Anti-marijuana legalization groups such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and city police departments argue that the legalization of medical marijuana can lead to the use of other drugs and increased drug trafficking. ... Many advocates who are pro-marijuana complain that morphine and cocaine are legal and very dangerous drugs, which makes them ask, "Why not legalize marijuana as a medical drug, when it is proven safer than cocaine and morphine?" ... Marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis". ... With marijuana having the lowest add...

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Eventually companies will be licensed to sell marijuana cigarettes or more commonly know as "joints" and the immense revenue made from taxation of marijuana and the saved budget once spent on the prohibition of Marijuana could be spent on anti drug programs targeting much more dangerous drugs like cocaine and morphine. ... Well on a dictionary outlook it means " A habit-forming substance whose use may lead to the abuse of drugs that are more addictive or more dangerous"; or more simply put a substance that opens the doors to more harmful drugs. ... Just because over the years it has become...

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This continued through the Clinton administration with massive federal funding for the war on drugs. ... In studies done throughout the United States by prestigious organizations such as National Academy Press, Connecticut Law Review, Journal of Public Health and the California State Office of Narcotics and Drug Abuse show there is little evidence the decriminalization of marijuana leads to an increase in usage. ... This is directly related to what illegal drug sales precipitates. The person who will sell you marijuana in a dark alleyway usually is the same person that could introdu...

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