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Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized

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We really need to take this issue seriously and consider the benefits of legalizing! I'm not a smoker, but have friends and family who are. They are upstanding, conscious, hardworking citizens who don't deserve to have to sneak around. We could alleviate so much financial stife in the US if we would be more open minded about this issue. And of course, the by-products are amazing too. The author has his facts straight and writes in an easy communicative style. Buy one for the republican in your family.

This book gave me even more reasons to believe why marijuana should be legalized, including: constitutional rights, industrial, economical, and health benifits. My congratulations on a great publication.

It's great to see this book out again. The authors make a perfect case for cannabis legalization by explaining established facts about constitutional rights, industrial uses of hemp, and the safety of the drug. They don't get bogged down in hundreds of references and citations, but everything they say has clear empirical support.

This is a great reference book- kind of like the wading pool of issues surrounding the war on drugs. It's thought-provoking and informative, the notes are easy to follow making this book an essential educational weapon in any advocates arsenal but if you really want to know- to feel "Why marijuana should be legal" read "prescription pot" by George McMahon and Christopher Largen.

This is one of those books that really helps when you have people that back you into a corner and ask questions like "If its so harmless, then why is it still illegal?" it goes through the issues that arise when a debate about the plant comes to surface such as:
*Our constitutional rights
*criminal innocents
*economic costs
*health effects
*hemp: industrial applications
*medical applications
*national security
*sociological apects
*Why it isn't legal
I really enjoyed reading this book and learned a good deal from it. for those against legalization...DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST, this book is an eye opener on the subject.

Although small this is a very valuable contribution to the debate over marijuana. There are so many lies and hysterical claims made by the other side and often the rebutals are clouded in a similar type of single mindedness. This book in an unemotianal way looks at the arguements and cleverly and clearly exposes them as either misconstrued, or simply wrong. The only thing missing is perhaps a more honest assesment of the damage marijuana can bring to individuals and communities. However, the standard of debate on many other issues would be well served by similar books like this one. It's unlikely to convince and rabid anti-drug crusaders but if you're open minded you'll appreciate the author's thorough research and clear disemballing of the issues.

I used this book as one of my sources for a college paper i wrote. My grade was a B+. I think my professor smoked. I should have smoked with him.

Easy to read, very informative. Helped me greatly with my research paper. Is a a great source to refer to when educating others.

The book is great, and presents many facts supporting the re-legalization of marijuana - Which is exactly what we need. We don't need it Legalized, we need it Relegalized. For thousands of year, Marijuana was entirely legal, it's only in recent times that marijuana became outlawed. Remember, not Legalized, Re-Legalized
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