Rubish 8 This seems very hypocritical to me. Why should something that is so helpful for pain and also has a recreational value be controlled solely by the upper class. I know exactly why, when an organization has money it has influence. Why should the government lose its stronghold monopoly on such a lucrative industry? It seems to me that they would rather keep the power out of the hands of the average citizen and keep it in the hands of the more influential members of society who have the power to help each other out. One argument that could be spoken on this issue of distribution and classification of the controlled substance would be that marijuana should be distributed only on a needed basis by a licensed doctor. Well that may be a good point, but you must also realize that a class three drug is something like Tylenol three with codeine. Don’t forget that this is a drug that is ten times more potent than regular marijuana and they are making it that easy to get. You must also look at the other side of the issue what if you could get put in jail for having one tenth of a Tylenol pill? It may seem like a crazy comparison but it is in proper perspective. You can go to jail for having one joint in your possession, spend the next ten years paying for it alongside rapist and murderers. Or you can get a backache and go to your doctor and get the same thing only ten times stronger and be fine. This really does defy logical reasoning, there is no excuse for our government to make contradictory laws like this.The last of the major point to be debated on the legalization of marijuana is the cultural issue. It all began around the 1960’s whe...
