Gays and Weed

America should be the land of the free. Many issues today make me question how free we really are.

Being against gay marriage is a something I cannot understand. What gives someone the right to tell someone else who they can and can't love? Nonetheless many people continue to protest it across the nation. It really just doesn't make sense to me. Imagine if someone took away your significant other and told you no, you can't have them. How would you react? Would you abide by that persons rule? I doubt many people would.

Same sex marriage is something that really can't be argued and should not be an issue at all.

Cannabis should be removed from the Controlled Substances Act. Its ridiculous that more harmful substances such as alcohol and tobacco are legal and marijuana is not. This is the land of the free but no one can smoke a bowl without being worried about the police harassing them, while their next door neighbor is rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. Any study will show that weed has not killed anyone.

Marijuana has more proven benefits than downsides. It helps soften the side effects of chemotherapy, reduces anxiety in some users, increases pain tolerance in some users, used to treat insomnia, reduces nausea and vomiting, stimulates appetite, and relaxes muscles tension; effective for MS patients. With so many benefits it’s puzzling why it would be an illegal substance. Do some research and you'll find some interesting reasons.