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Commentary of Blog 5 https://oanhnggovt.blogspot.com/    There are two sides to this problem and everyone has a different opinion, however, I agree with Jeffrey Mays' comment on his article “DeBlasio Explains His Hesitance on Legalizing Marijuana” about "the US national government should not legalize the use of marijuana due to the severe threat addiction that the drug pauses to the young people" because it is true, a big problem about marijuana is that it can cause addiction to not only teenagers but instead all age groups. Marijuana has shown to be beneficial to a majority of people across the nation, for example, a lot of people have to take many medications because of an illness or disease and there are many negative side effects that come with all these different types of pills, yet marijuana can replace all these pills with no negative side effects. This is a big issue occurring today and there is a lot of controversy on this topic, although there are some b

The War on Drugs is over.   Yes you can guess who won… drugs. So why isn’t marijuana legal in all states already? In order for a state to legalize marijuana an attorney has to write the memos that provide basic guidelines for legalization, if the state met these guidelines then federal prosecutors would have to act upon. 6 out of 10 (62%) Americans support legalization of marijuana (doubled since 2000, 31%) then why is it not legal nationwide already? If a person living in Colorado is prescribed medical marijuana and has to move or travel to a different state that doesn’t prescribe marijuana then they will have a really hard time. So it doesn’t really make sense to make marijuana legal in some states but not the others.    It is time for congress to respect Sen. Ron Wyden’s proposal for S.420, which would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substance Act causing it to be descheduled and to be sold like alcohol. The main benefits of this would be, tax revenue for states and t