Legalization of marijuana in the UK could save the our government billions
“The War on Drugs” is the brainchild of president Nixon; this declaration from June 1971 created an influx of misinformation, suppressed research and has prevented the evolution of the most versatile drug for medicinal use known to mankind.
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Nixon’s ideologies were sculpted from the symbolic nature that drugs, including #Marijuana, had during the 60’s. They were a symbol of rebellion, social upheaval and intolerance to the government that lead to the discontinuation of research for these drugs medicinal use. This prologue fueled the drug control agencies under Nixon’s control and cast a tyrant of punishment through mandatory sentencing for possession and no-knock search warrants that resulted in years of social demonization, stigma and hatred towards users. Users of weed included within this wave of terror that had been recommended by his own commission, led by Republican Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer, that unanimously agreed to decriminalize anyone who...
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