Marijuana: Legalize It or Not?

First off, let me say that I do not use marijuana, but like everyone I know people that have. So this is a combination of facts and various opinions.

In the United States, the legalization of marijuana has been a huge topic of debate and controversy for decades. I took a look back in human history and found out that marijuana was completely legal right up until Ronald Reagan was a boy. So another words marijuana has only been illegal for less than 1% of it’s time in use. The usage of it is known to go bact further than 7,000 B.C. I was surprised when I read that. Interesting though…

Now get this people, in 1619 the first American marijuana law was enacted in Jamestown Colony, Virginia. This was a law”ordering” all farmers to grow Indian hempseed. Then in 1915 in Utah the first actual law outlawing marijuana came about due to the fact that Mormoms were using it and the church didn’t approve. Yes, you read it right, Mormoms..

Then in 1937 the Marijuana Tax Act happened. This only came about because of two men. The first was Harry J. Anslinger, director of the Bureau of Narcotics. The second was William Randolph Hearst, who was an owner of a huge chain of newspapers. These two made up a complete scarpbook full of Hearst editorials that were stories of ax murderers who had supposeably smoke the drug. Now this scrapbook also contained racial slurs and other things, that turned out to be lies mostly. However, because of these lies that were told back then on August 2, 1937 marijuana became illegal at the federal level. Isn’t it amazing what a few lies can accomplish?

There have been and still are many myths and lies when it comes to marijuana. There are three of them that Anslinger and Hearst made up that I find to be completely stupid so I’m going to share them with you. This is to give you an idea of how dumb people can be. Anslinger once said “This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negros, entertainers and any others.” Ok this just made me laugh when I read it. There is no real evidence of this first off. Secondly, who women decide to have sex with has nothing to do with smoking pot. The women he was referrring to are going to have these relations wither way, if thats what they want to do, choose to do or are attracted to these men. Hell they could even being doing it out of fear from them. Back when Anslinger made this statement women didn’t always have a choice or voice when it came to certain things. They normally did what was told to them. It’s not like now a days where women have rights. Smoking pot does not make you do something you wouldn’t normally have the desire to do.. Proven fact people!