One of the advantages of working on the web is that we can provide a draft, a framework, which can be added to, corrected and supplemented by your own memories, documents and photos. If you find anything that you question or if you can add to our work, please email us. The Hamilton story starts with two chapters.
Marijuana is an addictive, gateway drug. It significantly impairs bodily and mental functions, and its use is related to increased violence. These are facts. Yet proponents of legalizing the drug studiously deny or downplay the well-documented dark side of marijuana trafficking and use.
The second important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save our government lots of money. We currently spend billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful people who happen to like to get high. These people get locked up in prison and the taxpayers have to foot the bill.