Every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are arrested for possession of marijuana. Individuals accused of growing or selling marijuana can be sent to prison for years, and can have their car, their house and other property confiscated by the government. Every year, the federal government and the various state and local governments spend billions of tax dollars trying to stop people from growing, selling or using marijuana.
Politicians and police chiefs admit that they are unable to protect us from violent crime. And yet they are using scarce police resources to arrest and prosecute peaceful and otherwise law-abiding marijuana smokers. This makes no sense at all!
Despite the threat of punishment, millions of Americans smoke marijuana on a regular basis. In doing so, they put themselves at risk of police harassment as well as criminal penalties. They also prove by their action that not all Americans support marijuana prohibition.
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