The State of Affairs of Marijuana laws

I got arrested.

This is not a typo this is a simple truth that I got arrested for something, which to me is harmless, and yet was still taken to jail for. The charge is possession of a controlled substance and the substance was marijuana, a plant proven to be less harmful than even alcohol. As I paced around and around in the cell by myself I realized the sheer stupidity of me being there and loathed the state of affairs in this United States. We are so blinded by what the government uses as propaganda and tells us in so many words that we still do not understand.

According to a study sanctioned by the U.S. government marijuana has a direct correlation to lung cancer. In the study the scientist took gas masks and introduced marijuana smoke to monkeys for 30 minutes or more at a time. By the end of the tests all had lost most of their brain cells and were on the verge of developing lung cancer due to the amount of material still in their lungs. Several of the monkeys died, they simply could not take the abuse to wrongly prove this fact that the government still probably finds to be true. If you do not see the wrong in this sort of blatant misuse of power than you are truly blinded and do not have a mind of your own.

There are so many facts that I could bring up that would prove my incarceration for the night to be completely and utterly useless. This experience has pushed me to be more active in the campaign for the legalization and regulation of marijuana as not only a medical drug but for recreational uses also. While for congress and the senate medical marijuana is much different thing than marijuana the fact remains they are the same thing and have the same strengths. There is no difference between the marijuana that a multiple sclerosis patient uses and a recreational smoker uses. The difference is were we get it while one has a safer approach of caregivers and dispensaries recreational users have to go to drug dealers and questionable areas. The amount of criminal activity over this plant is appalling and I just hope we realize the damage and fix it before it becomes completely out of hand.