fering 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 toward marijuana are starting to become more thoughtful and sophisticated. The use ofmarijuana is still very much the drug of choice of young people. Pot smoking is no longer the deviantbehavior of a few. It is normal social practice for all kinds of people-conservatives as well as radicals, working people as well as students. A new trend in marijuana smoking is adult use. Older people also use marijuana regularly. Studies ofmarijuana use among older professional groups early in 1976 showed that in geographical areas of high use, there were numbers o...