rijuana, let alone overdose. .A person could probably smoke a whole bagof marijuana and all that would happen is they would get the munchies and go to sleep. I think that if thegovernment would legalize this harmless drug everyone would get along better and the government would havea new source of revenue. Also, there would be a lot less overcrowding in our jails and our policemen could beout hunting real criminals , getting off the back of people committing a victimless crime. Evidence has clearly shown that marijuana has been around for a long time and has served a multiple ofpurposes throughout history. If the government legalized it today, we would immediately see the benefits ofthis decision. People suffering from illnesses such as AIDS and cancer would be able to experience relief. The government could make billions of dollars off the taxes it could impose on its sale, and its implementationinto the industrial world would create thousands of new jobs into the economy. Also because of its role inpaper making, many of our forests could be saved from extinction. No recorded deaths have ever occurredas a result of marijuana use, it is not physically addictive like alcohol or tobacco. Marijuana being illegal hasno validity at all. Due to all the positive aspects of marijuana it should be legalized in the United States. The modern history of marijuana dates back to the 1930’s. People didn’t care whether it was heroin, cocaine, morphine, marijuana or opium, one horror was no worse than the other. This reflected both the lackof scientific knowledge and morbid exaggeration that have characterized much of the discussion of marijuanasince that time. A large and growing body of scientific information about marijuana has now been reported inthe press. Attitudes towa...
