थे मोवे तोवार्द्स मकिंग वीड लेगल इन थे स्टेट ऑफ़ California

The State of California is moving towards legalizing Weed.

The State of California has been debating for some time now whether to make the use of marijuana legal. There have been discussions ongoing for sometime now but their legislative body is now seriously moving towards voting on a bill that would make the drug legal in the state. The State of California is known for its forward thinking and if they go ahead and okay the legalization, they would be the first state to do so in the US. Other states would follow naturally. When I was living in Maryland, there was talk of trying to legalize marijuana for medical purpose but the movement never gathered enough steam for it to move into the local Congress. The fear at the time was that a lot of people that use the drug for recreational purposes would be flooding doctor’s offices to get prescription for illnesses that are invincible.

There are medical purposes for marijuana use like the easing up of pain. But once the drug gets legalized people that use it for recreational purposes would not need to be hiding from the police anymore. The drug is still considered illegal in the US, but it is not by any means the main cause of worry for law enforcement officers. That would be crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Some sports organization do not even at the moment test for marijuana use when they are conducting their mandatory drug test. If you openly claim that you are using weed as the drug is popularly known, then the authorities would be embarrassed not to do something about it. But they do not go out of their way to look for persons that use marijuana for recreational purposes.

Employers do test for it though. Most companies would put you through a drug test before they hire you and if you come out with a marijuana positive test, they would not hire you. The fear is that if you are doing weed, then you are capable of much more. That is the main criticism that is going to come out, if the state of California does go ahead and legalize the use of marijuana. There are going to be complains that once people get tired of using the drug, they would start looking for something stronger. Getting a stronger fix after the intrigue has been taking out of the use of weed.

The State of California has a huge budget deficit that is now at about 25billion dollars and there is little doubt that part of the drive to get the drug legalized now is to raise some funds in a move towards bringing down that deficit. Once the drug is made legal then the state can tax the sale of the drug and thus raise additional revenue.

The use of marijuana is by no means going to be without its drawbacks whether it is made legal or not. Like any drug there would be people that would abuse it. It is just like cigarette or alcohol. There is nothing like a safe limit to it. If you drink alcohol or smoke cigarette even at a small level, it kills you gently. Marijuana is that way also. I know people that have been taking marijuana since they were in their teens and they still have their entire faculty together in their forties. I also do know a lot of people that have gone totally mad from taking the drug over an extended period of time. So either way, legal or not, the drug would still kill you or make you go mad if you abuse over a period of time.