Why cannabis should not be legalised?

Marijuana impairs the ability to judge time, distance and speed; it slows reaction time and reduces the ability to track moving objects. Despite growing acceptance, the decriminalization of marijuana should be a federal issue and its recreational use should not be legal.

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is less harmful than legal drugs such as alcohol or tobacco, so keeping it banned is pure hypocrisy. In fact, cannabis has been shown to have health benefits, from treating glaucoma to preventing epilepsy or relieving symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

There are no health reasons to keep it illegal, it's a purely cultural hangover from the days when marijuana was considered a dangerous and exotic import. Tobacco is more addictive than cocaine, but there are no signs that marijuana causes physiological addiction. If you ban marijuana, you can also ban eating hamburgers, bungee jumping, or any other moderately risky hobby. The data clearly shows that around 10% of people who use cannabis become addicted; this figure is higher among adolescents.

It is important to know that the quality of cannabis obtained from a retailer or friend is unknown and may contain contaminants such as mold or fillers that may be toxic. In a legalization report card released this week, C3 gives governments a B rating for keeping cannabis out of reach of young people and protecting public health, but that's as high as possible. Although cannabis may have some medical uses under tightly controlled circumstances, smoking it or eating space biscuits is simply not good for you. The negative effects of cannabis on the brain, for example, appear to be lower than the effects of some substances such as alcohol.

While there are signs that marijuana use has increased, criminal convictions for cannabis-related crimes among young people have fallen dramatically. This is remarkable, Myran says, because edibles present some difficult public health challenges compared to other cannabis products, such as flowers and oils. Another objective of the Cannabis Act is to protect public health and, under that measure, increased consumption may bring new challenges. Kurzgesagt delves into three arguments against the legalization of cannabis, explaining their validity and whether the evidence supports them.

The legalization of cannabis in Canada just celebrated its third anniversary, which means it's time for the federal government to review and possibly modify the policy. Now that the third anniversary of legalization has arrived, the legal review of the Cannabis Act is due to begin. For example, the concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient, is more than 20 times higher than in marijuana products used several decades ago.