In the United States there is one controversial issue that is not receiving the attention it deserves. It seems that the Federal government is completely ignoring the debate regarding Marijuana Laws. Currently in the United States, Marijuana is legal…and not legal. Seventeen States have created unique adaptations to the Marijuana Laws and created a Medical Marijuana system.
In essence this means that certain uses of Marijuana are considered legal within a state that contains Medical marijuana laws. Yet the Federal Government continues to maintain Marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, which means that it has “no medical value” and has a “high potential for abuse”. It must be noted that this classification of Marijuana has absolutely no scientific or medical basis and is merely classified as such because of corporate industries.
Marijuana is the only plant that can cause a major rift within many different industries including; Lumber, Pharmaceutical, Alcohol, Tobacco, Synthetics, Construction, Paper production and more. In fact Marijuana can be turned into more than 40,000 unique items including food and grows in every single environment on this planet. In other words if Marijuana was legalized the average American would be able to grow hemp, process it in a unique way and create a new market in textiles based on hemp products. But neither Hemp nor Marijuana is legal under the current Federal Marijuana Laws.
This prohibition, that has lasted for more than seventy years and has caused major negative impact on society as a whole, is a direct violation of the most fundamental right of humanity; freedom of choice. What is a man that is not free to choose? There was a term that was used to describe these men; slaves. The current Federal Marijuana Laws in essence suggests that all Americans are in fact slaves; they do not possess the right to choose which substance they may ingest.
Slowly the oppression of Prohibition is being lifted, as more and more states begin to adopt Medical marijuana programs. Washington, Colorado and Oregon are all voting this November to see whether they can legalize marijuana on a commercial level. The Federal Government has already made it clear that they will not accept the State’s right saying that their law supersedes all State laws. The founding fathers spoke of this day, a day where the government would grow so big that it would believe that “it” is bigger than the people.
Today we can see American civil rights being raped by the civil government, we can see mass incarceration, and we can see the violation of States rights and an increasing police force. Under prohibition we have seen so many injustices occur, things like Operation Fast and Furious, where in essence the government was selling guns to Mexican Drug cartels that, along with the Mexican government and prohibitionist rhetoric, are responsible for more than 50,000 deaths. The count is in fact much higher, but the “official” statistic is roughly there. Soon America will find itself opening a new chapter in its history, a post-prohibitionist America. The tide is moving in that direction, the only problem is who will resist it, and when they do…what would be the outcome?
In essence this means that certain uses of Marijuana are considered legal within a state that contains Medical marijuana laws. Yet the Federal Government continues to maintain Marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, which means that it has “no medical value” and has a “high potential for abuse”. It must be noted that this classification of Marijuana has absolutely no scientific or medical basis and is merely classified as such because of corporate industries.
Marijuana is the only plant that can cause a major rift within many different industries including; Lumber, Pharmaceutical, Alcohol, Tobacco, Synthetics, Construction, Paper production and more. In fact Marijuana can be turned into more than 40,000 unique items including food and grows in every single environment on this planet. In other words if Marijuana was legalized the average American would be able to grow hemp, process it in a unique way and create a new market in textiles based on hemp products. But neither Hemp nor Marijuana is legal under the current Federal Marijuana Laws.
This prohibition, that has lasted for more than seventy years and has caused major negative impact on society as a whole, is a direct violation of the most fundamental right of humanity; freedom of choice. What is a man that is not free to choose? There was a term that was used to describe these men; slaves. The current Federal Marijuana Laws in essence suggests that all Americans are in fact slaves; they do not possess the right to choose which substance they may ingest.
Slowly the oppression of Prohibition is being lifted, as more and more states begin to adopt Medical marijuana programs. Washington, Colorado and Oregon are all voting this November to see whether they can legalize marijuana on a commercial level. The Federal Government has already made it clear that they will not accept the State’s right saying that their law supersedes all State laws. The founding fathers spoke of this day, a day where the government would grow so big that it would believe that “it” is bigger than the people.
Today we can see American civil rights being raped by the civil government, we can see mass incarceration, and we can see the violation of States rights and an increasing police force. Under prohibition we have seen so many injustices occur, things like Operation Fast and Furious, where in essence the government was selling guns to Mexican Drug cartels that, along with the Mexican government and prohibitionist rhetoric, are responsible for more than 50,000 deaths. The count is in fact much higher, but the “official” statistic is roughly there. Soon America will find itself opening a new chapter in its history, a post-prohibitionist America. The tide is moving in that direction, the only problem is who will resist it, and when they do…what would be the outcome?
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