Today I would like to present another argument for marijuana legalization in the United States. The laws established in this country outlawing marijuana possession and use are based on false information about the drug. The first laws concerning marijuana were based on the mind-set shown in movies like reefer madness (1936). A movie that today is comedical to most people. Unfortunately many people still believe some false "dangers" of marijuana. I think that anyone who has any experience or knowledge of the drug would agree that it's not addictive, it would not cause you to randomly commit a violent crime, and it will not make you forget committing a violent crime. Marijuana laws in this country were formed based on the idea that marijuana is more dangerous than heroine. Now that these laws are already in place, the government makes a massive amount of money from marijuana fines. To keep this money coming in every year they keep the public believing that marijuana is extremely dangerous. All the government funded commercials and anti-drug programs influences people to believe that marijuana is a serious and dangerous problem. I believe it is working, most of the public believes that if you use marijuana you will commit crimes, and eventually destroy your life. Just like any other drug, marijuana can alter your behavior; however, the drug is not addictive, and does not cause you to commit violent crimes. The only laws that you will break because of marijuana are the laws against possession or use. Laws that were formed not based on facts but on myths. Yet, for some reason these laws are still in place. I believe they will be for many years to come. I don't think that the public will be brainwashed forever; within the next several generations the common public will have realized that marijuana is not dangerous. Perhaps then the laws in this country will come to question and perhaps be overturned.
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I don't know man the fight on pot will never end. But a good post would be about stats of if the governmant did legalize drugs and how it would boost the economy and more than likily put organized crime out of bussiness.
Could marijuana be a gateway drug simply by virtue of the fact that it introduces the user to illicit activity? If so, you might argue that if it were legal, it would no longer be a “gateway drug.”
Dearthvader--
Nice post (please, break these into paragraphs!). I'd like to see a little support to the claim that our marijuana laws are heavily influenced by the reaction to Refer Madness, here though.
Some real good volume and expression coming through on this blog overall.
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