The San Francisco police department eventually closed the club down.
While not officially legalizing marijuana, a 1996 law allowed the Dutch government to create a set of guidelines under which coffee shops could sell marijuana without the fear of criminal prosecution. The basic rules in place today include a ban on advertising, a minimum purchasing age of 18 and a limit of five grams per individual transaction. The British government has passed laws permitting an addict to have drugs if the person cannot function productively without them. With so many legalizing Marijuana and many leaning towards it, I hope the country and eventually the entire world will allow people to "get high" with no consequence.
The main idea behind legalizing drugs is its medical advantages. Although not proven through science Marijuana is said to have many uses as healing drug. Marijuana being used as medicine has been studied for many years. In many cultures it is already used as medicine and stems back many generations. .
The first recorded use of marijuana as medicine was in China during the first or second century A.D. It was used as an anesthetic for surgical patients. It was said to have many uses including, clearing the blood, cooling temperature, clearing fluxes, undoing rheumatism and discharging pus from patients. China is not the only country to use this drug in early times. It was introduced in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century A.D. Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam are said to have current uses of marijuana for medicine. .
In Cambodia they have an enormous list of uses, including, treating malaria, reliving asthma, calming the nerves, regulating the heart and treating paralysis. In Thailand, it used in folk medicine as well as in the official medical reports. In folk medicine, people dry the leaves and then boil them to treat migraines and dizzy spells. .
Marijuana has survived the passing of time and still aids the sick today.