“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.” Bob Marley said this because he believed that Marijuana should not be looked down upon, because he believes it unites one with himself and with others. It looks like Marley 's dream became a reality as proposition 64 has passed, which means that Marijuana is legal now. To consume it, one has to be at least twenty one, and the limit is an ounce. Since the proposition passes, that means the majority of people agreed with it. Obviously there will be negatives to this proposition being passed since this was pretty much tested in Colorado and Washington, and it was a huge failure since all of the Marijuana rehabilitation centers were packed and people were letting it get to their heads that they were addicted and that they were helpless. There are multiple sources which will be used in this essay that will help explain why the legalization of marijuana isn 't that bad and then there will be some sources that explain why it 's a danger to our society and it should not be legalized at all. “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” Carl Sagan said this regarding the status of marijuana, although this isn 't the issue anymore, it obviously was for many years prior to when he said this, and many people believed that marijuana should not be legalized because it was really looked down upon because it was seen to impair the community and America didn 't want a nation that 's always under the influence of smoking the herb. In this quote of a reporter talking to the president, the reporter is talking about the harm that alcohol and tobacco do compared to what marijuana does, which the only thing they can come up with is that it 's a gateway drug, “Alcohol is a particularly significant factor in the prevalence of domestic violence and sexual assault, whereas marijuana is not. This is not to say that alcohol causes these problems; rather, its use makes it more likely that an individual prone to such behavior will act on it..."Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault" highlights alcohol as the "most commonly used chemical in crimes of sexual assault" and provides information on an array of other drugs that have been linked to sexual violence. The word "marijuana" does not appear anywhere on the page.” This makes plenty of sense because alcohol causes liver damage and also impairs your judgement that will not only put others in danger, but yourself in danger as well since you become a more violent person in nature and you end up not caring for anyone but yourself, even worse, you won 't even remember happen the morning after half of the time. Tobacco causes lung cancer and will shorten your lifespan and will make you live with plenty of regrets and also your affecting others with second hand
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Obviously many people may have blindly voted, maybe the vote was for the best. Even many celebrities think that marijuana should be legalized, including Bill Hicks, who said, “Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” This quote makes perfect sense because the fact is that marijuana is a natural substance and the fact thats its illegal should seem unnatural because people actually need it for depression and they don 't want to seem like they abuse the substance so not everyone wants a medical card that will allow them to legally smoke the herb, so the solution was that they just made it legal for anyone over twenty one, because people didn 't find that it made sense that alcohol was legal and marijuana wasn 't. Even the famous actress Megan Fox said “I hope they legalize [marijuana] and when they do I’ll be the first fu***** person in line to buy my pack of joints.”. This was a change that the majority of people we 're looking forward to having for many years
Obviously many people may have blindly voted, maybe the vote was for the best. Even many celebrities think that marijuana should be legalized, including Bill Hicks, who said, “Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” This quote makes perfect sense because the fact is that marijuana is a natural substance and the fact thats its illegal should seem unnatural because people actually need it for depression and they don 't want to seem like they abuse the substance so not everyone wants a medical card that will allow them to legally smoke the herb, so the solution was that they just made it legal for anyone over twenty one, because people didn 't find that it made sense that alcohol was legal and marijuana wasn 't. Even the famous actress Megan Fox said “I hope they legalize [marijuana] and when they do I’ll be the first fu***** person in line to buy my pack of joints.”. This was a change that the majority of people we 're looking forward to having for many years