Got Green? Last year the United States spent over a billion dollars on marijuana enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Agency has proposed a four hundred percent increase in anti-pot spending over the next ten years. Despite this outrageous cost, the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that as many as forty percent of Americans have used, or are currently using marijuana. Even more alarming is the fact that ninety percent of young people say that …showed first 75 words of 682 total…

…showed last 75 words of 682 total…acre of trees. Marijuana, then, is not as harmful as many critics conclude and the legalization of it will not increase its use. Hemp production is not only useful, but also a means of creating a healthier environment. Increasing public support and media attention will slowly force the legalization issue into the forefront of the political arena. Meanwhile, a costly battle rages on to fight marijuana production and distribution, a battle with no real winner.