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I believe the government needs to rethink the idea of legalizing Marijuana. This plant by itself can help boost the economy, and the government can tax it and get their share too. It's a win win situation since they have no real plan of their own, in this economy crisis.
The Dutch have small coffee shops they sell there marijuana out of, even though it isn't legal, the authorities leave them alone. The selling of marijuana in their country creates 3.2 Billion dollars for their economy, and they have less people than the United States. To top it off, the Dutch have 'less' problems with crack and cocaine houses, because the people are content they can socialize and relax knowing they won't be bothered by the authorities. After all they're putting money back into the economy.
Just think of what kind of boost this would have in the United Sates. I know it's a long shot but some of the authorities wouldn't mind legalizing it either. The police forces are called out to shut down some place that is growing pot. They would rather be going after the person who just killed or kidnapped a child. Or maybe the Meth lab around the corner with kids inside.
Drinking kills more people than smoking pot hands down, they say it's an hallucinogenic, but so is booze, I know alot of people who think they're 10' tall and bullet proof after too much to drink. This may calm down the kids who raid their parents or grandparents medicine cabinets to get high. Or that new stuff out on the market you can buy at any store, that gets them high, but won't test positive on their parents drug test. The home drug tests should be a wake up call to everyone, if you can get high off it, the kids will find it. Right now they are 'mixing' some dangerous stuff together, and creating potions that will kill them.
I'm just saying if the government legalized marijuana maybe kids would lay off the harder stuff they're doing that is legal, the legal stuff is worse than the marijuana.
Lets face it marijuana has the same 'short term' effects as alcohol, bloodshot eyes, sleepiness, short term memory, slurred speech. But these effects only take place when "you've had too much". And it has the same 'long term' effects as smoking cigarettes, respiratory problems, can be linked to cancer, but they give it to cancer patients legally.
I'm not sure why the government is so against marijuana when we have things that are legal over the counter that are worse than this. They would get the tax money from all the sales just like tobacco and the economy could get some money rolling around to help everybody. Maybe we need to dress up in tye-dyes and make a march to the capital, with our 'peace signs' and bandanna's. This would be a tremendous boost for our economy, and would stop alot of the drug trafficking that goes on throughout this country. This would be more beneficial than alot of people realize.