A superficial propaganda
The short text below was written by a 20-year-old student from The University of Chicago.
“The stance that marijuana is a dangerous drug of abuse is a superficial propaganda for the masses. Marijuana was made illicit in 1937 to remove a threat to the new synthetic fibers made by the Dupont Company.
The useful hemp fibers can grow to lengths of 6 meters, are very strong and were a threat to the success of Dupont. If we are to consider health factors, then why do we legalize dangerous drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, both of which are very lethal. We can’t make people stop using things they want to use just by passing a law. (Look what happened during 'Prohibition').The drug "trade" is now the single largest money operation in the U.S. economy and the money it generates is used to see that the laws will not change. I was recently told by a professor that the current value of the U.S. drug trade is estimated at around $600 billion dollars. The only real function making a drug illegal is to create a “black market”, otherwise known as 'money-for-nothing'.
Marijuana isn't even important to those in the 'big money drug trade', except for maintaining the 'wall of prohibition'. It isn't a question of what's good for you or what's bad for you. Alcohol gives us a perfect example of this hypocrisy. I’ve seen more college students in an alcohol induced stupor than any from marijuana - which appears to just mellow people out (and both are very available on campus).
The money paid for drugs is not based on the real value of the drugs themselves, but on the risk of transport, which in turn is the result of the law. This present us with an economic crisis of enormous impact, as a person with no skills or education can have a tax-free income greater than that of the highest paid individual in the entire industrial world. Such a situation destroys the basis of modern society, which is the assumption that a person is rewarded in direct relation to their contribution to the economic whole. The “war” on some drugs is not about drugs at all, but about money and the continued centralization of economic and political control.” Matt W., University of Chicago, USA, Age 20.
this issue is by Emerson and Priscilla
2 comments:
The marijuana is,by medical studies,4 times more dangerous than tobaco.It can cause lack of memory and increase the probability of heart attack.Even though ,the protest against its ilegality says that the violence is caused by that,if we think without ideology we can make some questions such as:If we legalize the drugs the dealers will drop their guns down?Or they will still sell drugs without taxes and with a low price?The other countries are gonna do the same thing?How about the enormous price in medical care that we are gonna pay
Democracy, that is what we live by!
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