Marijuana, a member of the cannabis family, is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States (Brown). Who would imagine that such a widely used substance is illegal? Until 1937, marijuana was legal in all U.S states, but these laws were rarely enforced, and marijuana remained widely used throughout the 1960's 70's 80's and 90's. In fact it is still widely used today. However, none of this has gone unnoticed by the government. In the 1970's, the "War on Drugs" campaign was initiated. The government began to advertise negative information about marijuana (a lot of which was untested, and later proven to be false) to lower drug usage. But is it all bad? Marijuana has been shown to have medicinal benefits, as well as a broad array of other benefits (Nadelmann). The information the government distributed about it has been tested and retested and is losing...