Marijuana is a very important and questionable issue in today's society. While numerous defamatory claims have been made about cannabis in recent years, the veracity of these claims is proving to be false. Unfortunately, the truths about cannabis are essentially doomed due to the stereotypical perception of what is seen by the typical “weed smoker” by unaware people who have failed to reach the truth due to these propaganda and misleading statements which are were made against the legalization of cannabis. in America. This misrepresentation of a lethargic and unambitious American community of cannabis consumers is the ramification of more than seventy years of promotion and falsehoods spread by private interests who needed cannabis legalization for their individual, mindless gains. to the people who are one of the main ideas on which America was founded. The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes is not a recent discovery. Written references to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes date back approximately 5,000 years. Western medicine endorsed and used the medical properties of marijuana to its advantage in the mid-1800s, and by the early 20th century doctors had looked at cannabis and published hundreds of analytical essays throughout Western medical literature. Doctors began to advocate and recommend its use for a variety of mental and physical ailments or problems experienced by patients (3). These disorders include nausea, pain relief, glaucoma, and movement disorders. The unique properties of marijuana are also used as a powerful appetite stimulant that comforts patients suffering from HIV/AIDS or cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In the United States... half of the newspaper... 2010, January 30). Introduction to NORML Medical Use: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5441#f2Herer, J. (2009). The emperor wears no clothes. Washington Free Press: http://www.jackherer.com/chapter15.htmlMiron, J. (2005, June). The budgetary implications of marijuana prohibition. http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/mironreport.htmlMurphy, K. (2009, June 3). How Marijuana Became Illegal. Washington Free Press: http://wafreepress.org/article/090304marijuana.shtmlWhich drugs are most addictive? Schaffer Drug Policy Library: http://www.druglibrary.org/SCHAFFER/library/basicfax5.htmlUrena, A. (2002, November 25). Legitimate reasons to legalize cannabis. Cannabis News: http://cannabisnews.com/news/14/thread14829.shtmlControlled Substance Act of 1970. http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/legislation/ucm148726.htmThe history of hemp: http://hemphistory. org