So will somebody explain to me why you can commit a murder and get approved for Federal Financial Aid, but you have no chance if you've been convicted of possessing marijuana? Why do we treat pot smokers like they are criminals who are ruining society? They aren't! And pot isn't the end-all, be-all of dangerous substances either.
We have numerous legal drugs that are more dangerous than pot. Many prescription drugs are addictive and can cause death from an overdose, alcohol causes health and behavioral problems, and tobacco is a cold blooded killer. The only difference between marijuana and these substances is the backing of big business. Cannabis has no friends in Corporate America. Despite having enormous health benefits, weed is frowned upon by pharmaceuticals because of they can't patent it; therefore, it isn't as profitable as these synthetic drugs you find at Walgreens. Natural ain't profitable in the business world.
Here we are wasting hundreds of millions of dollars locking up kids for having a little fun when we should be harnessing the therapeutic and economic benefits of this plant. We could tax and regulate it, which would give sorely needed funds to treasuries nationwide. With the drug legalized, the drug money would be out of the pockets of street criminals and into the registers of local businesses. The more I learn about the policies concerning cannabis, the more ridiculous it seems that this drug is illegal.
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