Legalization of Marijuana
Several pressing issues have arisen throughout time, such as abortion and capitol punishment. The controversies have been addressed and decisions have been made. A new topic has emerged and demands recognition. It is the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana has many names: weed, green, cheba, pot, chronic, dank, fire, herb, and wood to name a few. In 1994 alone, 1.35 million people were incarcerated because of possession and use of marijuana (Beltrame, [2]). Even though only and estimated ten million Americans use marijuana on a monthly basis, about seventy million have at some time tried it (Beltrame, [2]). The current laws would justify putting all seventy million citizens in jail. Harry Aslinger is responsible for leading the nation in an anti-marijuana movement. He initiated the uproar by publishing false stories of people in Mexico dying and going insane due to the use of hemp, or marijuana, products. Aslinger created a myth of the “killer reefer” and the “assassin of youth”, in which he depicted marijuana as the plant of evilness. The public naively presumed his stories were true, and avidly protested the growth of marijuana. The government had no choice but to act on the issue, on A
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