Legalizing Marijuana

In China, we tend to hold a rather negative attitude towards marijuana, however in America things are heading in a different direction, and the last 40 years has seen a bitter war on this issue

First of all, Marijuana is a formal name for 大麻 in Chinese, and is originally a Spanish word, the street name is pot, and is a little bit old-fashioned. Weed is by far the most common name used to refer to marijuana. Let me give you 3 facts about Pot when compared withother drugs:

Fact #1 Pot is the least dangerous. Pot is not a very addictive drug, for example, it is less addictive than caffeine. 

Fact#2 Pot will cause some short term memory loss. The effect is temporary, wears off completely and has no long term affects on the brain.

Fact#3 The most dangerous thing about pot is getting caught with it, as you can be sent to jail.

Why legalize it? There are several reasons I make this suggestion. Although Pot has its problems, its benefits for outweigh its consequences.

If Pot were legal, many people would switch from alcohol to Pot. I think that a lot of Alcohol abuse comes from the fact that it is the only legal drug and therefore is overused. Alcohol is highly addictive, physically and psychologically destructive, and is a severe burden on society. I think that if Pot were legal, many people would switch to Pot and be much better off.

In addition, Pot has many other functional uses. It can be mixed in food, brewed as tea and was the primary source of fiber for the production of paper thus would replace wood products saving our forests . Furthermore, since marijuana is already one of the most popular agricultural products in the U.S., legalizing it would also mean an increased Tax revenue

Last but not least, I would say that the war on drugs is also the war on fighting racial discrimination......