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I can tell you from anecdotal experience Marijuana is a wonder drug for some people. The drug law is wrong at least to the extent that doctors can prescribe morphine, cocaine derivatives, speed etc; why not marijuana? Is Marijuana any more dangerous than those drug or alcohol? Ask an emergency room doctor how many marijauna related cases they see vs alcohol related?
it is illegal because the current Nixon era drug laws made it illegal not for any reason other than political. When Leary had the orginal drugs laws declared unconstitutional in the 70's this new Federal law was past. Since then we have spent untold billions trying to enforce laws people break on a daily basis. Enforcement is selective at best and has helped build the US prison population to the highest per capita in the world.
A true conservative would adopt the libertarian concept of ending drug laws entirely and then watch the criminal economy based on drugs disappear overnight.
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