By a fifty three to forty three percent majority, Americans are willing to legalize marijuana.  However, by a wide margin, they do not favor the legalization of other drugs like cocaine and ecstacy.

This all brings us back to the fact that marijuana should not be considered in the same category as other drugs.  It falls closer to the category of alcohol, but even that is a stretch. In truth, marijuana should really be in the category with garlic, basil, flea bane, catmint and the rest of the herb family.

Yes, marijuana is medicinal.  Just look at the relief Cancer and AIDs patients get from the herb, plus the fact that many studies have proven the plants medicinal uses.

Hemp is an easy to grow replacement for cotton and makes sturdy cloth.  It could save hundreds of trees in our forests just by using  it to make paper.  This would be good for the environment.

The good things about the marijuana herb far outweigh any bad. ‘ Reefer Madness’ was and is just propaganda that mainstream America was suckered into believing.  The American government has known how to use fear for quite some time and ‘Reefer Madness’ proves it.

More and more Americans are backing away from the lies and old wives tales.  They are seeing marijuana for what it is.  An herb that has great medical and commercial value and is easy to grow.  A cash cow crop that small farmers could rely on to keep them in the black and a big tax revenue just waiting to happen.

So when will this herb be legalized?  That is up to the people of the United States.  Far more important things are on the plates of legislators right now.  But, if I had to bet, I’d say legalization is just around the corner and not in the distant future as it once seemed.

See the results of the poll here http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/34651/most_americans_support_legalizing_marijuana

It is time to change the laws regarding marijuana and its uses.