The War on Drugs is alive and well in West Michigan. My law office gets numerous calls on possession of marijuana, maintaining a drug house and delivery of meth. Local prosecutors in Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood, Holland and Walker, Michigan take the war on drugs very seriously.
I understand that drug such as meth are very dangerous and a threat to society. However, I don’t understand the war on drugs when it comes to marijuana. Alcohol causes far more harm than marijuana does. I have yet to see a violent crime committed by someone who was high on marijuana, but I have seen plenty of violent crimes committed by someone who was under the influence of alcohol.
The war on drugs isn’t working in America either. The war on drugs regarding marijuana is a complete and utter failure. Many states are becoming much more liberal when it comes to the marijuana use, but the federal government still feels the need to prosecute those who get caught with marijuana.
Over the next 20 years, I believe state laws banning the use of possession of marijuana will continue to disappear. At the state level, it appears the war regarding marijuana will probably be over. At the federal level? It is hard to say, but hopefully, the federal government will realize the war on drugs is a failure when it comes to marijuana.