The government doesn't legalize Marijuana due to its "ill side effects", however the Government supports the use of pills prescribed by doctors and bought at pharmacies across America.
Marijuana is an all natural herb that grows from a seed, that our God and creator gave to us for medicine. Why are we allowed to take drugs that have 3 pages full of side effects, such as: may cause heart disease, abnormal breathing, skin cancer, damage eye sight, and suicidal or homicidal tendencies?
We push the government to outlaw pills such as Xanax, Lortab, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Methadone, Oxycontin, and thousands of other drugs that cause a high rate of dependency, along with side effects that result in death.
These are drugs, Marijuana is not man made.