Cannabis is one of the most innocuous substances known to humans. Safer than Advil, a little (or a lot) of weed has never killed anybody, nor is it known to induce the kind of violent behavior linked to, say, alcohol. What's more, marijuana shows great therapeutic promise. It has been proven to reduce nausea associated with several ailments and chemotherapy, help cure post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), slow the progression of multiple sclerosis, and protect eyesight from glaucoma, among other medical benefits.
The side-effects of pot are
minimal, especially when compared to legal, often lethal drugs like
OxyContin or Xanax. The consequences of a marijuana arrest, however, can
be far more damaging than the drug itself.
America’s legal system continues to treat the plant as if the 1920s propaganda film Reefer Madness were
true. In the United States -- where a marijuana arrest occurs every 42
seconds, on average -- the war on pot has disastrous consequences for
its victims. Here are 10 of the most shameful examples in which the
crime – related to weed -- does not even come close to matching the
punishment.
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