Marijuana, legalize it or not?

• By Cali Shaye
• Legalize Marijuana
• 13 years ago
• 10

I say legalize.

It was outlawed in the 1920s and 1930s because were there was complete hysteria and exaggerated propaganda about marijuana, for there was not much known about marijuana. [Reefer Madness]

The organization that enforced Prohibition was out of work, so their next target was marijuana. They could easily demonize something that the people had little experience with. Taking a look at historical records, during that same time frame, there was lot of racial tension and anti-immigration feelings in America. They put a Spanish name on it ‘Marijuana’ that could scare Americans and could keep their network established. It would flourish, for people had less experience with marijuana than they did than alcohol.
It was full time employment for officers, you can easily recognize someone who just got done smoking a joint in an alleyway rather than someone who had just did a line of coke in a restroom stall.
It can be understood why the populous is against marijuana, for ever since it was criminalized, the government has been putting billions of dollars into trashing the image of it. The people are afraid and misinformed, as the people in power have always been advocating against it, and there has not been allowed proper response from people willing to tell the truth.

Now, those who are against it, please explain your reasoning. I’m ready to hear it. Don’t just say ‘no.’ Tell me why.

I do understand how some people feel as they say they lost friends to marijuana. But it is something to be used in moderation, just like alcohol, the same rules apply. Be responsible, [just like you should be with alcohol] and there shouldn’t be any harm in it.