Should New Jersey Legalize Medical Marijuana and Decriminalize Marijuana?

You will not endure pain if you become bound to the drug said Galen, a roman physician in context to gladiators consuming opium to numb their battle wounds. For over 4,800 years marijuana has been used for medical purposes. Until the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act banned marijuana and created uncertainty in Americans. Especially with the with the arrival of new drugs like aspirin which became the new pain reliever and marijuana came to be known as an intoxicant. Until today, with the rise in popularity of medical marijuana, we see states one by one changing their laws to decriminalize the use of medical marijuana. As of today there are 12 states in the United States that have in some way decriminalized medical marijuana and with more states following the trend. In 2002, Harris Interactive took a poll for Time Magazine to see how many people is pro medical marijuana and the results were 80% pro, 17% con and 3% undecided. Medical