This is not an advocatcy for legalization. It's a serious inquiry. How can natural plant be illegal? If people smoked christmas trees and got high, would christmas trees then be illegal? All other drugs on the planet, legal and illegal are altered in some way to achieve a desired effect. Even the poppy is manipulated by man. That constitutes the legal forum. But a majiruana plant grows all by itself. With or without our help, unaltered, natural. Just like a tulip or strawberries, or mushrooms?. I simply do not get it.
2007-05-09 17:14:50 · 5 answers · asked by Chris 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Marijuana had three basic problems in the 1930's.
1) It was smoked by mexican immigrants who were not so welcome in the great depression. (Making it illegal gives you an excuse to arrest and deport them)
2) The end of prohibition would lesve many law officers jobless, (They keep their jobs if they can bust weed)
3) It (hemp) was seen as a threat to cotton and paper.
In the late sixties it was associated with hippies and anti war protesters. There has always been a religious propaganda campaign aginst it. Rather comical if understood.
2007-05-09 18:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by john c 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is Marijuana A Natural Plant
2016-11-10 11:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is illegal because the government makes a whole lot of money on it by giving people tickets and jail time its a huge money maker they can't give it up it would be like stopping giving traffic tickets-They figure they can make more money busting people with it then they could taxing it like they do beer and ciggs.Drugs in the united states aren't out lawed because of how harmful they are its all about money.
2007-05-09 18:09:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Human laws are not above nature laws. Marihuana is penalized and criminalized, for economic reasons.
It is legal for medical use in many western states like Hawaii, California or Oregon.
2007-05-09 17:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by Aztlantevich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chrismas trees wouldn't be illegal, they would just be a lot more money. And your argument has been around for many, many, many years, and probably will be for many, many, many more years.
2007-05-09 17:58:20 · answer #5 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's a bunch of politics and special interest groups have a lot interest in keeping it illegal.
2007-05-09 18:00:19 · answer #6 · answered by healthyleeroy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It has actually been legalized in cali for medical reasons. it is illegal in other areas because of the altered state of mind it puts people in. It makes your reaction time slower and this can cause serious problems on the road. Not to mention the other affects of it which can include psychological and physiological problems
2007-05-09 18:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by Eclipse 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
same way an unaltered natural mushroom can be...
2007-05-09 18:29:25 · answer #8 · answered by turntable 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Marijuana is probihited because medical examinations show that it damages the brain of a person when smoked or eaten.
2007-05-09 18:19:09 · answer #9 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 15⤋