OK...well I think I have to step in here because people have gone off the deep end both for and against marijuana. Lets start with a little bit about the drug. Marijuana has been grown and cultivated for thousands of years, and it can be used for a plethora of products ranging from clean burning fuel to paper and clothing. Marijuana HAS SOME MEDICINAL PROPERTIES DEPENDING ON THE STRAIN. Some people find sativas very uplifting and a great cure from the nauseating feelings of chemotherapy which ravage people's bodies and make it so they vomit and are unable to eat (WE ALL KNOW WEED CAUSES THE MUNCHIES SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY EAT AND LIVE). Indicas are more relaxing and calming, helping to deal with high strung people and letting insomniacs feel the sweet bliss of a good nights sleep without pumping their bodies full of chemicals from pharmaceutical companies (who charge more for a pill that has terrible side effects than a weed dealer does for an eigth). Now that we talked about the plant, lets show some historical facts about this plant.
1. In Virginia, during the 1600's, you could be charged a high fine and even have jail time for not growing 3 acres of marijuana for every 1 acre of food crops. (Virginia is now one of the most heavily regulated states for drug enforcement).
2. Marijuana was COMPLETELY LEGAL IN EVERY NATION until the 1930's due to a propagandous smear campaign funded by big corporations that had interests in timber, oil, and textiles. (proving once again that big business is the source of all our corruption in this nation)
3. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, world renowned neurologist has done a complete 180 on his position on marijuana, and has even written a scholarly article and is in the midst of production of a documentary on the plant.
4. Numerous studies done in the past decade or so show that the plant has some medical uses, but it is still considered a Schdeule I drug. To be clear, the legal definition of a Schedule I drug is "Required findings for drugs to be placed in this schedule:[1]
The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision."
And yet, as we saw in Colorado and Washington, the states havent burnt to the ground and the animals havent started eating each other.
Now while I can respect your opinion as an American citizen because I fully believe in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, I will not stand for people calling pot smokers useless shit stains on the face of America, when our own FUCKING PRESIDENT WANTS TO AUCTION BACK THE MEDICAL MARIJUAN THAT THE DEA SEIZED IN ILLEGAL RAIDS FROM DISPENSARIES (here is the link to back my claim because I know you anti-pot people are just going to say he is a dumbass
http://nationalreport.net/obama-auctioning-marijuana-seized-drug-raids-since-2008/). If you are comfortable with yoru nations leaders doing that, then you should seriously do a self-check on where your moral compass is pointing, cause as of right now I would rather be one of those 43 dead bodies in Mexico than call myself a bystander as I watch the Obama Administration literally send our nation back to the Stone Age.