Mohammed+Y's+OpEd+Article

="Legalize Marijuana"=

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I hate drugs. I think anything that's addictive and destroys peoples lives should be illegal. Heroin and meth are evil, deadly drugs and the same goes for all the other drugs, like cocaine and such. Notice I didn't include marijuana, because marijuana is not a drug. "Hold on isnt marijuana one of those dangerous deadly drugs, its a schedule 1 drug for cryingout loud". Well no, not at all, in fact its just about the safest most, beneficial substance known to man. Yeah I can hear my fellow classmates laugh in disbelief at what im saying, like that one kid mike pare who knows almost nothing on the subject and continued to debate this with me. "Marijuana is bad, it makes you lazy and slows down society" First of all mike it does make you lazy, but how can that be a justifiable reason to make something illegal. Something that makes you relax and pacifistic is totally not as bad as something that impairs your judgment and make you unsafe to drive. And thats just about the only negative thing about it, but come on how can laziness be as bad as what alcohol does to you, rots your liver and seriously imparis your judgment. Marijuana is harmless. Give me a break you ignorant brainwashed numbskull.

I know all the Myths: "Marijuana kills brain cells"....Well No it doesnt in fact it inhibits the production of cancerous cells so it kills brain cells it just kills the cancerous ones.

"It's a gateway drug"...Saying marijuana leads to harder drugs is like saying drinking milk leads to alcoholism.

"Marijuana has addictive properties"...its not physically addictive at all. Its phycologically addictive meaning you like it and hence want it just like eating delicious food or being addicted to video games.

"The government says its bad sp it must be bad" this is the main reason people think its bad, because the government declared it to be illegal. Think back in history, how many thousands of times has the government given out propaganda and lies, to fulfill their selfish hidden agendas. Their protecting no one by making it illegal.

If you still think its bad then you know nothing about marijuana, please give me one good reason why it should be illegal. Nicotine, alcohol, and coffee are recreational drugs(maybe not coffee) and they are legal, but these shouldnt be. These are deadly drugs that have killed people. Cigarretes kill more people than aids, crack, heroin, murder, and many more drugs combined. MARIJUANA HAS KILLED NO ONE.

But wait dont people do stupid shit while on this drug. NO MARIJUANA DOES NOT IMPAIR JUDGMENT. Hallucinogenic drugs like LSD, DMT, and shrooms make you do stupid shit and same with alcohol. There are no marijuana related deaths. This is really ironic and funny considering that someone has died from consuming too much water but no one has died consuming too much weed, simply because its impossible. You cant overdose.

Lastly people believe that smoking crude combustion products from the cannabis plant causes cancer. That may be true because all smoke contains tar, but there is an alternative, vaporizers. These heat the plant into vapor, not smoke and it does no damage at all.

So why is it illegal, well marijuana used to be the governments friend and used to bring in a lot of tax revenue with the hundreds of products that you can make with it. But it was competing with the timber industry and so the logging industry lobbied against it bribed government and told the public lies like reefer madness, the biggest bullshit movie ever made and it became outlawed. Dont be a blind sheep, think for yourselves. Marijuana is the most harmless, useful substance.

So legalize it, there's no reason not to, especially when tobacco and alcohol and caffeine are legal(caffeine kills 1-10000 people a year, marijuana kills zero a year)