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America is facing a huge problem. There has been an increase in marijuana usersand growers in the United States and our prisons are filled with them. Good people areloosing their homes and possessions due to the government’s unfair treatment of a user.Before I go to deep into this problem. First, I think ill explain just what marijuana is.Shall we?Marijuana, or marihuana, is a psychoactive drug that can relieve pain and nauseawhen consumed in a smoke form or consumed in a physical form, such as brownies or anything that you bake. Now marijuana has been used by humans since prehistory so it’snothing new to us. It also has a wide variety of names that it has picked up along the way,such as pot, weed, dope, greens, the more scientific one cannabis, hashish, and manymore. In today’s age, it’s called “fire” (but you didn’t hear it from me). The only thing onthe plant you “should” smoke, or whatever one chooses to do, is the buds from a female plant. What everyone is after is the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or more commonlyknown as THC is what gets you high. Also, unlike other drugs, marijuana does not causevery much harm to the human body or mind like many think( but ill cover that later). It isgrown two ways, bioth of which will be covered later on as well. It is safe to use andgrow and its one of the only “organic” drugs. Now that we are all a little more informedabout this subject, how about we get to the problem.As I had said before, our prisons are getting full and this is all due to the increaseof people using marijuana. Between October 1, 2004 and January 11, 2005, there were1,777 Federal offenders sentenced for marijuana-related charges in U.S. Courts.Approximately 94.9% of the cases involved marijuana trafficking. Between January 12,
 
2005 and September 30, 2005, there were 4,396 Federal offenders sentenced for marijuana-related charges in U.S. Courts. Approximately 95.8% of the cases involvedtrafficking. This shows the growing trend of marijuana, and no pun intended. What’s sadabout number like that is that many of those people are descent everyday people. Many of these people are respectable tax payers. Also the government spends too much moneytrying to solve a problem that they can not solve. I feel that the legalization of marijuanawould GREATLY benefit this country as a whole.The legalization of marijuana would mean a huge income for the government.Instead of using tax payer money to try and stop marijuana use, they could sell it likeliquor and tax it. Taxing the number one cash crop in the United States would bring in billions of dollars. Just let people grow it in their homes and tax them for each plant.Also, by letting families grow their own marijuana, we are building a stronger and closer nit family. Children won’t have to try marijuana in a dangerous place when they firsthave it. Instead they will be safe with their family. Parents will know what their son or daughter are using because they will be the ones in charge of the marijuana. Also doingthis will allow the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to spend the money and timethey used to waste on pot, to go to real issues like cocaine, Meth, acid, man made drugs,which cause more harm to the people.This would bring in huge amounts of tourists from all over the world which would bring in huge sums of cash. Like in Amsterdam we would set up coffee houses which provide a safe environment for people to relax after a hard days work. Instead of going tothe bar and getting drunk and going home, if you even make it home alive, and then beating your girlfriend or wife, you can go and “roll a joint” and you can go home feeling
 
calm and free. Beatings would drop dramatically. Oh, I apologize for getting ahead of myself. Now back to the tourists. People will flock here from other countries, and there’sthis one thing tourists have a lot of…. MONEY! Something we need very badly rightnow.Another plus marijuana has is its medical uses. Some have argued that there trulyare no medical uses of marijuana but alas they are stupid, for lack of wanting to use a better word. But anyway back to what I was saying. The truth is, the FDA in the UnitedStates has approved marijuana as a treatment for cancer and the symptoms of HIV andinfluenza. It helps with nausea and vomiting, anorexia, and weight loss. Marijuana is wellconfirmed in treating spasticity, painful conditions, especially neurogenic pain,movement disorders, asthma, and glaucoma. It also helps people with depresion, highlevels of stress, and , in some cases for some people, improve learning skills. Glaucoma,a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball causing gradual loss of sight, can betreated with medical marijuana to decrease this intraocular pressure. t is also reported to be beneficial for treating certain neurological illnesses such as epilepsy, and bipolar disorder. Case reports have found that cannabis can relieve tics in people with obsessivecompulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome. Another potential use for medical marijuanais movement disorders. Marijuana is frequently reported to reduce the muscle spasmsassociated with multiple sclerosis. As you can see, marijuana has many medical uses.sowhy keep it locked up and illeagal? I just don’t know.Another plus is that it will open the minds of so many. People will start inventingnew ways to make our world better. art and music will flow from people. It will be what Ilike to call a Green Age. Using the plant as hemp will make the United States one of the
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