out concrete evidence? I remember hearing that green M&M’s caused cancer, does that mean it is true. It seems like everyone is making a claim that one thing or another causes cancer. And as for marijuana being a gateway drug there is no evidence, only speculation. How do you know that drug users do not simply use marijuana along with their other drugs? I smoke when I drink does that mean drinking causes smoking? I know many people who have smoked marijuana for years and years. These people would never think about trying a harder drug. I have yet to meet a person who got bored with marijuana and decided to try heroin. There is no concrete connection between marijuana and hard drugs. We are wasting so much of our countries money hunting down and these horrible pot smokers so we can lock them up and save our society from their terrible ways. For example, Phillip Macleans makes a comparison between a country that has legal marijuana and the U.S. Amsterdam has legal marijuana you can buy it in the store and then go smoke it in the street if you want. But in the U.S. this is worth a long prison sentence. Amsterdam statistically has a lower percentage of marijuana users, a lower crime rate, and less people are addicted to hard drugs. And don’t forget about the tax money that goes into the countries economy. The money is put into the economy, rather than spent on jailing the users. The fact that marijuana has medical value should be an indicator that it is not a lethal substance. The brain even produces that specifically react in a positive way to THC ( the substance that gets you high in marijuana) (Macleans 57). Many would argue Rubish 5that our country has its own unique law, and that we should prosecute however we see fit. My response to that is, weigh the pros and cons of marijuana ...
