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"Features hundreds of credible pros and cons including scientific marijuana research and expert opinions on medical cannabis" I couldn't remember whether or not this topic was brought up in the forum, or on the "No" list. But either way, I thought I would post it here. This website (procon.org) is a great source for looking into both sides of whatever argument is being considered.

Some states are saying marijuana is very beneficial for many health problems. However, many consider it to have no medical use. Others argue it is too dangerous to use.

This article explains how in Alabama it is illegal to sell vibrators. Restricting the right to purchase private memorabilia is against the personal freedoms we all have.

The states set up petition which passed the goal of 25,000 signatures.Now this can go to the White House for a response.

The site gives good points on why marijuana should be legal and goes into a brief history. The article has valid points but the end sounds more like the writer is trying to persuade the reader to becoming a libertarian.

This article is about legalizing marijuana. It gives supports from both sides of the argument, both very interesting.

A number of movements to legalize the use of marijuana have been gaining steam lately. There are places in California where it's already legal for medicinal purposes. Much of the American public now believes that the drug should be legalized (40 percent according to a Rasmussen International Poll) but others are still concerned about health damage and other adverse affects.

California prop. 215 was passed in 1996, by a 56% vote, legalizing medicinal marijuana. Now, some dispensaries in California are being shut down by the cities they are operating in. Attorneys in the case fighting for the dispensary owners are saying, "cities have the right to regulate... but they do not have the right to ban what the voters said is legal."

Unlike the many points of cannabis laws that restrict the American people or are upheld by the American people the right to earn a lawful living is under debate. This specific post is to bring to light the issue of where state and federal laws infringe on personal freedoms to earn a living.

This article is short but sweet. It get's right down to the point about personal freedom and the need to legalize marijuanna. It was said that they feel that maijuanna should be treated just like alcohol, legal.

Recently, Oregon has been named the "top state in the union for personal freedom." Apparently they have no problem with people riding bikes naked, but smoking marijuana, a problem. However, another section of the article stated that rankings, or polls are "essentially meaningless jumble of arbitrary numbers."