(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I believe the whole arguement is overrated.

Marijuana been proved to help treat some diseases that are otherwise unbearable (Keep in mind I said "treat", not cure. By that I mean stuff like dealing with pain from arthritis and glaucoma patients and induce hunger for chemo therapy cancer patients who otherwise can't eat).

1 acre of hemp, a product of the marijuana plant, produces 4x as much oxygen and paper as 1 acre of timber. Keep in mind a Marijuana plant is on average 4-10 feet tall depending on strain, whereas a timber tree is, what 40-50+ feet?

Legalizing marijuana and regulating it's distribution like tobacco and alcohol would take a majority of funding away from gangs. Not to mention the fact that a store clerk asks for I.D., whereas a Crip/Blood could care less.

Fact: It's physically impossible to overdose or become addicted to marijuana. A mental addiction is possible, but if you smoke weed for a week and then suddenly stop, your body won't have withdrawals or side effects like you would by smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol or doing "hard" drugs (cocaine, heroin, meth, etc.) Over 200,000 people a year die from alcohol related deaths and 450,000 from tobacco related products or second-hand smoke.

Not moving on to the reason WHY marijuana illegal, for anyone who doesn't know. In the early 1900's, hemp was poised to replaced timber as a major source of raw material for paper due to the fact it's much more space efficient. William Randolph Hearst, the guy who started "The New Yorker", had money invested in the timber industry. Obviously, he didn't like this and ran a smear campaign against marijuana to make it illegal, and using his political connections and rather large wallet, he was successful. The movie "Reefer Madness" is a political propoganda film funded by him and his cause and shows what kind of stuff he was putting out to convince people marijuana was bad.

Here is the video, it is long but watch it and you'll be amazed by how stupid it is.
[ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FZgErvNTE&ob=av1e]YouTube - Reefer Madness[/ame]

That is the real reason marijuana is illegal. For all of you that are still blind, look at this video stating some more facts.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4CnGaTd9h8[/ame]

Tell me now, why you think marijuana should be illegal.

Kill the ignorance people. Open your eyes.

Doesn't matter to me, I'll be smoking it either way.

people are still going to smoke it legal or not.

I smoke da dank nugs. but i respect all who dont

Make it legal with your own personal property, illegal in all public spaces/work places!

It's healthier than smoking, if we get all the smokers on to weed, then we'll have a lot smaller NHS health bill on are hands.