Muckraking Project

Our project is based on marijuana usage around teenagers. We're also describing different health benefits of marijuana, whether they're good or bad. Certain health features that are beneficial is treating young children who have autism or ADHD. Most of these children use edibles to avoid inhaling smoke. Although it isn't scientifically known yet whether marijuana extracts help these children, parents have become more vocal with the fact that marijuana helps their autistic kids function better and ADHD kids pay more attention. The harmful health use of marijuana comes from inhaling the smoke. While it is significantly healthier than cigarettes that have many added chemicals, you're still inhaling a foreign substance in to your lungs. To narrow our subject down from just a broad phrase of marijuana usage around teenagers, we decided on it being a gateway drug. Most people assume a gateway drug is a drug that you get addicted to which makes you crave more or other drugs that are far more harsh. While it has been scientifically proven that marijuana isn't a habit addicting drug, where you buy your marijuana from may vary. Since no teenagers are able to purchase marijuana legally they have to buy from a "dealer" which could cause further drug usage. Some dealers aren't just selling marijuana but also have other drugs such as adderall, heroine, meth and much more. So, while marijuana isn't socially described as a gateway drug, it can still lead to usage with other harder drugs due to the fact that teenagers aren't buying it legally and buying it from a dealer.