5 Reasons Why Marijuana and ALL Drugs should be Legalized
Prohibition Fails Every One, Every Time
Prohibition has never worked, for any substance. It is clear that the prohibition of alcohol brought with it an underground criminal lifestyle that even politicians took pleasure in assuming and expanding. Marijuana Prohibition has been met with the same subset of criminal behavior, leaving many honest and hardworking marijuana users to deal with shady underhanded thugs in order to get their smoke. Prohibition takes the drugs (or alcohol) out of the hands of those who can sell it responsibly and into the hands of people who will sell it to anyone with the money to buy it,including children. This includes all prohibited drugs even the dangerous and life threatening type. Take the dope out of the hands of dealers and treat it like the social health issue it really is. Why do we continue the charade of prohibition when it clearly does not work?
People like to get high, its a fact of life.
Since the first accidental trip, humans have been trying to reach a higher level of thinking than ever felt before. This motivation has led to countless discoveries in science and health, leading the world in a positive direction. It is simply human nature to use drugs and go out of your mind for a little while. Don’t think you do it? Have you had your cup of coffee this morning, to help change your dreary perspective on a snowy Monday morning? Case Closed. People like to get high but prohibition has led to the stigmatization and demoralization of those who cannot control themselves, they should be treated with addiction counseling and emotional support not locked up in our private prisons. The reasons people have for getting loaded on any substance, is generally an emotional problem that needs to be treated with something other than drugs. Again, this is a public health issue, not an issue for the legal system.
If we are to move forward, we must put the past behind us.
Many people assume that marijuana was outlawed based on scientific research and studies, when in reality it was a racially fueled attacked on Latin Americans and the Black Jazz Musician community. No, really. Marijuana was outlawed on the basis that it “influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men’s shadows and look at a white woman twice.” The lies told by Anslinger and perpetuated with Reefer Madness sentiment are appalling to read today.
He stated:
“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others.”
“Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death.”
“Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.”
“…the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races.”
“Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing”
“You smoke a joint and you’re likely to kill your brother.”
“Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.”
Knowing the plant was outlawed on the basis or race infuriates me. It is time to put this type of thinking to rest, and to educate others on the facts. Harry J Anslinger wasn’t running for office spouting bogus ideas about drugs, this was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics for all of America. Would you stand to let this man make racially charged decisions on your behalf today? Why do we continue to allow his insane laws to control our thinking?
Drug use is a social responsibility, left unchecked.
Without acknowledging the social reasons people use drugs, we are denying them a healthy lifestyle. Refusing to deal with the millions of addicts has left our streets full of dealers, our prisons full of addicts and our schools empty of students. Without addressing these very real issues we are doomed to continue on the path of being the most widely imprisoned nation in the world. We 
are putting sick people in jail, for crimes we have imagined they have committed. I am all for having people tossed in jail for using drugs and hurting people with their actions. The trendy model who snorts cocaine and then slams her car into an intersection of innocent people, deserves to see a cell for driving under the influence. The banker who gets sauced and steals money from clients, should be prosecuted for his actions of stealing, not for a drug.
Irresponsible people should weigh the consequences of drug addiction and prison with the overwhelming freedom sobriety brings, if they are hurting other people, they should be locked up. If they are addicted, they should be treated for their addiction, but their crimes should be addressed as well.
Drugs are unregulated, by anyone but criminals
As it stands, you get marijuana in the same place you get heroin. From shady drug dealers who don’t care and can’t educate. Drug dealers don’t check ID, Drug dealers dont make sure you are 18 and drug dealers certainly don’t look for medical marijuana licenses. Its common knowledge that a bag of weed is easier for a to get than beer and cigarettes, the socially acceptable ways to get loaded. To legalize all drugs would kill the drug market, leaving drug dealers without income, leaving cartels without buyers. Thousands of lives would be saved and billions of dollars would be made from the legalization and regulation of every drug. Let’s take the power out of the hands of criminal enterprise and handle this ourselves.
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