Marijuana has yet to proven addictive, deadly, and it's role in being a "gate-way
drug" is extremely controversial. Ten states have already taken steps in the right direction
to do the right thing about the Marijuana issue. The states of California, Colorado, Maine,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oregon have
decriminalized the possession of small amounts of Marijuana. Therefore, making the
possession a mitigate fine with no jail time. Still in other states offenders are meticulous
of the punishments delt to the offenders. Under the first amendment we supposedly have a
freedom of choice. The laws against marijuana rob Americans of this right. In no certain
place in the United States Constitution does it specifically say that marijuana should be
illegal. So does that or does that not make the Tenth Amendment come into play? This
amendment basically says if a law is forgotten or left out, the government is to leave it up
to the states to......
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