- Target:
- Parliament
- Region:
- United Kingdom
The first law in the American colonies regarding marijuana was a 1619 law that actually required farmers to grow the hemp plant. Once harvested, hemp was useful for clothing, sails, and rope. It was a useful material, and still is.
Marijuana is a natural material and if smoked in moderation can improve health, unlike tobacco. Why is tobacco allowed, when it can cause serious harm even in small doses? Marijuana only really harms you if you have too much. It relieves illnesses esp. asthma, lowers blood pressure and risk of heart disease, and helps relax the last few months of a cancer patient's life.
Relaxation is the main reason why people take marijuana, not necessarily to rebel against authority or for street bravado, it is a personal choice to take a relaxing plant and smoke/chew/eat it. If marijuana is illegal then why isn't any other herbal plant?
Many people take marijuana for recreation. It does not harm you if you take it in moderation and don't go overboard (too much of anything is bad for you, right?).
As long as people respect other people around them and don't smoke around them if they do not wish (lots of marijuana takers do this in private, it's not really a pollution problem) It is not recommended to have a lot anyhow.
If you take it and want something to be done so you can be a law abiding citizen and enjoy marijuana still, sign this petition.
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The Marijuana - Legalise It petition to Parliament was written by Azaria and is in the category Law Reform at GoPetition.