Cannabis: Legalization Direction and Policy.

From the dawn of human existence cannabis has been used been and has been cultivated in many aspects of life. Cannabis has been depicted and seen in ancient hieroglyphics, use to create and make clothing and textiles, has be used in many cultures and spiritual groups as a sacred practice, used in early medical practices for its ability to alleviate pain manly sickly symptoms, and recreationally used for its psychoactive effects.

But now cannabis is in another phase of its history in terms of the article it is in its legalization period and is at a crossroad with medical and recreational policy. As of today marijuana is only legal in certain states, still remains a Schedule I drug and is classified schedule I with cocaine and heroine, and is still a misdemeanor or a felony if caught with it in states where it’s illegal, and there are still many laws behind it even though it is legal in certain states. Throughout history cannabis has had its fair share of being used freely and restricted depending on the geography or the region. It was not just banned to be banned there were many reasons why some regions, and cultures banned it from being used. On page 9 of the article it states, “The first documented prohibition of cannabis was by an edict of Soudon Sheikouni, the emir of Joneima in Arabia in 1378, who ordered destruction of the plants and punishment for users.” On the…