Weed never killed anybody, but prison sure has. The real harm, as incarceration rates for petty drug crimes skyrocketed over the last 3 decades, has actually been the criminal ‘justice’ system itself, which disenfranchises the people most in need of societal support. This is not new information, and as the wave of cannabis legalization spreads across the country, we should celebrate the end of the needlessly punitive criminal proceedings that are affecting hundreds of thousands of citizens. The war on drugs and programs like DARE have successfully socialized my parents’ generation into believing that all drugs are harmful, and that marijuana is a gateway to harder substances, laziness, and addiction.Īnd yet, tens of millions of Americans use illicit substances recreationally (weed being the most favored), and they do so safely, in moderation, and to no one else’s detriment.
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