Mark Souder, a Republican member of.
Congress representing Indiana, made known that the legalization of marijuana is not.
supported by the American people. "Proponents of marijuana legalization are attempting.
to con voters with deceptive referenda on medical marijuana. But marijuana should not.
be smoked as medicine because it is a harmful and addictive substance that can cause.
respiratory disease, mental disorders, and other health problems. Marijuana can also lead.
to abuse of other drugs. The government should keep marijuana illegal and strengthen its.
efforts to prohibit it," Congressman Souder wrote. Some people, like the congressman.
from Indiana, feel the same way. The drug lobbyists ask for legalization on the platform.
of marijuana for cancer patients and other sufferers of disease. The advocates for the war.
on drugs feel that the drug lobby is exploiting the ill and dying to get their foots in the.
door for the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. .
Some advocates of the war drugs actually feel that further research on the possible.
medical benefits of marijuana should be considered, but people should never forget that.
marijuana is a dangerous and addictive mood-altering substance. Marijuana proponents.
are using a platform of medical agenda to legalize all marijuana use. Michael J. Meyers,.
a drug addiction physician at Kaiser Permanente in Carson, California, stated in an.
argument that this medical agenda of the proponents of marijuana would result in public.
confusion and in poorly written laws such as California's Proposition 215 initiative,.
which made it legal for some medical marijuana use in the state of California.
Those against the war on drugs say that our prisons are teeming with young.
people who's only crime has been simple possession of marijuana, and that drug arrests.
seem to unfairly target minorities. There is a reason for this. The war should first be.
taken to the people who do not have the means or resources to fight back.