Name 1 Got Weed? Why is Marijuana Illegal? Throughout history, drugs such as alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana have faced bitter battles with the law. The issues of addiction, dependence, and health have often been used as reasons against these drugs. Alcohol and nicotine are currently legal, but marijuana remains illegal for the majority of the United States population. At one point in time all drugs were legal. That was before laws were passed against them. Slowly …showed first 75 words of 765 total…

…showed last 75 words of 765 total…the victim of misconceptions in the past. This leads to false facts and uniformed opinions. I will sort through the misconceptions history has made and find the truth behind them. That is my claim. I will examine the laws that have been proposed and passed by the state and federal legislatures concerning marijuana. This information, along with professionally documented research, will provide me with the knowledge necessary to answer the question at hand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**