"Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America," according to Norml, a lobbying organization working to legalizing marijuana. With over 14 million Americans recorded to be consuming marijuana illegally, its use in modern day society is inevitable.
Over 20 million Americans have been arrested for the use marijuana, which proposes the question: "Is marijuana prohibition working?"
"Norml believes that the time has come to amend criminal prohibition and replace it with a system of legalization, taxation, regulation, and education," according to the nonprofit organization.
Many people believe that smoking marijuana should be a matter of protecting their rights to freedom of expression. Many believe what they are doing is completely legal and recreational. This proposes another question," If people are dead-set on the legalization of marijuana, why don't people push for more radical laws against the use of tobacco or alcohol consumption?"
Source: http://norml.org/
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