I will shock you. Half of men will get cancer, and a third of women. Some of you might even die. Good news! Your life could be extended or your cancer cured with hash oil! Oh…wait…that’s not legal…I guess you’ll just have to suck it up. People live with debilitating pain every day because they cannot obtain marijuana, while the U.S. government pours money and personnel into a war on drugs that is unnecessary. The modes of entry are much safer compared to other drugs such as injectables with skyrocketing AIDS risk or pills of questionable purity. Marijuana, weed, hashish and Mary Jane are all the same substance. Its use may be in hand-rolled cigarettes called joints, water pipes called bongs, or cigars filled with a tobacco/weed mixture called blunts. The processed leaves can also be used as tea or a food additive, as long as they are steeped to release THC, the chemical of the hour. THC overloads the endocannabinoid system, causing the high everyone is familiar with. After use, the highest residual amounts are found in pleasure, concentration, time perception, coordination and memory. Prison is not for the faint of heart, nor for the claustrophobic. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with one in one hundred and seven adults incarcerated. This report is imperfect; racial minorities are overrepresented. 1.69 million people are incarcerated on non-violent drug charges, half of which are marijuana. 89% of all criminal drug charges involve simple possession. Imagine the number of people serving time for marijuana-related arrests; What if these resources could be used to investigate, arrest, prosecute, incarcerate and protect society from criminals such as murderers? Agents can lose paper... millions of dollars if they are taxed like alcohol or tobacco. The creation of this industry would lead to the creation of more jobs similar to the creation of the tobacco industry. Industrializing marijuana would make it safer through purity laws, making it illegal to mix it with anything else. Remember the statistic of 1 in 108? $50,000 would also be saved per inmate for possession. What would the government do with more money? Help those who benefit from aid programs or channel them into the national debt? Wherever that money goes, it helps. Marijuana’s Class I illegal substance status is unquestionably unfair. It was labeled a Class 1 drug (the most dangerous) because it was believed to cause white women to desire African-American men. Obviously this doesn't make much sense. Many drugs are terribly addictive and dangerously deadly. Marijuana is not one of these drugs. Marijuana's Redemptive Qualities Should Set It Apart.