War on Drugs is a FAILURE!

Marijuana use is increasing in teens from last year while prescription drug use is going down. Needless to say, the prohibition attempt  on marijuana is not really working all that well, but it is having a positive effect on the use of other, more harmful drugs. Though this was not an intended effect of the prohibition, few argue that it is not a positive effect that the movement has had. If more teens can stick to marijuana in stead of drugs that do more harm to the body, that is a win that we can all enjoy. While marijuana usage has increased with this, cigarette smoking has decreased nineteen percent this year which most people agree are more harmful than marijuana. A lot of arrests occur over nothing more than a small amount of marijuana and this is something that most would like to change. The Real State of Marijuana Jag Davies from the Drug Policy Alliance has a lot of great things to say about marijuana which gets a bad rap from most uneducated people. He says that these recent results are unsurprising and they show that most kids are smarter than we think. With the use of other drugs going down and the use of marijuana on the rise, we can see that teens know what can really harm them and what is the harmless plant. About...

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