Should Marijuana be legalized and why?

Question

Should pot be legalized? Or why should it remain ILLEGAL

Answer 1

If you want gov't babysitting, then sure.

Answer 2

First, you should understand why it was outlawed in the first place. There were two major reasons. The first was racial prejudice against Mexicans. The second was the fear that heroin addiction would lead to the use of marijuana - exactly the opposite of the modern "gateway" myth.

When the American Medical Association testified before Congress, the AMA said there was no evidence that marijuana was a dangerous drug -- it was used in about 250 common medicines -- and therefore no reason for the law.

You can read a history of the subject at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/whiteb1.htm It is quite funny.

The US Government knew that the marijuana laws were unenforceable from the time they were first passed. Therefore, they started a campaign of Reefer Madness. For example, the US Official Expert on marijuana testified in court, under oath, that marijuana would make your incisors grow six inches long and drip with blood. He also said that when he tried it, it turned him into a bat.

Every major study of the drug laws in the last 100 years has said that the marijuana laws were the product of racism, ignorance, and nonsense. They all said the marijuana laws do more harm than good and should have been repealed long ago. You can read them at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer under Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy.

If anyone thinks that marijuana should be illegal, you can be absolutely sure that they have never read the most basic research on the subject.

Answer 3

It effects our affect and should remain illegal.

Answer 4

It alters your judgement. I say no.