... to the store. Now, driving while stoned is not an issue I"m pleased with, but I"ll get to that later on. There should be strict laws just for marijuana if it was legal just as alcohol has firm laws. Marijuana should be regulated and controlled by the government. It should only be distributed in certain places and be taxed like alcohol and tobacco ... . Also there should be a legal buying age, perhaps 21. Another thing is that marijuana should only be smoked in certain places (ex. privacy of your own home, in certain smoke ... one does not and should not go to or be at work while drunk, ...

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... years in jail in 1997. Why? It was because he was growing ten medium-sized plants in an underground shelter. Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. Six states have laws that permit cultivators to be sentenced to life in prison. Under federal law, possessing one marijuana cigarette is punishable by up to a $10,000 fine and a year in prison. That ... Jimmy Carter said, "Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use." Marijuana...

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