Legalization Of Marijuana

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Marijuana has positive aspects; where as cigarettes and alcohol do not. Hearing this you might ask well then how come it is illegal? Marijuana should be legalized because it has medical benefits for sick patients, it is proven not to be a gateway drug and users under the influence of this drug are not considered a danger to society.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that marijuana had therapeutic value and that there are some circumstances where smoking marijuana would be beneficial. Marijuana helps treat certain sick and dying patients. The state of Wisconsin has recognized this and has introduced a bill to the US Supreme Court that would legalize medical marijuana. The bill is based on a law enacted by Hawaii’s legislature in 2000 allowing patients to grow, possess and use medical marijuana with physician approval. One option the government has is legalizing marijuana for medical use.
A lot of people have their facts wrong about marijuana. They usually place this drug in the same category as cocaine, heroine, LSD. It is a proven fact that marijuana is less harmful to your health than cigarettes and less threatening to alter one's behavior to a violent manor than alcohol. Smoking 5 joints do the same amount of damage to your lungs as smoking 1 cigarette. Cigarettes contain chemicals and other harmful ingredients that make the smoke more harmful to your health than natural grown marijuana. Alcohol causes more people under the influence to be more violent than someone under the influence of marijuana, yet alcohol is legal for some reason. Now since the facts are straight there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that marijuana should be legal.
Who are the people pushing for the legalization of marijuana? A group of potheads? Most people don’t realize that some government officials are behind the legalization of marijuana. For example former New Mexico’s governor Gary Johnson is one of the most prominent elected of...