Legalization of Marijuana
...e of marijuana. The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 made Marijuana so expensive to have that its medical use in the US came to a stop. Even though Marijuana is illegal in United States today, it continues to be used for both medical and pleasure purposes by a huge number of Americans. There are many opinions for legalizing Marijuana nation wide. I believe the strongest fact for legalizing Marijuana, would be its medical usage. Here is a very useful piece of information that I found on DEA’s (Drug Enforcement Agency) home page, it gives some information as to why they are not sure whether to legalize it or not. It states: “A closer analysis of the DEA's Federal Scheduling system reveals that, according to various studies by physicians on both sides of the legalization debate, marijuana does not meet the requirements of a Schedule I drug, but not those of Schedule II. The difference between the two classes is that Schedule I drugs may lead to death, while those on Schedule II are less likely to do so.” Heroin, Cocaine, Ecstasy and many other drugs are Schedule I drug, while Marijuana is neither one of them. The above mentioned drugs are the ones that people overdose on and die. Cannabis Sativa has been used for years now and is still used worldwide. It is illegal in most countries, but it has never been proven that a person has overdosed and died from it. Professor Lester Grinspoon is a psychiatrist at Harvard. His book "Marijuana the Forbidden Medicine" has been translated into 7 languages. He is one of the most successful people to use Marijuana as a therapeutic medicine. In his book he proposed that In a 1990 survey, 44% of oncologists said they had suggested that a patient smoke marijuana for relief of the nausea produced by chemotherapy. If marijuana was really un...