Medical Marijuana
It has been proven by scientists that marijuana can help ease the symptoms or even help fight off certain terminal diseases. A law should be passed to allow marijuana to be used to help terminally ill patients cope during their last dying days. People are so scared of it for no reason other than someone saying its "bad". Medical marijuana should be legalized.
Today's society shuns marijuana a plant that has been used for centuries for not only healing but also fabrics and even food. Throughout history the plant has been a key material in the growth of civilization. The first recorded use of hemp was before 7,000 B.C. Even in Jamestown farmers were required to grow Indian hempseed or they could be jailed.
The United States Census of 1850 counted 8,327 hemp "plantations" (minimum 2,000-acre farm) growing cannabis hemp for cloth, canvas and even the cordage used for baling cotton. During that time hemp was legal tender, you could even pay your taxes with it.......
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