Security

Marijuana is used by most people as a desire, not a need.  However there are some people who do consider marijuana a need in their everyday life, not a biological need, but more of a need to feel more secure in their lives.  Some cancer patients claim that using marijuana reduces their physical and emotional pain, as well as the stress that is a result of chemotherapy, despite the fact the the FDA has found that there is no medical use for marijuana.  Marijuana is also used in cancer patients because though they may lose weight during chemotherapy, marijuana has a side effect that increases appetite.  I argue that the use of marijuana should not be limited to medicinal use (thirteen states have legalized medical marijuana use: AK, CA, CO, HI, ME, MI, MT, NV, NM, OR, RI, VT, and WA) but should be legal for recreational use as well.  The use of marijuana provides a alternative to people who, for example, don't like to drink alcohol.  People drink alcohol because the effect alcohol causes on the body makes people feel good, so why shouldn't people be able to use marijuana if it makes them feel good?  For some people using marijuana represents a more spiritual or artistic mood, rather then just a sense of entertainment.  For these people, using marijuana brings not quite the direct satisfaction that people who use it for fun experience, but it provides for artists by enabling what they are able to do because of using marijuana.

People feel secure when their basic needs are taken care of (in our case by the government).  A secure outcome for the reform of marijuana laws would be to legalize marijuana for recreational use, because people who use marijuana would feel secure by not having to worry about being penalized by the law for using marijuana.  People who use marijuana illegally should not have to fear the government, or fear how they are looked upon by the others, simply because they see using marijuana as a desire, or in some cases a need.  Security could best be achieved through the market, because reforming the marijuana laws would maximize self-interests.  Interests in which i believe the government has not right to put a barrier on.  If the government stands by their decision to keep marijuana illegal because society doesn't need it, then why don't they go ahead and bring back prohibition?