Marijuana

Title	Marijuana
# of Words	562
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.25

Marijuana

Marijuana

     Marijuana is a big topic these days.  Many people want to make sure that
marijuana stays illegal.  Yet they do not know all the facts about marijuana.
They just think that marijuana is bad.  I believe that marijuana should be made
legal.
     First of all, marijuana refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the
cannabis plant, which contain the narcotic chemical THC at various potencies.
It is smoked or eaten to produce the feeling of being "high".  Marijuana has
been used for thousands of years for medical, social, relaxation, and religious
reasons.  Several of our presidents are believed to have smoked it.  Those
presidents include Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and many others. John F. Kennedy
smoked it to relieve his back pain.  Also, many of America's great leaders were
hemp farmers.  This includes good ol' George Washington.  Archeologists believe
that cannabis was possibly the first plant farmed by humans.
     Many people think that marijuana is addictive, but this is false.
Marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate.  When users take
marijuana, it doesn't lead to violence-related crimes.  Most users commit crime
because they want to get marijuana, but this problem can be easily solved if the
government would legalize marijuana again. When you take marijuana, it doesn't
make you violent, in fact it leads to non-violence.
     There has never been a case that a person died from smoking marijuana.
THC is one of the few chemicals that has no known toxic amount.  This is amazing,
since tobacco(which is legal) has 340,000 plus deaths in a typical year,
compared to marijuana, which has 0 deaths.
     The government states that over 20 million Americans still smoke
marijuana.  You can say that marijuana affects your health, but ...

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