wow,
A lot of misinformation in this thread. Some of you shouldn't believe everything you hear. there is a lot of 'propaganda' out there.
http://legalizepot.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/why-is-marijuana-illegal/
i highly suggest watching this if you have not seen it, its a good watch. very interesting documentary that everyone should see.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007#
Isn't it interesting how many of the people who generally want cannabis prohibition are the people profiting from it. When drug dealers want the same thing as the DEA, alcohol and tobacco companies and pharmaceutical companies, maybe you should start wondering. Politicians? The war on drugs(cannabis) is fucking ridiculous. Its big business. Look at arrest numbers for non-violent crimes, namely marijuana. sad. forgot the private prison world is a big industry too? prohibition does not work, and we know it.
medicinal marijuana? that's because it is medicine. A lot of scientific evidence is simply ignored by a lot of people. cannabis is classified as a schedule I drug, meaning it has absolutely no medical value. hmmm why is that?
try this out. I highly suggest looking into some of this information. really informative, and has a lot of sources.
http://www.legalizethecure.com/Reference-Library.html
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5441
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3475