HARMFULNESS NOT THE REASON FOR ILLEGAL MARIJUANA

This is in response to Allison Villa, who claims that marijuana should be
illegal because of its harmful effects to your health. Then could she
explain to me why alcohol, which destroys your liver and brain cells and
can eventually lead to blindness, is legal? Or why tobacco, which, whether
it's chewed or smoked, causes mouth, throat and lung cancer, stains your
teeth and fingers (and not to mention horrible breath) is still legal? Or
why so many prescription drugs that include stomach pains, diarrhea,
nosebleeds, headaches and sudden death (see Allegra) as their side effects
are more than perfectly legal?

The government already allows millions of products harmful to one's health;
one more wouldn't kill it (pun intended). It all comes down to the money
the U.S. makes thanks to it being illegal. People can blame Latin American
suppliers all they want, but someone is letting them across the border for
a price.

Angel del Valle

religious studies sophomore