Over the years the battle against marijuana has been an on-going issue. As researchers continue to conduct various studies on whether it is beneficial or harmful, its road to legalization is at stake. Though numerous countries and states have already approved marijuana for both medical and recreational consumption, some countries still wouldn't want it legalized.
As per Peaceful Warriors, a new DEA head Chuck Rosenberg made a statement regarding marijuana stating: "heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana" and this statement seem to hint that DEA is slowly accepting the fact that marijuana is not lethal compared to Heroin, LSD, cocaine, and alcohol.
It was May of this year, when Rosenberg took over DEA after replacing their previous director Michele Leonhart, who was forced to resign after facing various scandals.
IFL Science then reported that a number of researchers conducted a study in regards to marijuana and its long term effect on an individual. The subjects were then divided into four groups: low/non users, early chronic users, those who smoked during adolescence, and those who continually smoke from their teen years up to their adult years.
They then found that smoking pot as an adolescent DID NOT cause extensive health problems after controlling other factors. Eliminating the factors of smoking, socioeconomic status, and other substance abuse; researchers found no link between mental/physical health problems and its correlation to pot use.
Jordan Bechtold, the Lead Researcher then made a statement regarding the outcome of their study stating: "What we found was a little surprising; there were no differences in any of the mental or physical health outcomes that we measured regardless of the amount or frequency of marijuana used during adolescence."
As of 2015, marijuana is already legalized on 23 states most of which is for medical reasons, though some took a leap in legalizing pot for recreational use.
