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I wrote a sentence and I want to mean that marijuana was made as a medicine for medical treat, but now it is being used more as a drug by addicts.

Doctor said, 'These days marijuana is being used more as a kind of drug than what it was actually made for.'

Is the sentence grammatically correct?

Prodigy · Accepted Answer

Hello, Oviram.

Yes. Your sentence sounds great to me, although I am still unsure about "These days" being used as an adverb of frequency, so I would rather replace it for: Nowadays.

Also, the use of the present perfect continuous in "marijuana is being used more.." will make it sound more like "English" - Nowadays, marijuana has been used more as a king of drug than what it was actually made for", or, if you prefer, you can use the present perfect passive continuous: Nowadays, marijuana has been being used more as a kind of drug than what it was actually made for", however, it is unecessary; the present perfect continuous is enough.

By the way, if you want to sound over-formal, I would advise that you place the preposition in the beginning:

Nowadays, marijuana has been used more as a kind of drug than for what it was actually made.

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