The Legalization of Marijuana . . .

The Legalization of Marijuana

The cannabis plant seems to be good for you after all. Although most people use the plant to enter a world of euphoria, which makes them feel good, Marijuana has its health benefits and it isn't limited to just cataracts.

There are dozens of documentaries and videos surfacing the web that the cannabis plant is a healing agent against cancer and brain tumors. This is great news; millions of people have and develop cancer. There seems to be no cure for cancer as yet. Chemotherapy is the equivalent of rolling dice-you're taking a chance with it.

On the contrary, what does the legalization of marijuana mean? Whether you know it or not, the criminal justice system and health care are a business. Businesses generate income. For instance, when a person is arrested and jailed, it generates income for the criminal justice system. Likewise, chemotherapy and medication for cancer treatment generates income for health care.

Now factor in the legalization of marijuana into all of this. If marijuana becomes legal, the laws on possession of marijuana will have to change. This also signifies that money will be lost for jailing people for possession of marijuana. Health care makes more money off of chemotherapy and prescribed meds for cancer treatment than prescribing cannabis to cancer patients.

The crusade to legalize marijuana in the United States is still prominent, but why is it taking so long for all States to follow suit? Some politicians in certain states don't want to legalize it because they know how much it will affect the criminal justice system's pockets. Why isn't the healing power of cannabis involved in mainstream cancer treatment? For the same reason-health care will not profit from it. How? From their perspective, it is profitable to keep a person cancer-stricken than actually have that person cured.

In any event, the government will make its money regardless if marijuana is legalized in every state. I expect taxes to be paid if you grow cannabis. Yes, that's right-Uncle Sam will not be happy unless he can make a nickel of your nick bag.