Freedom Vs. Saftey

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Freedom Vs. Saftey The first states to legalize marijuana is Colorado and Washington. Since then there was no criminal increase nor decrease. Therefore marijuana should be legalized in NJ because its proven to reduce effects of insomnia, mood disorders, and aggressive types of cancer. Insomnia is an abnormal inability to get enough rest. Shockingly the effects of marijuana relaxes and tires the body therefore curing insomnia. The long term effects of chronic insomnia are: heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and death. Using THC can reduce risk of leading to any of the problems listed above, also including common pain and stress.
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Mood disorders are bipolar disorders, depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety. "Our results suggest that the legalization of medical marijuana is associated with a 5 percent decrease in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent decrease in the suicide rate of 20- through 29-year-old males, and a 9 percent decrease in the suicide rate of 30- through 39 year-old-males. Estimates for female suicide rates are generally measured with less precision and are sensitive to functional form. The strong association between alcohol consumption and suicide related outcomes found by previous researchers raises the possibility that medical marijuana laws reduce the risk of suicide by decreasing alcohol consumption."
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THC can in fact reduce / return cancer patients to being healthy and normal again. “Desprez, a molecular biologist, spent decades studying ID-1, the gene that causes cancer to spread. Meanwhile, fellow