Marijuana is not bad for like cigarettes and alcohol. The US war on drugs places great importance on arresting people for smoking marijuana. Since 1990, nearly 5.9 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana charges, which is a larger number than the entire populations of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming combined. In the year 2000, state and local law enforcement had arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations alone. This is an increase of 800 percent since 1980, and is the highest ever documented.
Like most Americans, people who smoke marijuana also pay their taxes, love and support their families, and work hard to improve life for their kids. Suddenly they are arrested, jailed, and treated like criminals solely because of choice to smoke marijuana. State agencies regularly step in and declare that a child of marijuana smokers to be in great danger, and the outcome is many children are placed into foster homes. This causes tremendous pain, suffering and financial problems for millions of American families. It also creates distrust and disrespect for the law and for the criminal justice system. Responsible marijuana smokers are no threat or danger to their children or America, and there is no reason to treat them like they are criminals, or to take their children away from them. As a society we need to discover ways to discourage personal conduct of all kinds that is abusive or dangerous to others. Responsible marijuana smokers are not the problem in America and it is time to bring to an end to arresting them.Marijuana does not cause serious health problems like those caused by tobacco or alcohol such as strong addiction, cancer, heart problems, birth defects, emphysema, and liver damage. There are many myths about marijuana including; marijuana contains over 400 chemicals, thus proving that it is dangerous. Rat poison contains only 30 chemicals, which proves that it is not quantity, it is quality. Overdosing and dying from smoking marijuana is impossible.
In the history of the entire world, there has never been a single human death due to a health dilemma caused by marijuana. The legalization of marijuana would make life for all Americans better.
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