Response to Abortion

I agree with Mebeb Lemma’s point of view on abortion, to add to her article. Donald Trump, our president, is not a big fan of abortion. Although not being a female himself, this doesn’t exactly make sense. Trump believes that abortion should be banned with the exception of rape, incest, and if it is a danger to the mother. Even though these are of course great reasons this shouldn’t ban abortions for other reasons. The family, mainly the mother should be able to abort the life living in their own belly. There could be a million other reasons which is not protected under Trump’s theoretical ban. The family could not have enough money to raise a child. They could be in college focusing on their school work. Maybe the father doesn’t want to be involved and the mother can not raise the child by herself. These are valid reasons for an abortion. Another thing Trump is rooting for is getting rid of the Affordable Care Act which helps helps us get free birth control and free prenatal care, both of which is extremely important. I believe that we have been through this before, this is the right of a woman to do what they want with their body. It is ridiculous what Trump is trying to do. Men who cannot have children and do not carry a baby in their belly for nine months should not be able to tell us, women, what we can and cannot do.

Medical Marijuana?

Marijuana has been around for quite sometime. It has been classified as a Schedule 1 drug because it is prone to addiction and apparently has no medical value. Other schedule 1 drugs include heroin, LSD, cocaine, and many more. Now why would thus Schedule 1 drug have medical value, if it’s a Schedule 1 drug? For a very long time scientists have ruled out the possibility and would not even consider testing the drug to see if it had medicinal value. Now we are becoming more open minded about marijuana and marijuana has been approved for extreme cases of epilepsy: Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.

The big question is: Should we legalize marijuana? I don’t really know. But the bigger question is should we legalize medical marijuana? I believe the answer lies within the research. Recent findings show that Epidiolex, a CBD drug given to patients with Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, has shown that in most cases have significantly stopped their seizures. This drug was FDA approved in June 2018.

33 states have legalized medical marijuana and 10 of those states have legalized recreational marijuana. Nobody has ever died by taking to much marijuana, a fatal dose is pretty much impossible. Now alcohol... a legal drug once you turn 21 kills about 88,000 people per year... so just think about that. That’s a lot of people, but that’s a different story. Anyway, I believe that we should do more research on this horrible illegal Schedule 1 drug and not be biased on its effects and its legality. This could be a good thing or it could be a bad thing, but we will never know unless we do the research.