Marijuana and the War on Drugs

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This paper explains that the real drug problem in the United States is not the widespread use of marijuana, but rather the epidemic use of hard drugs, which is bolstered and propagated by a tyrannical and ignorant approach to drug control, the War on Drugs. The author points out that the origin of the War on Drugs legislation was the voice of concerned parents and that conservative politicians from both major political parties and conservative anti-drug activists agree a vigorously fought War on Drugs is a necessary, symbolic measure. The paper stresses that laws do little to deter teenagers from experimenting with drugs.

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"The War on Drugs did not end with the Reagan administration or even the first Bush administration. President Clinton continued the campaign and made it clear that the crusade was far from over, in spite of all the evidence that the war was a lost cause. The War on Drugs has produced a thriving black market economy. That which is hardest to procure naturally begets a higher price; therefore, heavy-handed drug laws embolden gangs and mafias and place copious amounts of money in the pockets of truly violent people."

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