Making a crime out of smoking marijuana does not make sense. The way to decide if an action constitutes as a crime is to check if the action directly, or indirectly violates another persons rights. If we take this simple but true idea, how is a person carrying a baggie of plant material to ingest at home violating anyone else’s rights, even indirectly? According to the government this simple act of plant-touching has something inherently wrong with it, and so does the consumption of this plant in the privacy of one’s own house. Obviously the law

Recreational marijuana use should be made legal for adults for every ones benefit. Legalization would not just lessen the organized drug crime, the pulverization of people’s natural rights, and propaganda spreading. Not just would it benefit the people who sell it or grow it, package it and tax it, study it and learn from it, and of course those who would consume and enjoy it. It would bring people together and remove a nasty and illogical social stigmata placed over the heads of millions of responsible cannabis users in America. We need to stop jailing those who have violated no one, and who seek only to enrich their own lives in the search for what is truly important in life, the pursuit of happiness.

It is simplest to compare the intoxicating and addictive effects of cannabis (marijuana) use to the effects of alcohol and tobacco. I have seen users of alcohol become less coordinated, and loose judgement abilities after only a few drinks. Continued consumption leads to a total loss of coordination, a severe loss of rational thinking, and many will loose their inhibitions. Cannabis users on the other hand generally experience a mild euphoric feeling without excessive loss of comprehension or judgement. The smokers will sometimes sit in a ritualistic circle, and discuss life while pondering the world around them, or maybe enjoy a smoke strolling along with a friend. I have never observed a dependency to cannabis use greater than “man, I could sure use a smoke.” This is rather mild when compared to alcoholics and those with nicotine dependency who seemingly crave their substance of choice constantly. The nicotine in tobacco is both mentally and physically addictive, I know, I smoked cigarettes for three years before deciding to quit. Opposite those effects, is your average cannabis smoker who smokes only on occasion because the drug is not physically addictive at all, and bears a similar mental addiction to caffeine. Both tobacco and cannabis are a plant, and both burn much alike creating similar damaging effects to the lungs (i.e. coughing, wheezing

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