Marcus, Ruth. “Ruth Marcus: The perils of legalized pot” washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, 02 Jan. 2014, Web. 15 Jul. 2015.<\/p>\n
Ruth Marcus is an American journalist\u00a0and editorial writer for The Post, specializing in American politics and domestic policy. She studied at Yale University where she wrote\u00a0for the\u00a0college newspaper. Later she wrote for the\u00a0National Law Journal,before attending Harvard Law School.\u00a0Marcus uses this article to not argue about how marijuana is the worst legal substance but her main concern about teenagers\u00a0obtaining marijuana. She discusses how easily it is for teenagers to gain illegal substance disorders.<\/p>\n
Marcus\u00a0starts by addressing other basic reasons about why it is not a good idea to legalize marijuana but does not go into detail. She uses\u00a0a\u00a0conclusion of the American Medical Association about how\u00a0cannabis is commonly\u00a0involved in drugged driving with drivers being under the age 21.\u00a0Marcus states, “…our kids will not\u00a0be better off with another legal mind-altering substance.”\u00a0 In other words, Marcus believes that legal marijuana should not be something teenagers have their hands on.<\/p>\n
According to Marcus, a 2012 study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders from birth to age 38 found that cannabis use was associated with neuropsychological decline broadly across domains of functioning.\u00a0 Proving as she herself writes that,” the\u00a0decrease in IQ was linked only to those with adolescent marijuana use, not those who started in adulthood.”\u00a0 She then reflects on how even though those who “started as teens, stopping didn’t fully restore functioning.” Particularly aiming for the effects of marijuana on an adolescent brain.<\/p>\n
As\u00a0a mother\u00a0herself, Marcus claims\u00a0“minors will use it.” Referring the legalization of marijuana would be “more widely available” for the youth.\u00a0 Her bias is clear when she mentions about a majority of Americans supporting legalization the previous year and disagrees when she writes, “If this doesn’t make you nervous,\u00a0you are smoking something. Maybe even legally.”<\/p>\n
This article gives an input of teenagers which was interesting because marijuana is mostly used in that age group. It is contended that the danger of legalized marijuana will greatly effect the adolescent in a negative way.\u00a0This controversy will\u00a0remain ” a trend that reveals itself in the course of the year obvious and inexorable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marcus, Ruth. “Ruth Marcus: The perils of legalized pot” washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, 02 Jan. 2014, Web. 15 Jul. 2015. Ruth Marcus is an American journalist\u00a0and editorial writer for The Post, specializing in American politics and domestic policy. She studied … Continue reading