Prohibition of drugs

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Reporters have highlighted that Marijuana remains a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act in the United States. This means that Cannabis is very much likely to become an object of abuse with no recognized medical use. It is crucial to note that medical scientists have brought up evidence showing that Cannabis does present some positive effects in pain management with ailments like glaucoma and multiple sclerosis. However, the Act is encouraging the possession, distribution and trafficking of marijuana to be illegal. Meanwhile, analysts have underlined that the enforcement of marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers an estimated $10 billion annually which results in the arrest of more than 750,000 individuals per year. To put it bluntly, this is far more than the total number of arrestees for all violent crimes combined, including murder, rape and robbery. Official reports from the United States have shown that cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug where 5.1% of Americans have admitted that they used marijuana...