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 Illegal Tender (2007)
IMDB rating: 4.60
Plot: After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers – one Latino family’s quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters. Wilson DeLeon, Jr. is an exceptional college student with an adoring girlfriend, doting mother and a future full of promise. He has never wanted for anything, and he has never been forced to stand his ground. But when ghosts from his mother’s past come back to haunt his present, he must defend his family … and quickly turn into the strong man his father prayed he’d become. Nothing could stop Wilson’s mother, Millie, from protecting her two boys. Forced to flee her home after gangsters killed her husband, she made an oath to give her children only the best. But all that changes when an enemy from the past catches up with them. It’s finally time to take action – and now, they’re done running. Weapons at the ready, Wilson, Jr. and Millie prepare for a final showdown with the murderer who robbed him of a father and her of a husband. Now, in a battle fueled by family ties and blood feuds, it will become very clear what happens when anyone tries to come between this son and his mother.
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Why is Marijuana illegal in the United States?
Lil’ History:
For most of human history, marijuana has been completely legal. It’s not a recently discovered plant, nor is it a long-standing law. Marijuana has been illegal for less than 1% of the time that it’s been in use. Its known uses go back further than 7,000 B.C. and it was legal as recently as when Ronald Reagan was a boy.
The marijuana (hemp) plant, of course, has an incredible number of uses. The earliest known woven fabric was apparently of hemp, and over the centuries the plant was used for food, incense, cloth, rope, and much more. This adds to some of the confusion over its introduction in the United States, as the plant was well known from the early 1600’s, but did not reach public awareness as a recreational drug until the early 1900’s.
America’s first marijuana law was enacted at Jamestown Colony, Virginia in 1619. It was a law "ordering" all farmers to grow Indian hempseed. There were several other "must grow" laws over the next 200 years (you could be jailed for not growing hemp during times of shortage in Virginia between 1763 and 1767), and during most of that time, hemp was legal tender (you could even pay your taxes with hemp — try that today!) Hemp was such a critical crop for a number of purposes (including essential war requirements – rope, etc.) that the government went out of its way to encourage growth.
The United States Census of 1850 counted 8,327 hemp "plantations" (minimum 2,000-acre farm) growing cannabis hemp for cloth, canvas and even the cordage used for baling cotton.
Now For The Question:
It seems to me we can easily stop the war, bloodshed and deaths of the Mexican Drug Cartels by making Cannabis legal in the U.S. Organize and tax it, set an age limit similar to that of alcohol and tobacco and defuse the situation. Not only will it in time stop the Mexican Drug Cartels but it would also boost our economic status. We cannot go for much longer ignoring the economical benefit of legalizing Marijuana in the United States.
Based on my research and that of the MPP ( http://www.mpp.org/)
not one person can give a definitive answer as to why cannabis is illegal in the U.S
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=m7O 4Sa8sGXk#t=11
Not even Robert S. Mueller, III our present Director of the FBI (http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/dire ctmain.htm)
knows why marijuana is still illegal in the United States as shown here on CNN this past March of 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=SY0 TQ1uOn3k
So, it kinda sucks I have to turn to Y! Answers for a question on United States legislation, a question that should have had an answer by now:
Why is Marijuana still illegal the United States?
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The simple but unilluminating answer is, most Americans still believe it should be illegal. There are few votes to be gained and may to be lost by endorsing legalization. "Soft on crime" is still one of the most damaging labels that an opponent can stick on a politician during a campaign.
So, why do most Americans think it should be illegal?
First, for almost every American alive today it has always been that way. Other things being equal Americans fear change.
Second, because of the ongoing "culture wars" pot is still stigmatized in some circles for its connection with the Left in the sixties.
Third, most of the death and incarceration caused by the war on pot happens either outside our borders or to lower-class Americans, most of them Black or Latino. Thus, most Americans are unaffected by the costs of prohibition. Lets call this the racism of indifference.
Fourth, because of the various stigmas associated with the drug, most pot smokers try to keep it quiet, so most Americans have no idea how many of their neighbors, coworkers, church-members etc. are regular pot users. Andrew Sullivan calls this the "Cannabis Closet", and I recommend his writing on the topic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/fs/esearch.ph p?sort=time&source=sullivan&word s=Cannabis+Closet&x=0&y=0
Fifth, the federal government disseminates propaganda to maintain the status quo, even getting involved in local elections. For examples of their propaganda efforts see here:
http://adgallery.whitehousedrugpolicy.go v/
These ads are ostensibly aimed at children, but the real intent is to instill a fear of drugs and drug dealers in parents.
I tried to cram a lot in this nutshell. Check out the Reason Foundation, The Marijuana Policy Project, NORML, or the Drug Policy Alliance for much much more info.
Richard Ira Bong | Aug 06, 2009
I will tell you this, it had to do with Mexicans. Do not thumbs down me until you read up on it, I will stand by this answer even though I will get violated, why does Yahoo answers hate the truth when its not pleasant
Alexandrite | Aug 06, 2009
Actually I believe you find that marijuana is legal, in small amounts, in Oregon. And Medical marijuana is available in California.
Marijuana was added to the drug list in the 1930s when the major ‘hard ‘ drugs were made illegal.
jack w | Aug 06, 2009
Because people get high when they smoke it.
Kristen C | Nov 22, 1912
it was all about oppressing the mexicans, or keeping them out.
Commie Joe | Nov 22, 1979
Hopefully Obama will legalize it and tax it, THAT’S how u fix the economy!
And people goto college for this shit, lame. lol.
Kun :3 | Aug 06, 2009
After wading through your rant about the economics of weed, I finally found your question.
You asked: "…Why is Marijuana illegal in the United States?…"
Because no one has convinced lawmakers that there is an overwhelming social acceptance or need for legalization. Making marijuana legal is a low-simmer back burner issue because no one has bothered to raise the heat and make it important.
Which leads to my questions: what have YOU done to make marijuana legal? Have you written your congressmen and senators? Have you contributed money to NORML? Have you gone door to door with a legalization petition? Have you placed ads in the newspapers soliciting support for your cause?
I didn’t think so.
Let us know if you get serious about it. Until then, you can keep sounding like a four year old who spends all day asking ‘why?’ ‘why?’ ‘why?’. Stand up like an adult and fight for what you want. Just idly asking about it is non productive.
- Stuart
Stuart | Aug 06, 2009
Because the people who make our laws are idiots!
Really its all about money and government control!
Crazy Dave | Aug 06, 2009
