Legalizing Marijuana

            Legalizing marijuana (Cannibus) has always been a big struggle in the U.
             government, they have been keeping .
             this issue from happening. The excuse that some people make for making it legal, is .
             how it helps cure illnesses.
             The government is becoming more open to the situation of making cannibus a .
             Class C drug because they are saying that it can be highly beneficial theraputically. .
             Doing such would make cannibus just like anabolic steroids, to where police would .
             not be able to do anything to people who posses the drug in small quantities.
             Cannibus was widely used by Queen Victoria who took it for period pains. .
             Accoding to James Lefue, "Cannibus was portrayed as the love potion used by .
             foreigners to subdue white girls, and its possession became a criminal offence." ( .
             James Le Fanu. Daily Telegraph (London, England). March 19, 2002 p24) Cannibus .
             helps with pain in a lot of people with Multiple Sclerosis.
             "I have suffered chronic intractable pain since an accident in 1985," observed .
             James Dawson in the New Scientist at the end of last year. "And I get more relief .
             from smoking medicinal quality cannabis than I do from an implanted pump that .
             delivers morphine directly into my spinal canal.". Cannibus is also supposed to help .
             the degeneration of the retina.
             Making cannibus legal might help some diseases, but will also hurt the .
             community in the process. The fact that people kill each other for drugs and die .
             because of drug related injuries should also be taken into consideration before making .
             cannibus legal.
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