Legalization of Marijuana
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Legalization of Marijuana
PRACHIE SINGHI AND HARSH SINGH2
ABSTRACT
To mark 4/20 (April 20) a day dedicated to smoking marijuana. There are numerous
theories for the same so the main or at least one of it is. In the seventies, a group of high
school students in San Rafael, California would routinely meet up for a sneaky joint by
the statue of Louis Pasteur on the campus at exactly 4:20 pm. They use to whisper
Louis420 and then it became a code word later it was adopted as a day for smoking
weed. Marijuana has been used since the prehistoric period of Man's existence. And it's
one of the most consumed illegal drugs in the world. The global story of cannabis is that
it is the most recreational and it's all about the fizz produced in the body after taking the
hit. drug According to the world drug report 2019 from the United Nations Office on
Drug and Crime (UNODC) the global number of users of marijuana is was 219.02
million approx. Global weed use has grown by 60 percent over the past decade, with
people smoking around 130 percent more than before. The biggest issue sees in youth
smoking, which can harm the brain. So by legalizing it there can be proper checks and
balances or on the other side, there will be a growth in the consumption. In the wake of
the past events in which two US states have demanded the legalization of Marijuana
other than medical purposes. This paper aims at pointing out all the possible aspects
related to marijuana followed by a comparative analysis between India and the rest of the
world and whether India should legalize or not.
Keyword - Pot, Marijuana, Recreational drug, Joint.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Cannabis is natural product and a very complicated/cFigure 1 delta -9-tetrahydrocannabinol (C21 H3002)
chemicals in it an 80 of them are cannabinoid and have different kind of effect when used, the
main component which make it psychotically active is delta -9-tetrahydrocannabino3(A9-
THC) Chemical Formula - C21H3002 THC's chemical structure is Similar to that of
Anandamide, a chemical which is present in the brain which makes it easy to alter the brain
function.
1 Author is a student at UPES, Dehradun, India.
2 Author is a student at UPES, Dehradun, India.
3 Zerrin Atakan, Cannabis, a complex plant : different compounds and different effects on individual
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3736954/)
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