legalization of marijuana

In America, we have a drug problem. Most do not like to admit it, but the problem is not getting better and it will most certainly not be solved with the current methods of drug enforcement. Those same people will also vehemently deny the fact that, those who use drugs are not the only ones causing the actual problem. Like the users themselves, the ones who wage the ''war on drugs'' are also at fault, …

…in terms of crime, and in helping our sick people in need of treatment, and our government still turns a deaf ear to those in need; all of us. Progress is being made, but when will we be completely free as citizens to have complete control over our bodies and what we put into them? The answer is in education, not criminalization. The facts are out there, we just need someone to listen to them.