Considering the statics we discussed in class, I was curious
to find opinions to why marijuana was illegal and alcohol is not. For example,
Dr. Davis states there is no known cases of marijuana “intoxication”, or more
commonly referred to as “overdose”, yet, many people die of alcohol
intoxication everyday. As I researched opinions to why marijuana is illegal, I
stumbled upon an article written by Tom Head under the “Civil Liberties”
section. He narrowed it down 7 reasons, 3 to which I found valid. First he
stated that it is “perceived as addictive” meaning it has a high potential for
abuse. This argument can be made for
alcohol as well. Secondly he said, “It has no accepted medical use.” He states
that medical use of marijuana is still a huge controversy and therefore is not
nationally recognized as a “medical drug”. His third reason was that “it has
been historically linked with narcotics, such as heroin.” Although marijuana is
not a narcotic, it was originally associated with other drugs like morphine and
heroin. Although alcohol is not associated with any hard drugs, like morphine
and heroin, it causes the most harm compared to all other drugs. So why is
alcohol not illegal? There is no specific answer. Alcohol has been around since
the beginning of time and therefore it would be very hard to make it illegal.
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