"What's Legal?"

Date Submitted: 12/12/2003 09:42:40
Category: / Social Sciences
Length: 4 pages (1147 words)
On average yearly, 440,000 deaths are reported from tobacco use, 110,640 deaths from alcohol, 30,000 from suicide, 15,000 from murder, 7,600 from aspirin (or other painkillers) yet NO DEATHS HAVE EVER BEEN REPORTED FROM MARIJUANA USE.1 Despite this fact, the use of marijuana remains illegal even though there have now been proven studies to show its medicinal helpfulness. The United States is fighting a losing battle in trying to imprison pot smokers; while Canada, who has decriminalized marijuana, has realized …
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