Don't Criticize It. Legalize It. One might be surprised to hear that the modernly deplorable practice of smoking marijuana was initiated in 2737 B.C. by the emperor of China at the time, Shen Nung. Thus, the use of marijuana has persisted for thousands of years since its first medicinal uses in China eventually making its way to North America, and not without reason has its use been so widespread. In 1937, against the advice of the …showed first 75 words of 851 total…

…showed last 75 words of 851 total…criminal activity and requires a large sum of money and manpower to enforce laws based around it. Marijuana has also been proven over and over again to have many medicinal purposes. It has already been made legal by many states and the rest of the country should follow this action, including the federal government, because it is entirely nonsensical to continue with such a profligate and aggressive war against such a benign and useful substance.