The United States should end the criminalization of marijuana, which costs money to enforce, and make money instead by taxing it like cigarettes and alcohol.

My opinion is that the criminalization of marijuana is pathetic. 

People were against marijuana because they were afraid, racist, and greedy.

People were afraid because they believed that marijuana was the devil and that it causes people to become insane and belligerent. They believed that marijuana will corrupt the American population and that it will be the death of them all. 

The only reason why they believe that is because of racism. Marijuana was distributed to the United States from mormons that came back from Mexico. Before it wasn't such a big deal, but ignorant legislators started to blame on the Mexicans and the Negroes when people started becoming addicted to it. That was when the all-out war against Marijuana arise. 

Legislators who hated Mexicans and Negroes did their best to criminalize them by saying that Marijuana made them violent and insane. By doing that, they also made a lot of money just distributing fake information, called Yellow Journalism. Because of Yellow Journalism, people all over the country started believing that Marijuana was evil and started hating the innocent drug. 

Why Marijuana is Illegal - This article shows the real reasons why Marijuana is illegal and it agrees to my opinion.

Ignorance is bliss.

Photos of 2011

A wave caused by a tsunami flows into the city of Miyako from the Heigawa estuary in Iwate Prefecture after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake. You could see how much destruction is going to be made to this city due to the wave. This shows how deadly the tsunami made by the 8.9 earthquake is and how much it affected Japan. 

Sixty-six-year-old Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka cries in front of his collapsed house, possibly because of a lost relative in the debris. It's really saddening to see how much loss citizens had in Japan. This photo shows that the earthquake didn't only take their houses, but their love ones as well.

A man rides his horse through flames during the "Luminarias" religious celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's Day in the village of San Bartolome de los Pinares, Spain. Tradition says that people would ride their horses through flames to "purify" them. It looks really dangerous and something that Jackass would do for a stunt, ahaha.

The aurora borealis, or northern lights, fill the sky above the Takotna, Alaska checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The aurora borealis (the northern lights) is one of the most marvelous natural wonders of the world. It is a truly wonderful tourist attraction in Alaska and is seen only for its beauty.

The Nyiragongo Crater, located in Congo, is known to be the world's largest lava lake. I think this picture has a perfect angle for the lava lake, showing the smoke and the insides of it. This lava lake is really beautiful to see, but not so beautiful to feel. Just the sight makes me feel like going inside for a steamy, burning hot bath. 

A motorcycle policeman burns from getting hit by a petrol bomb as his partner tries to help in Athens. Young adults threw rocks and petrol bombs at riot police after riots broke out during a strike. As it looks in the picture, the armor the motorcycle policeman has was protecting his body, but his face shows how afraid he was of the fire. This picture shows how violent riots are starting to get, hurting both the police and the protesters.

A rebel celebrates by shooting his assault rifle while his comrades fire rockets toward the government troops, west of Ajdabiyah, Libya. This shows that they would do anything to liberate themselves from the government with will, courage, and determination. I guess tyranny doesn't appeal to them. 

Visitors wearing rabbit ear headbands watch a night parade held to celebrate Chinese New Year -- the year of the rabbit -- in Hong Kong. This shows that the visitors respect the Chinese culture, or they just want to wear the bunny ears.  

Twenty five years ago on April 26, a number four reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power factory suddenly exploded. Pripyat, being less than two miles away from the plant, has been consumed by the radiation. Now its being consumed by returning forests, ecological succession occuring.

Anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo. Egyptians are protesting to reelect a new democratic leader for their country. This shows how determined they are to their goal by showing the number of riot policemen the government needed to block their protest. The riot policemen are using riot shields and tear gas to maintain the protesters and prevent any violence.

"How can we make this a better world to live in for everyone?"

How can I make this a better world to live in? There are many ways to make this world a better place. People have different solutions depending on what they really want. Most of them want world peace. 

But I think that will never happen, for arguments will always occur because everyone has different opinions. 

Some people, like me, would want the world to be the same. It doesn't need any change.

The world is as perfect as it can be. We, the people are the ones corrupting it. 

So the better question is "How can we make ourselves better for the world to accept us, making it a better world to live in?"

But to answer this question, I would do my best to enhance our technology. Technology that won't hurt the environment and make it beneficial for us humans. It'll will be complicated for all resources that we get comes from either the sun or the earth. 

I wish someone would be able to obtain this kind of technology someday. Wouldn't you want that as well?