Legalize Marijuana
To the AIDS or cancer patient, marijuana is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional value and is a source of cooking oil and vitamins. To the paper or cloth manufacturer, it is the plant that provided much of our paper and clothing for hundreds of years and produces four times more fiber per acre than trees. To the environmentalist, it is the plant that could greatly slow deforestation, restore robbed nutrients by other crops, and help prevent erosion. Unfortunately, to most people in this country, it is a useless plant. Marijuana should be legalized in the United States because it is a plant that could save many lives if it was allowed to. It is important to reverse prejudices, relieve ignorance, and inform people of what this remarkable plant is really like.
As of today the nation stands behind three basic ideas of what to do with marijuana; legalize marijuana, make it legal......
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