as the tax was paid. Unfortunately there
             was no way that any person could pay the tax because the government did not
             sell the stamps (Grass). In 1970, the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention
             and control Act reduced the classification of simple possession and non-
             profit distribution from felonies to misdemeanors (Himmelstein). This was
             a very large step for the US lightens up its punishment for such a harmless
             substance. But what good effects if any have any of the marijuana laws
             When the term Marijuana Decriminalization is brought up in
             conversation with anti-smokers or non-smokers what comes to their mind and
             lips? "Marijuana frenzy." Very untrue. If marijuana were to be legalized
             it would be a somewhat easy transition with very huge profit and revenue
             gains for our wonderful always honest US government. Marijuana ranked
             fourth out of all United States cash crops in 1997, amassing a greater
             value to farmers than tobacco, wheat, or cotton. In several states --
             Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Rhode Island,
             Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
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