I would like to apologize in advance to all the potheads and Michael Phelps out there, but marijuana is in fact, contrary to popular belief, a dangerous drug. So despite all the supposed economic benefits

Tom Ammianos plan to legalize marijuana in the state of California is turning heads around the nation. This Californian Assemblymen seeks to remove all penalties in California law on cultivation,

1. The founding fathers liked ganja

Dr. Burke of the American Historical Reference Society and consultant for the Smithsonian has found evidence to support the long standing claim that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, James Monroe, and Andrew Jackson all either smoked or grew grass on their plantations.

The main issue involved in the use of marijuana for medical reasons can be summed up as follows: Do the medical benefits of properly prescribed marijuana to certain patients outweigh the medical risks thereof, and outweigh society’s legal, moral, ethical, religious and public health concerns? The U.S. Supreme Court found that it is not under the landmark case of Gonzales vs. Reich (below).