It has always been a controversial but popular topic.The continuing

illegality of marijuana is based more on political than scientific

considerations. Although during the 1970s the government supported

exploration into marijuana's therapeutic potential, its role has become

one of blocking new research and opposing any change in marijuana's legal

status. Over the past couple of decades numerous independent researches

have been conducted by the scientific community to finally find out all the

facts about this herb. Even though marijuana goes back as far as 5000 years

of recorded use, some things about it were still unknown. For example, we

still didn't know how it produces the "High" that it has, how it affects the

Those researches have given us never before known facts about marijuana,

and its effect on humans. The findings seem to have given a boost to the

never-ending battle to legalize marijuana. Seemingly, the facts from these

researches have made the position of the supporters of legalization, including

myself, even stronger. Most of the common myths associated with marijuana

have been proven wrong, and the benefits of medicin

proven fact, recognized by most of the medical community, that when it comes

that which involves adults smoking in the privacy of their home, government

because they can't get a cure for their disease, or get arrested trying to

be true: there is nothing wrong with the responsible use of marijuana by

medicinal cannabis? Why are they too stubborn to legalize that? It is a

there are legal, and are staring in your face from the store shelves. The

Amsterdam, for example, the use of "hard" drugs went down drastically

question. I know this is a really controversial topic, and I understand

blame them-my position is somewhat radical. But I think having people die

I have to admit, the government has put some effort into it lately. A couple

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As much as I would like to see it happen, I sincerely doubt that

law will not stand for too long, as human rights groups have joined the

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