The drug laws have become more and more lenient on marijuana as time goes by. It is important to see the impact of drugs on families and children. The facts are that more and more citizens are becoming more dependent on medical marijuana. The people of the United States are all but unified on the medical marijuana laws trying to make it legal in multiple states and in other cities. The US government affects the lives of citizens through drug laws that prohibit Americans from purchasing and using illegal drugs. The judicial branch has started laws banning drugs. The judicial branch affects the lives of citizen more than any other branch when it comes to drug laws having convicted over 300,000 people for possession of illegal drugs; taking the freedom away from certain individuals for years. Also taking parent’s away from the children of thousands of Americans. But the federal government has also been cutting time given for nonviolent drug charges in the states where …show more content…
Mass numbers of citizens protest for the legalization of marijuana. Due to voters, in many states legislation has had no choice but to legalize marijuana because of voters. In New England police and other law enforcement has been trying to reverse the legalization of medical marijuana. Legislative branch amend the laws concerning marijuana so that citizens can afford and use medical marijuana legally. There are 25 states that has legalized medical marijuana including Ohio and Pennsylvania in 2016. Many people see marijuana as a god send because of their illnesses, but the federal government hasn’t made it legal in all states yet. In fact marijuana is still classified as a schedule 1 substance under the controlled substance act, where it is consider to have high potential for dependency and no accepted medical use, making sale and distribution a federal