It is illegal to smoke marijuana. It is also illegal to make moonshine, rape and to blow up buildings. The part that I find strange is, why is it illegal to own marijuana seeds but to own a still, benzodiazepines or even the material needed to build a bomb aren't. It’s illegal to drive faster than 65 mph but it isn’t illegal to build a car that can go faster than 65mph. (speeding cars have caused more deaths than all drugs combined) What is even more idiotic to me is, things like pipes, bongs, and blunt wraps are all legal but the weed itself isn’t. Now the legalizing of drugs of is an issue for debate for another time but the actual growing of weed shouldn't be. It is a drug that over 80% of all Americans will experiment with in their lifetime. Since exposure is an accepted social probable experience why the resisitance.
This is why I'm starting this blog. There is no good reason for not legalizing the right to grow it and right now is the perfect time to organize and get it done. The economy is terrible state and the taxes that could be generated from revenue gained by the legalization of marijuana would be more than helpful and in a lot of cases appreciated. At the bare minimum the money generated from fines caused by the increase smoking could do wonders in state revenue alone. It is already under major consideration in California for just those reasons.
For me, the right to grow it is the perfect compromise. Whether or not you’re for or against the legalization of marijuana, the actual growing is a happy medium. It solves more problems than it causes, when you think about our overcrowded prisons, cancer, parkinsons and brain damage cause by smoking weed unknowing laced with other chemicals. It’s a way of taking a step towards of acceptance without sending a prodrug message. Other, much harder drugs are legal to own the seeds and grow (coca leaf, poppy seeds), so why not marijuana. I’m not saying people should be able to have a farm of the stuff but a basic right with limitations would be acceptable. The legalization of cannabis is inevitable conclusion but if you’re one of those people that isn’t quite ready to embrace the idea for whatever reason, just being able to grow a plant is a pill you can swallow. So I say lets swallow the pill when it will be the most beneficial to everyone.
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