Friday, February 4, 2011

Marijuana Legalization

I was watching a show on the History Chanel recently and it was about the legalization of marijuana.  The thing that really got me thinking was that Dutch countries that have it legalized make I think 1.2 million is what it said just from selling marijuana legally.  Every one knows how far in debt the United States is, if our country legalized it and sold it in coffee shops or gas stations, it would get our country out of debt.  Guarnteed. 

I don't understand why alcohol is legal and marijuana is not.  There is more deaths by alcohol than any other drug in the United States.  As you can see here by this chart, alcohol is third in causes of death in the United States. To tobacco, which is also legal and obesity. 
Tobacco435,0001
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity365,0001
Alcohol85,000 1
Microbial Agents75,0001
Toxic Agents55,0001
Motor Vehicle Crashes26,3471
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs32,0002
Suicide30,6223
Incidents Involving Firearms29,0001
Homicide20,3084
Sexual Behaviors20,0001
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect17,0001, 5
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin7,6006
Marijuana07
As you can see above Marijuana is at 0 deaths per year caused from smoking.  Alcohol and tobacco combine for a whopping 520,000 deaths a year,  but they are both legal. I'm not saying it should be legal so I can smoke it, but that it should be legal because it would get our country out of debt. 

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  2. I also think drugs should be legal because we fund gangs and support criminals by keeping drugs illegal. If you can buy meth at a gas station at least the gangsters aren't getting paid to smuggle it. Besides... if drugs were legal the same people would do them anyway.

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