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However as a recreational drug, if dosage of consumption and duration of use were not controlled, it can harm health like any other drugs especially in young people (Hall, 1994). This essay has shown various medical benefits marijuana offers such as pain relieve, glaucoma therapy and appetite stimulation. It has also discussed marijuana’s negative effects on development of psychosis, cognition and behaviour in adolescents. As an illicit drug, most studies were focused on the negative aspects of marijuana and the same fact has made empirical studies difficult to conduct. In turn, the negative effects of marijuana are overshadowing the positive anecdotal ones. Existing evidences have only shown marijuana as a correlational factor hence more studies need to be built on hypothesis with a causal