This will be long.. but, for those who want to read.. they can.
The 21st amendment illegalized the transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of liquors. This, however, was not stopped by the illegalization. It created speakeasies and many underground ways to get it anyway. It also created crime, some death, some low grade materials, and many other things... however it didn’t create a stop for drinkers. This prohibition was eventually canceled due to the United States realizing that it simply wasn’t working and that legalization would lead to an amount of money being made for them off taxes. Does this sound familiar enough?... Minus the legalization at least.
Marijuana is simply the most unlawful thing to spend money on. Nearly 2 billion dollars a year is spent of tax money to keep people in prison for small to medium marijuana busts. Nearly 4 billion dollars is spent on keeping marijuana illegal and arresting those who use it.... This price is more than the U.S. spends to help those who are addicted to other drugs. Marijuana may always get you high, but alcohol also always gets you drunk, whether you see it or not. Weed smokers may not always get as high as they would if they smoked 4 joints to their face... but alcoholics are slowed down, even if they have one beer. Driving after drinking is the same thing as driving after smoking, whether you believe it or not. The more you smoke, the more “impaired� you get...The more you drink, the more “impaired� you get.
Francis Young, DEA Law Administrative Judge, said that “A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly fifteen hundred pounds of marijuana within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response... In strict medical terms, marijuana is far safer than many of the foods we commonly consume. For example, eating ten raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death." How can a drug that is physically impossible to overdose on, be dangerous? Marijuana also has been proven, or at least never been proven to give lung cancer to people. It has been proven to create SOME lung damage and immune problems for those who smoke heavily, however.. it has never created cancer in the body. Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths and is responsible for most cancers of the larynx (voice box), oral cavity(mouth), pharynx(throat), esophagus, and bladder. So, 13% is not from cigarette smoking, and 0% is proven to be from marijuana smoking. To keep this “drug� illegal is ludicrous. Not to mention, marijuana was illegalized in 1937 under reasons of “insanity�, which has been proven totally incorrect and was also illegalized under a totally race related issue.
Propaganda quotes to create a fear toward the drug :
"Marihuana produces a wide variety of symptoms in the user, including hilarity, swooning, and sexual excitement ... it often makes the smoker vicious, with a desire to fight and kill."
-Scientific American magazine, 1936
"Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing"
-Federal Bureau of Narcotics Chief Harry J. Anslinger, 1948
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Federal Bureau of Narcotics Chief Harry J. Anslinger, 1929
... it goes on and on.
All I’m saying is.. marijuana is not needed to be illegal. It is not physically addicting, though it can become habitual, as can all things. You cannot OD on weed, and many other things cannot occur with it... So why is it so bad? Because thats what you’re fed and it's as simple as that.
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