Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
Interestingly I've been reading up on the legality of herb as well....mostly the history. I had NOT been aware the ganja was LEGAL and PRESCRIBED by physicians in this country until 1937!!! People were using it as medicine even way back then!! Physicians were PRESCRIBING it. I NEVER knew ANY of this.

Then in 1937 the govt started controlling who could have it and taxing it heavily so it became too hard to for doctors to get ahold of. Eventually it was reclassed and made "illegal."

Time for a change is right!!!!
yup, they knew they couldn't legally do it..because the constitution doesn't really say anything about it, so instead they created a ridiculous tax on it, making most people unable to afford to have anything to do with it, then came the reefer madness scare..once that was in place, more scare tactics and false distorted propaganda into what it has became today..Marijuana may've once safely treated a wide variety of ailments, but super potent pot is lurking and drug dealers want to get you hooked on marijuana so you'll do other drugs!! :wtf:

[YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=L1jB7RBGVGk[/YOUTUBE]

Why is Marijuana Illegal?

This webpage is a very thorough description into the prime contributing aspect to marijuana's criminalization :thumbsup: