Legalization Of Marijuana

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Legalization Of Marijuana

Dear Congressman, I am honored to be writing to you on such a significant topic
of national concern. Average citizens are annoyed and just plain fatigued with
the drugs and crime problems in America. These upright citizens, that contribute
to the growth of American society, are being told that legalization is a
reasonable alternative to dealing with these problems in their communities.
Legalization of any drug is not a positive way to fight crime. In fact, there is
no legitimate reason to legalize drugs. The Legalization of marijuana is the
starting point of the pro-legalization of drugs movement. The issue of
legalizing marijuana is truly a controversial one, and certainly one that
requires a plethora of considerations at the top levels of the legislative
branch. When considering the possibility of legalizing marijuana as a
recreational drug, there are a number of concerns that come to mind. Is
marijuana physically harmful to the user? Is marijuana an addictive drug? Does
the use of marijuana lead to dependency situations? Does it act as
"gateway" to more hazardous drugs? Does the notion of legalizing
marijuana send an immoral, wrong message to the youth of America? Mr.
Congressman, the answer to all these questions is YES. According to the DEA
(1998), the supreme ruler of drug knowledge in America, there are over 10,000
scientific studies that prove marijuana is a harmful and addictive drug. Yet
there is no reliable study that proves marijuana has any medical value.
Marijuana is an unstable mixture of over 425 chemicals, which when smoked are
converted to over thousands. Most of these are toxic, psychoactive chemicals
which are unstudied and appear in uncontrolled strengths. Marijuana leads to
many different consequences depending on the personality and general
characteristics of the individual using the drug. These may include, but are not
limited to: premature cancer, addiction, coordination and perception impairment,
mental disorders, hostility and increased aggressiveness, general unconcern of
life, memory loss, reproductive disabilities, and impairment to the immune
system. Marijuana is currently up to 25 times more potent than it was in the
1960's, which makes the drug even more addictive. In 1994, a U.S. Court of
Appeals ruled that marijuana should remain a Schedule I drug: highly addictive
with no medical usefulness. Marijuana is a harmful substance. The use of
marijuana for the purposes of intoxication leads to a numbe...

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