The Truth About Marijuana

If you've read this blog for very long, then you will know that I firmly believe marijuana is a harmless drug that should be legalized -- both for medical and for recreational use by adults. It makes no sense that we should continue to make criminals of people simply for possessing or smoking marijuana -- an action that doesn't hurt them or anyone else. In addition, legalizing marijuana would create jobs, spur the economy, and give a new and very lucrative tax opportunity for all levels of government.

In other words, there is no downside to legalizing marijuana. But that is not what the government wants us to believe. Our government has been lying to us for decades to try and justify keeping marijuana illegal, when the truth is that there is no rational justification for it. In an effort to get some ammunition for their criminalization of marijuana, the government has even funded several studies on marijuana. But you probably haven't heard the results of those studies, because the government didn't publicize the results.

That was because the results of those studies didn't show what the government had hoped they would show. Instead, they showed that pot is not addictive, does not lead to the use of other drugs, and is not dangerous to the user. Some of the studies have shown that marijuana does have valid medical uses -- and at least three show that marijuana could even prevent or cure cancer!

Now, a reasonable government that cared about its citizens would have expanded and publicized these studies. Our government has not done that. It continues to spread lies about marijuana to justify its own misguided and failed policy criminalizing that harmless herb. I think these days there is just too much money invested in the war on marijuana -- and too many people are making money off that ridiculous war. They don't want to give up their money-making war (including many police agencies in this country) and will fight to see that the money keeps coming.

It is time to expose the lies, and fight for a reasonable drug policy -- by legalizing marijuana (and designating the use of other drugs as the medical problem that it really is). I urge you to read the truth about marijuana, and a good place to start is with this article on the Top 10 Cannabis Studies The Government Wishes It Had Never Funded.