Informations About Marijuana Statistics

That Marie, grass, grass, which wishes to, the people has been the consumption of marijuana for thousands of years. It is only in the last hundred years, more or less, the countries of the world has begun to prohibit the soles. Let us take a look at some statistics of marijuana in this century in the United States and the rest of the world. The marijuana was at the bitter end of a vast propaganda campaign for decades. The campaign has been so successful that marijuana has label of list 1 controlled substance.

Under the United States legislation, the weeds is technically more dangerous than in the case of cocaine the opium and the PCP (table 2, drugs) and which may carry out a life sentence in the case of be found guilty of trafficking in persons. After years of research, it became obvious that pot is very safe, even safer than alcohol. And you can die alcohol intoxication or an overdose of cocaine, however, no one has killed never to smoke marijuana. Contrary to what some believe, not predispose people to violent tendencies, in truth, the its dulcifica.

In spite of the evidence, there are very few countries of the world where the marijuana is completely legal. North Korea is in reality the only country or is legal sell, to grow and to consume, with government interference. In fact, is not even classified as a drug. Countries such as Canada and France have legalized its use for medical purposes. Other countries such as Portugal and Mexico have decriminalized drugs, whereas in Spain is legal to grow and consume for personal use. In the United States can obtain much more complicated.

Lucky for us many more statistical data on marijuana. Then that Pot is still illegal in all its forms at the federal level, there has come a long way in the country largely responsible for the war against drugs at the level of state. As the past year, Colorado and Washington have the first two states for the legalization of marijuana. In addition, there are 20 States (plus DC) that have legalized marijuana for medical use. These can be baby steps, but when we a few years ago, is a significant progress. Over the years 60, before that President Nixon has declared war against drugs, arrests of marijuana the grievances were lower by 100,000 per year.

In the years of the years 70 and 80 the number of arrests has increased by an average of approximately 400,000 inhabitants. Through the Clinton and Bush Jr. administrations the number of arrests has fired, reaching a maximum of 850,000 arrests in the last years of the reign of Bush