onal enforcement and 15 times more than mandatory minimums. In 1992, Florida opened up several separate “drug courts.” These courts mixed treatment and jail time in individual case punishments. These courts only handled less than two percent of drug cases so the influence could not be measured accurately. In 1997, only 15 percent of state and federal inmates received substance-abuse treatment during their current terms. That number is down from 1991. There will always be a group of people that find some concepts as preposterous. There were those who believed that watching a talking box would never be entertaining. There were those that laughed in the Wright brother’s face when they proposed the idea of a flying machine. The idea of legalizing marijuana may seem absurd to those who do not use it but for those whose life it will improve, it seems like a grand idea. There are products on the market that can compare to marijuana’s negative effects yet those products are legal. When will America wake up and realize the cry for the legalization of marijuana is growing louder than ever?...
