"The War On Drugs Vs. The War On Morality"
The constant amount controversy associated with the on going effects of the drug war, have been consistently mentioned throughout time since marijuana was initially banned in 1927. Since then, the subject has become a timeless discussion amongst all Americans, overall acting as a question of morality. The entire topic is indefinitely based on a matter of opinion, but still the raw facts are the only real evidence in proving anything further on either side of the argument. The pros and cons concerning the legalization of marijuana vary widely as a result in personal aspects and experience.
Still a highly debated conflict today, the drug war continues to grow as the number of the US prison population rises due to the overwhelming amount of people getting arrested everyday for just possession. Certain myths and statistics also convey the downside of keeping marijuana illegal, and add more and more reasons to why the drug should be legal.
In the year 2000, more than 734,000 people were arrested in the US for marijuana –related offenses alone. This does not only show a very negative aspect of America, but is also a major issue for tax payers. Throughout the 1990's, the number of people arrested on marijuana charges was nearly 5.9 million; larger than the entire state populations of Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. However, the interesting part is, that 12% of these arrests were made for the reason of "sale", the remaining 88% was simply for possession. Overall, this indicates that every 45 seconds, one marijuana smoker is arrested in the US. This fact alone is quite unfathomable when you think of all the people arrested just for personal use, not hurting or harming anyone or anything in any way. Meanwhile, this extremely high number of arrests exceeds the combined number of arrests of violent crimes like murder, rape, robbery and assault. These are crimes that tax payers don't mind giving up their money for, crimes...
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