have shown that THC suppresses neurons in the information-processing system of the hippocampus. In addition, researchers have discovered that learned behaviors, which depend on the hippocampus, also deteriorate.

Effects on the Lungs. Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers have. These individuals may have daily cough and phlegm, symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and more frequent chest colds. Continuing to smoke marijuana can lead to abnormal functioning of lung tissue injured or destroyed by marijuana smoke.

In 1995, based on thirty years of scientific research, editors of the British medical journal Lancet concluded that 'the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health.'

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Yet it still causes lung cancer because you are introducing in forgein chemicals to your lungs.

Regardless of the THC content, the amount of tar inhaled by marijuana smokers and the level of carbon monoxide absorbed are three to five times greater than among tobacco smokers. This may be due to marijuana users inhaling more deeply and holding the smoke in the lungs.

Give both sides some thought in terms of legalizing marijuana.

Against:

€Marijuana is a doorway drug to harsher more dangerous drug use

€Pot makes you stupid

€Crime rates will increase

€It will make the drug readily available to our country's youth

€Marijuana is dangerous and causes lung cancer

For:

€Marijuana creates pacifism and is a stress reliever

€Will decrease the crime rate if the herb is readily available. It...