Legalization of Marijuana

Why I'm Passionate about this Topic: Growing up, my mother always loved to hike. She would always love to encourage me to get outdoors and stay active. I'll never forget hiking on one of the Appalachian Trails a few years back. Little did I know that a few years later that would actually be our last hike. My mother who is 54 years old was diagnosed in 2009 with an auto-immune disease named Relapsing-PolyChondritis.  This is a very crippling and chronic disease that remains incurable. Dealing with this illness includes extreme pain in joints, cartilage, and extreme inflammation in the throat. Its been a very drastic change in lifestyle for me and her. She went from being very physically active to barely being able to do anything physical at all. Though there are medicines to reduce the suffering, these strong medications have terrible side effects that almost make taking the medicine unbearable. If marijuana was legal, she could feel more at ease physically and mentally and...

In our generation we tend to forget that Marijuana is originally a plant. It is naturally farm grown. There is nothing synthetic or processed about this "drug". Society tends to forget that and takes this naturally grown plant a little too seriously in the government system. Marijuana can be grown indoors or outdoors. The plant is originally made from Cannabis. Disregarding medical purposes, Marijuana is also recorded to be the safest recreational intoxicant. There is no recorded case of a lethal overdose. There has not been one recorded overdose or fatality do to the direct consumption of cannabis in all of history. Over 50 percent of America smokes marijuana to this day. This drug is scientifically proven to reduce general stress, anxiety or physical pain. It is also used to help decrease the effects of ADHD and bipolar disorders. Some people may not view this plant as "good for you" just because it is considered as an "intoxicant", however it is prove...