Marijuana has been illegal in the U.S.. ever since the Great Depression. The question we

must ask ourselves is "why?" Why is a drug that has so many beneficial uses illegal? Is it

because its poisoning the youth of today? Is it because it leads to harder drugs, the health

problems, the addictiveness, the short-term memory impairment, the auto accidents, or is

it simply because politicians tell us it is for "our own good?" We have grown up learning

that marijuana is a terrible drug, and that using it gives us brain damage, kill all of our

brain cells, and makes us lose our memory. The fact is though, that marijuana does not

effect us in any of the ways listed above. The idea that marijuana impairs short-term

memory is true, but misleading. Any signs of short-term memory impairment vanish once

the user is no longer intoxicated. Mainly the reason we think marijuana is bad is because

that is what the Partnership for a Drug-Free America wants us to believe. They tell us that

marijuana will cause brain damage and memory impairment, it will kill brain cells, and

lead to more crime. But what they forget to mention is a

murder combined. Tobacco smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the

be used is for clothes, fibers, and paper. Marijuana has been used in the past for textile

go to Hemp fest gets bigger and bigger, but it is still not big enough. They need your

textile purposes which can benefit everyone. Marijuana can be used as a material for

judgment and reaction time, actual studies suggest that the effect alcohol has on one's

because the cost of growing marijuana is virtually nothing. Another way marijuana can

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