Snowman5000
06-11-2005, 08:12 AM
Me and my cousin wrote a letter to the president today. Check it out and give me your input on it.
Mr. President,
After doing much looking into the subject of the history of the
regulations and enforcement of marijauana, we find that these regulations
have been based on and propegated by false information, and propaganda.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, lawmakers have been doing their
best to devise ways to lure the American public into believing that
marijuana is the downfall of society. Many of the claims by these
Senators, Congressmen, Presidents, Secretaries of Departments, etc. have
made statements that Marijuana "leads to heroin addiction," "causes mental
insanity," "violent behavior," "sexual permiscuity," and detrimental
effects on health. These statements haven't been sufficiently proven,
tested, or justified by any sort of doctor or person with scientific
research on the subject. Existing research showed that marijuana does not
make a person "go crazy," become violent, or seriously affect a persons
personality.
The history of laws on marijuana is a very misleading and false
collection of propaganda. Harry J. Anslinger was a huge creator of bogus
facts and claims about what marijauna does to people. Because of his
misleading of the American people, many laws concerning marijuana were
passed out of hysteria, and panic. They didn't know the actual truth about
it, and the government wasn't about to start doing any research of their
own.
Over the past century, over one-quarter of a trillion dollars have
been spent trying to thwart the marijuana "problem." The proof of its
success can be found in the number of Americans who smoke it: an
ever-increasing number that hasn't been recessed in its duration. If
these laws were to be revoked, lessened, or rethought, this money could be
spent elsewhere, such as in the investigation of substancial drug
problems, as those presented in Cocaine, Heroin, and a big problem in our
state, Methamphetamines. These drugs have caused death, deterioration,
destruction, and sorrow among the users, their families, friends, and
society. One meth lab can cost as much as $200,000 to destroy the
materials for and clean up, making it a very expensive problem as it
continues to spread. The benefits of the creation of marijuana aren't
very hard to see. Four times as much paper can be created from an acre of
the cannabis plant as from trees, thus saving the amount of trees cut
down. Hemp is a good fabric in clothing, rope, and thousands of other
uses.
In closing, we would like to express the interests of most Americans
by saying that marijuana is NOT the big problem facing America right now,
or ever will. There are plenty of other things for the government to
worry about than not even just a few people, but the DEMOGRAPHIC of
people, that smoke marijuana regularly, occassionally, socially, or just
experimentally. (Most information taken from the Documentary "Grass" by
Ron Mann)
Mr. President,
After doing much looking into the subject of the history of the
regulations and enforcement of marijauana, we find that these regulations
have been based on and propegated by false information, and propaganda.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, lawmakers have been doing their
best to devise ways to lure the American public into believing that
marijuana is the downfall of society. Many of the claims by these
Senators, Congressmen, Presidents, Secretaries of Departments, etc. have
made statements that Marijuana "leads to heroin addiction," "causes mental
insanity," "violent behavior," "sexual permiscuity," and detrimental
effects on health. These statements haven't been sufficiently proven,
tested, or justified by any sort of doctor or person with scientific
research on the subject. Existing research showed that marijuana does not
make a person "go crazy," become violent, or seriously affect a persons
personality.
The history of laws on marijuana is a very misleading and false
collection of propaganda. Harry J. Anslinger was a huge creator of bogus
facts and claims about what marijauna does to people. Because of his
misleading of the American people, many laws concerning marijuana were
passed out of hysteria, and panic. They didn't know the actual truth about
it, and the government wasn't about to start doing any research of their
own.
Over the past century, over one-quarter of a trillion dollars have
been spent trying to thwart the marijuana "problem." The proof of its
success can be found in the number of Americans who smoke it: an
ever-increasing number that hasn't been recessed in its duration. If
these laws were to be revoked, lessened, or rethought, this money could be
spent elsewhere, such as in the investigation of substancial drug
problems, as those presented in Cocaine, Heroin, and a big problem in our
state, Methamphetamines. These drugs have caused death, deterioration,
destruction, and sorrow among the users, their families, friends, and
society. One meth lab can cost as much as $200,000 to destroy the
materials for and clean up, making it a very expensive problem as it
continues to spread. The benefits of the creation of marijuana aren't
very hard to see. Four times as much paper can be created from an acre of
the cannabis plant as from trees, thus saving the amount of trees cut
down. Hemp is a good fabric in clothing, rope, and thousands of other
uses.
In closing, we would like to express the interests of most Americans
by saying that marijuana is NOT the big problem facing America right now,
or ever will. There are plenty of other things for the government to
worry about than not even just a few people, but the DEMOGRAPHIC of
people, that smoke marijuana regularly, occassionally, socially, or just
experimentally. (Most information taken from the Documentary "Grass" by
Ron Mann)