I want to start out by highlighting what stood out the most to me in your response, "marijuana can help give people with Anorexia Nervosa an increase in their appetite". This is true, marijuana is proven to increase the appetite of most people. What worries me is what the individual with Anorexia would do once they have come down from the drug and realized they've just spent the last couple of hours binge eating. Chances are it would only go down hill from there. Up to 35% of Americans have an eating disorder. So, say best case scenario this was the only solution to survival for those individuals- that's 35% of Americans walking around the streets like a bunch of stoned mummies. Add other disorders that marijuana supposedly cures such as cancer treatments, intractable pain, muscle spasms, glaucoma, epilepsy, astha, insomnia, and depression... America would become a joke.
The second statement that stood out to me was, "The crimes being committed are in black-market transactions, eliminate the need for the black-market and you eliminate the crimes from the use of them". So suppose marijuana was eliminated from the black-market, that's not to say the black-market won't still exist and continue causing crime. Next thing you know we'll be legalizing meth and hookers. You are comparing marijuana to the use of alcohol and cigarettes in attempt to make it seem like marijuana is just as innocent as the two- when in reality alcohol and cigarettes are far from innocent and deserve to be illegal just as marijuana does. They're all attempts better the economy. It's the government turning their head away in hopes that it will bring in the money.
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