We Should Legalize Weed.
America should currently be on its
way, slowly but surely to legalizing marijuana in all of its states. America
has legalized marijuana in two states now California and Colorado, with a lot
of decriminalization acts in bigger cities throughout the states. With the act
of legalization in these two states, and the harsh criminal charges being oppressed
in selected cities, there may be hope just yet.
The cause for marijuana to be
illegal in most of the United States was the “fear of Mexican immigrants”. The
fear of immigrants crossing the border to smuggle the drug has caused an in
ethical, in factual proved perception of the drug to cloud societies judgement
and point of view on the substance and cause the population to react out of
fear. Marijuana has been “claimed” to lead to the “‘lust for blood,’ and gave
its users ‘superhuman strength.’ Rumors spread that Mexicans were distributing
this ‘killer weed’ to unsuspecting American schoolchildren.” All of which has
been factually proven to be false. If anything one can argue the difference
between cannabis use with alcohol use by the amount of deaths shared between
the two.
The health records from American
history ensures that “It’s worth noting that research has shown alcohol to be
more dangerous than marijuana- No death from overdose of marijuana has been
reported”, so clearly the fear of cannabis use does not stem from the
irrational belief that weed grants people superhuman strength, but perhaps it
may stem from more of a personal view. The fear of another race entering our
country to do “drug” related business, being the source of the illegalization of
cannabis seems more fitting. But thankfully time, science, and wonderful
cannabis users have proven the positives to the drug. “Today, 29 states and
Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana, and 8 states plus D.C. have
legalized it for recreational use.” Is the starting point to making the process
of legalization a lot easier and has ensured the national government that at
the end of the day; the states are going to do what they want. And the states
want weed.
This a Interesting Topic, I understand why the causes of marijuana being illegal in most of the United States has to be with the fear of Mexican Immigrants smuggling drugs in to our country, that's why many people see marijuana as a bad thing, that this illegal substance causes many deaths, like you state that alcohol kills more people than marijuana those,"That So True" you seen it on the news, people dying causes of drinking while driving but never of some one dying cause marijuana.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Marcus, the system we live in tends to blame outside forces for internal problems. That is why the government is blaming immigrants from Mexico for a problem that is one of our own. I believe that the government will not legalize marijuana because the system is racist. The incarceration rates for African-Americans because of charges for marijuana are through the roof, that is why they will not legalize it. The point you made on immigration and legalization of marijuana are spot on, very well written.
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ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you on how the government tries to blame ''outsiders'' for a problem they created by themselves. Also, I liked how you compared the use of alcohol and marihuana, and how the legal one is the more lethal. And yes, even though marihuana is legal in some states, I think we would have to wait a long time for it being completely legal in all states, since most of these States are still conservative and have the wrong idea about marihuana because of their prejudices.
Very well written Marcus and I totally agree. Americans do put a lot of blame on immigrants bringing in weed into the United States. They use this as an argument as to why marijuana has not been legalized throughout the United States. I think this is quite ironic because I feel as though if weed were to be legalized in the United States, there would be a lot less immigrants trying to smuggle it in. Weed has many benefits to people's health and I believe that legalizing it would not be a bad thing.
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