Blog Post #4 "What have I learned??"

When starting my research I thought about some of the information I would find, but never did I think it would come out so direct. In my own opinion I think that marijuana should be decriminalized and I believe that the U.S. focuses way too much on an issue that shouldn’t be at our countries top priority. My three scholarly sources summed up “in a nutshell” basically said: clinical trials need to occur in order for the people of America to see the good and bad of Marijuana. Once the scientific research happens our country will see that the decriminalization of the drug needs to take place. Once marijuana isn’t a priority, the country could follow the ways of both Colorado and Washington State. The other countries who deal with selling this drug to the U.S. would love to see the country legalize marijuana. They themselves have started to legalize in order to end the war on drugs in their own country. If the United States legalized, their cartels would have no business selling to the US. Again, restating that in order for this whole legalization process to occur the US government is going to allow clinical trials and scientific research to happen. There is a general idea that the use of Medical Marijuana can help the sick and most people are ok with that, but when it comes to recreational use, morality comes into place with society. The argument here is, why not accept a drug that can help the sick versus accepting the sale of drugs that cause illness, like alcohol and tobacco products?  Marijuana has been put up on this pedestal that it is such a horrible drug, it is not good for our society, it is Satan’s lettuce, but is it really? We will not know until the government allows scientific research to occur.