Colorado The First State to Legalize Marijuana
During our exciting 2012 election with Obama being re-elected into office, there was another celebration in one particular state. Colorado passed a law legalizing Marijuana becoming the first state to do so. With amendment 64, adults will be able to grow their own cannabis. Though it is still illegal against Federal law. Adults over the age of 21 will be able to have less than 1-ounce in their possession People will be able to keep the remaining harvest which will be over and ounce. Now is it only for Colorado citizens only? Of course not! If you're a visitor in Colorado you have the same rights has the citizens there. Now for marijuana citizens who had the marijuana in their possession when it was illegal and got in trouble for it, will still be in trouble for it. Those penalties will still stick to that person.
My Thoughts....
I think it is completely fine with what the state of Colorado did but I think it's a little unfair for other states who have not legalized it. In my opinion everybody is just happy they don't have to sneak around smoking marijuana and worry about hiding it because it now its legal. If they wouldn't have passed it people would still smoke it anyways. But if you look at the statistics when it comes to smoking alcohol is more dangerous than it is smoking marijuana. Also when smoking cigarettes for so many years, will give you health problems related to heart, lungs, etc. Marijuana doesn't give off any bad affect except maybe the smell of it but that is it! Why you think they give it to you when you have a health problem? To relax your mind and muscles.
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I understand the issue of legalizing this drug and how people are really passionate about it. And in some ways I agree that they should legalize it, but not for the reason that it will make it easier for people to smoke it. My drivers ed teacher told me that in France, they legalized prostitution and the amount of it actually decreased. So if states legalized drugs, eventually people would use less drugs and crime would go down. However, marijuana is extrememly detrimental to health. People say its not addictive and so its okay, but it can still be addictive. Also, it changes the way you view things. You could be high and then do something extrememly unhealthy, for example harm yourself of others. Not to mention the harm it does to your body. How could putting a bunch of smoke into your lungs not cause any harm? Sorry this is so long, I'm just very passionate about it. Maybe I should write my own post about this haha. Good article though.
ReplyDeleteLol I like the paragraph that you gave me its very informatial. If you write a article about it I would love to read it and see your thouhts on it
DeleteInteresting read. Indeed, the implications of passage of the proposals will have an interesting impact on state politics. Lets see where the trends lead us.
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