Page 1 Ali khodabakhshi Stuart Heyns ENG4U 1 OCTOBER Drug addiction in Canada A s far as I am concern it is high time to consider the matter of using drugs and addiction which is one of the crucial and controversial issues in today’s life especially in some countries such canada or Afghanistan . The growing tendency to using drugs, contribute to a large number of problems such as more demand for drugs or it cause to increases crime . Each country has known for some especial hallucinogen an example can clarify this issue ,Canada has known for weed or Afghanistan known by Opium . With this essay we are going to face with some informations of Cannabis . Today’s essay is about plant. It is an annual plant. The fruit of this plant is small and oily and has a calming and temporary happiness property, which is also used for therapeutic purposes. This plant that we are talking about is called Cannabis. The plant is also known as cannabis, although the term is often used to refer to cultivated cannabis for nonmedicinal purposes. This plant or type of drug has some di erent names such as: 1-Cannabis 2-Hemp 3-Marijuana 4-Weed Signs of Marijuana Abuse are visible and easy to understand for example : 1-Bloodshot eyes 2-Increased appetite 3-Weight gain 4-Dry mouth 5-Memory impairment So there is an important question why do some teen use drugs? It has some simple reasons like stress of life or popular media -Escape and self-medication-trying new things. Drugs and alcohol work quickly. The initial effects feel really good. Teenagers turn to drug because they see it as a short term shortcut to being happy and relaxing. some teenagers just for showing up use weed and because it brings happiness, they will addict to it in the other hand they may try other drugs like cocaine because cannabis has no sign or happiness for them anymore Another controversial issue is that Why is the sale, consumption and transportation of marijuana free in Canada? According to the people, in order to ght and control the number of consumers and drug dealers or to reduce this issue, Canada liberalized its sales and consumption and took responsibility for it. ff fi 1 Page 2 Now we are going to checking some points that Canada achieved of legal Cannabis; Get cannabis out of the hands of young people Keep pro ts out of the pockets of criminals Protect public health and safety by legalizing adults with cannabis. So we can conclude Canada controlled the issue by legalizing cannabis use alongside the problems that arose By doing so, Canada also created problems for the people Before 2018, people avoided consuming it because it was a crime But when it became legal, people started using it and became addicted to cannabis or other drugs Sources: 1-https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/cannabis/ 2-https://drugfree.org/article/top-8-reasons-teens-try-alcohol-drugs/ 3-https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/marijuana/symptoms-signs/ 4-https://ontario.cmha.ca/addiction-and-substance-use-and-addiction/ 5-https://www.bcna.ca/2019/05/5-shocking-facts-about-drug-addiction-and-abuse-in-canada/ fi 2
