Sometimes, I think our government is trying to kill us. Think about it for just a moment: What are the two substances backed wholly by the United States government? If you don't know the answer, it's tobacco and liquor.
Last I checked, those two substances are involved with a lot of deaths and health problems in America. You can do some of your own research by looking here and here.
Besides the health factors that alcohol presents, there's also the factor of lives it ends up claiming. People drink and drive all the time and claim lives in the process. There's also the factor of possible alcohol poisoning that drinkers must be weary of.
Like it or not, there's no good that comes from tobacco and liquor. However illegal it may be, the same cannot be said of marijuana. The long-term effects of marijuana are not completely known and haven't been greatly studied since some time in the late 40's. Besides irritation caused by smoke-inhalation and the possibility of it causing Cancer, not a lot is known about marijuana (even though that's not how Truth makes it seem). But really, if it causes Cancer, so does tobacco and our government has that backed.
Shifting the bad aside, how about all the good that marijuana could offer if it was legally allowed? Marijuana could help in third-world-countries where children have lost the will to eat because they have been without food for so long; it helps curve anxiety in minor and extreme cases; it curves nausea; it helps in pain management; it curves and sometimes rids migraine pains. Used on a medical level, marijuana could truly succeed.
Do I think the legalization of marijuana should be seen to as soon as possible? I absolutely do not. Kids always end up fixating on the forbidden and if that weren't marijuana anymore, what would they reach for next? Even in the event of its legalization, I believe many laws would need to adhere to the drug.
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