Marijuana Legalization In 1937, with the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act, the United States effectively banned recreational and medicinal use of marijuana. Many nations followed suit and, in 1961, through the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, fifty-four nations agreed to "adopt such measures as may be necessary to prevent the misuse of, and illicit traffic in the leaves of the cannabis plant." Despite all this, cannabis has become the most widely used illicit drug …showed first 75 words of 1153 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1153 total…diseases. Legalizing marijuana would allow police officers to spend more time tracking down murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals. Besides, alcohol and tobacco are legal and both have a much worse health risk. There are plenty of more dangerous drugs than pot that are completely legal, such as valium and morphine. It seems as though our government has shut their eyes to all of the positive facts and stress just the negative ones on marijuana.