Are Laws Prohibiting Marijuana Ethical?
October 5, 2009 – An Objective, Brief, and Ethical Exploration of a Law Prohibiting Marijuana Marijuana is illegal, but should it be? That is a question that remains unanswered. The road to the illegalization of marijuana began in 1937 when the Marihuana Tax Act was passed. While it didn’t make the drug illegal, it made it very dangerous to deal with the substance. It wasn’t until the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 that marijuana became a schedule 1 narcotic, making it illegal. In order to be declared a schedule 1 narcotic, a substance must meet the following criteria: (A) The drug or other substance has high potential for abuse. (B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. (C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. In this article we will explore the function of drug laws, how that function relates to marijuana, and whether or not a law prohibiting marijuana is
