Legalization_Of_Marijuana

Legalization Of Marijuana How would you like to go to a café, have a cup of coffee, and smoke a joint' This is common in some parts of Europe, such as the Netherlands. However, in the United States, marijuana is illegal. Marijuana can be good for you, yet it can also cause many great dangers. Marijuana, long outlawed by federal legislation, is making major advances toward legalization in the United States. Marijuana is increasingly the cause of much commotion and debate, as the question of legalization becomes more of an issue. Marijuana has been a cash crop in United States since the colonial days. It was cultivated primarily for the hemp, which was used to make rope. The prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s was the gateway for commercial trade in marijuana for recreational use. By the 1930s there were said to be 500 tea pads for smoking marijuana in New York City alone (McKnight 1). As a result, some 27 states passed criminal laws against the use of marijuana (Solomon 2). During this time, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics submitted a report that suggested that the use of marijuana was directly linked to crime, marijuana, legalization, users, drug, states, legal, laws, federal, norml, united, since, people, patients, one, medical, law, government, drugs, court, cause, because, against, year, terms, tax, supreme, state, should, said, report, punishment, protect, possession, passed, new