cultivate. At that time, those plants were said to be low in THC and evidences even say that ancient people had an idea about the plant being psychoactive. They probably have used these for religious ceremonies. This coincide with the discovery of burned cannabis seeds in shamans’ graves at Siberia and China. It was very evident that cannabis back then was really beneficial to people in a good way. One maybe puzzled of this and may think “what happened?”. Well, the primary factor that led this to criminalization of this are the political and racial factors.

It is a known fact that marijuana is an illegal drug that people often abuse in the whole world. It’s very popular among teenagers and young adults probably because of the curiosity to this substance at first which then leads to addiction. Based on a report given by The Partnership on Drugfree.org, the number of teenagers using marijuana for recreational use is gradually rising wherein 1 out of 10 smoke more than 20 times a month. The pleasure they get from smoking marijuana and the feeling of gratification from it to get away from boredom can be a possible reason. Nowadays, teenagers also encounter difficulty in dealing with peer pressure and stress and they find comfort in this drug. In the entertainment industry, popular music and several music videos can even be considered a reason for this. Teens tend to worship the kind of lifestyles that they saw in these that’s why they are greatly influenced. With that, they’ll be inclined in portraying such lifestyle. Meanwhile, as stated in the book The Science of Marijuana by Leslie Iversen, the percentage of addiction is most likely 10 percent and there is also a probability that 10 to 30 percent of users who regularly engaged in this kind of drug might be dependent on it. The worst part is that, they are putting their future on the line and have a detrimental effect on it.

Moreover, negative effects of marijuana on the physical, psychological and social state of a person are quite many. Despite of these negative effects, positive effects can also be gained from marijuana. Applying the principle of double effect, marijuana use could be seen in a different light. It was discovered that marijuana holds a medical attribute that can be used in treating terminally ill people. It was then found out by Sir William Brooke who studied in India back in 1830s that extracts coming from marijuana could lessen the vomiting of people who had cholera and suffering of those with stomach pain. Later on, these was then made available in pharmacies around Europe and United States which aid in treating ailments. Just for fast fact checks, two drugs in a pill form which contained THC was already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration namely Marinol and Syndros which can help in treating nausea that one may get from having a cancer chemotherapy. For the record, it was commemorated on the 17th of March, 1999 in United States an inclusive document that proves the medical capability of marijuana when 11 medical experts employed by the White House to seek for deeper knowledge on the properties of the substance, which afterwards prove the critiques wrong as they found out that Cannabis Sativa can be effectively used as a biotic medicine.
However, the major concern on the health sectors when this legal marijuana be prompted is the ethical guidelines particularly on the assurance that the practitioners will administer this drug with due moral and ethical considerations. It is quite known fact that practitioners do their public service in exchange for the medical and laboratory fees that they get. It is in this context that critics find it hard to believe that House Bill 6517, even though it details guidelines on the use of the substance, will compromise the safety of the patients when overlooked at a