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Marijuana...it does a body good.The color green is what defines the planet this day in age. Money passages its murky way in and out of consumer’s and producer’s hands like the tide of an active beach. Green lights provide traffic with half of a frequent flow of normality and order system. Even the literal hue of the planet Earth is green, save for the blue oceans, due to the curtains of foliage which seems to blanket the landscape generously. With this plethora of plant-life comes variety, and with variety comes curiosity, choices, and selection, hence the discovery of certain mind-altering substances. While on the open topic of shrubbery, there is an obvious fact that plants help us shelter ourselves, relax, and even breathe. People, however, turn the cold shoulder when they hear about weed, pot, doobies, or the Leaf Chief. The general public tends to blatantly ignore the scientific legitimacy that marijuana does indeed help the human race. Although marijuana can cause hallucinogenic and harmful side-effects when overly used, it should be legalized because of simple medical, economic, governmental, and stress reducing conceptions. The legalization of marijuana; what a marvelous initiative! Yes, pot-heads, behold! Imagine the fiscal tribulations that would be solved. Anyone who wanted a quick joint to ease their mind before a 9:00 AM Advanced Writing and Literary Techniques class would be charged an outrageous government tax to buy it, instead of risking life and limb to illegally purchase one from some guy named Karl who doesn’t deserve to share the air he or she breathes in let alone their hard earned money. Why give money to the scum of the earth when it can go to the government to aid in the betterment of the country….yeah? This would not only help replenish lost revenues, additionally, taxation of marijuana would aid in the allocations of government surpluses because there would be more money to spend on public relief to programs such as Social Security and the growing number of unemployment. Accumulating to the bowl of reasons for legality is the topic of employment. Countless individuals waste away each and every dire day like rotting yak corpses as they wait in a long list of people who have increasing anxiety and growing hatred towards their government because of the meager reason that no one will hire them. Decriminalizing the production and distribution of marijuana would provide unfathomable numbers of jobs for the people simply trying to lead decent and civilized lives. A father providing for a family of four who are living in poverty has certain obligations to supply his wife and children with the best possible life and future, and he believes in his heart that he has the willpower and opportunity to heighten their social status, but the only way he thinks this to be possible is through the vending of marijuana. With current laws, this father and sole provider for his family would be arrested and serving time while the family is forced to live off a welfare program, however, if that particular father could legally sell his fine mouth-watering product, it would not only give him something to be proud of in the midst of providing for his family, it would also soften the load on the welfare system. Legalizing marijuana into a finely honed economic tool would be a very wise decision. Stocks would boom while marijuana selling companies would bloom into large economic powerhouses, thus invoking an economic surge. Indeed, the government would strike a match to any suggestion to balance their bloated budget, and the sanctioning of a five-leafed plant known as marijuana undeniably supports their cause. Even if the economic well-being of the entire country isn’t enough to welcome the eerie yet comforting aroma of a tightly rolled and newly lighted bud-sickle, the well-being of the nation’s youth will be more than enough. Teenagers this day in age have had the most difficult time dealing with emotional trials than have any other generation throughout the history of mankind. All of this is due to automation, fucking electronics. Television, the Internet, game consoles, and other leisure time activities utterly devour either the teenager’s and/or the parent’s time completely, thus muting any sort of family communication. When dealing with this, after a certain point in a youth’s life, they will turn to their peers, their friends, and their deemed neo-family for advice. It would be absurd to look back to adults who ignore them and their needs, the nazi shitheads. Regardless of how it may occur, everyone will be offered marijuana several times in their lives, but when your peers are your only family, it’s quite complicated to simply decline. Due to the fact that marijuana is illegal, it puts tremendous, almost god-like, stress upon the adolescent in psychological aspects. The growing child feels as though they are an appalling person, if they have any sense of morals, and the strain of changing from a law-abiding excellent young citizen to a criminal sends all the wrong messages into a youngster’s mind. Teenagers consider themselves to be helpless victims undergoing the tragedies of society, and that they must rebel. If marijuana weren’t illegal, none of this would occur. No long term effects and damages would occur to the teen’s mind because there is no fear engraved into the many heedful and good-hearted young people among the United States. Instead, they would simply view it as an advanced cigarette from them on and no longer would marijuana be a ‘big deal’ to this youth of this nation. It must be legalized! If not for the sake of the country, but do it for the sake of our children!! The computerization of this realm is inevitable, and with a new age follows new customs: legalized Happy Sticks. Crime is a major factor that affects the average civilian’s daily routine. There is an easy answer to ridding more than twenty-five percent of crime throughout the country, and that answer is to legalize the production and selling of marijuana. First off, the obvious fact that every marijuana dealer and smoker wouldn’t be criminals any longer would greatly decrease crime itself. Then, the secondary effects of wholesale prices on marijuana would begin to trickle down. Organized crime regarding marijuana would cease to exist or, in the very least, have to find another marketing tool. The average citizen who takes a liking to a joint now and then to sooth their nerves would be able to get his product of choice rather than to continue to build up his tension and then erupt, suddenly resorting to irrational decisions or violent crimes. The police could finally seize true criminals, instead of harassing the most soiled of the truly innocent. Government spending could shift from police control of minor offenses to foremost troubles of the country, such as war, the elderly, or unemployment. Even true criminals themselves would be too pleased with the direction of the future to even consider another misdeed towards their learning homeland. Teenagers would feel less compelled to commit more wrongdoings if they weren’t committing any to being with. And finally, everyone would be so ‘high,’ they’d be far too peaceful to even think of doing someone wrong. And finally, there are proven facts as to why the absolute horror behind even thinking marijuana to be remotely out of line is incorrect, and that is medicine. Marijuana is an inoffensive intoxicant that actually has legitimate medical uses, yet it has become the target of a vitriolic campaign by the prohibitionists. Typically, before knowing the scientific truth following in marijuana’s wake, people prejudge it as to being a terribly obscene substance that can cause the mental retardation of anyone in an olfactory proximity. That can’t be further from the truth. Marijuana is actually much safer than tobacco-based cigarettes, yet nearly half the nation practices that art of prolonged self-righteous suicide. And again unlike cigarettes, dependence among marijuana users is relatively rare, which means that if someone wanted to quit smoking, they could completely refrain from ever lighting up another Dr. MJ ever again in a tick of a clock’s notice. In addition to these overwhelming positive reasons to legalize marijuana is the simple yet tremendous fact that the drug can literally improve or even save lives. Accumulated data indicate a potential therapeutic value for cannabinoid drugs, particularly for symptoms such as pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation. In certain researches performed in a local university based out of my apartment room, it was found that marijuana was more effective in soothing the discomforts of menstrual cramps, headaches, and stress better than leading brands of prescribed medicine. Despite the legal, social, and health problems associated with smoking marijuana, it is widely used by certain patient groups. It is safer and far more useful than any tobacco product, and can even be debated as to being less harmful to society than driving a car to work every morning. Reluctantly mentioned, it also is used medically by thousands of people each day who are harassed and criticized for their necessity for a green dream when prescribed. Marijuana should be legalized because of the completely legitimate aforementioned economic, medical, parental, and governmental reasons. Without the legalization of the good-hearted drug marijuana, the next time you come to a party a bit late, the only thing you may smell is a horrendous odor of vomit from people drinking too much rather than the natural and herbal essence of nature’s finest product. Grant Setzler spoke at the IOM workshop in Louisiana about his use of marijuana to combat AIDS wasting syndrome and later for relief from the side effects of AIDS medication. [He said] ‘ Every day I risk arrest, property forfeiture , fines, and imprisonment.’ Disregarding the previous scenario, let us think of this man’s daily struggle for the simple enjoyment of his life. Without the wonder drug properly labeled as marijuana, he would suffer unthinkable agony and pain, yet with the aid of a simple ounce of said plant-life, he can successfully take pleasure in the remainder of his days. For decades, many people have fought for legalization, and as a spoken believer that it can be far more beneficial to society, ourselves, and our youth as permissible rather than illegal, I firmly stand behind those people to rally support for the validation of marijuana. Amen! |