While this article is extremely informative and welcomed as another signpost that the topic is being legitimized, there are two contentions with which I disagree.

The first is the suggestion that we decriminalize marijuana. Decriminalizing alleviates the fear and a portion of the injustice that riddles the American pot-consumer, but this measure (especially in a border state like Texas) would render access to marijuana easier while providing no legal method of accessing The World&#039;s Most Misunderstood Plant. After decriminalizing, if consumption rises, the Mexican cartel&#039;s profits inflate.

The second is that, rather than speculating, we should simply conduct more research concerning the actual makeup of cannabis. But, how? In Time&#039;s article &quot;The United States of Amerijuana&quot;, Andrew Ferguson explains that the DEA has us in a beautifully executed catch-22: science can&#039;t research marijuana because it&#039;s Schedule 1, and it&#039;s Schedule 1 because science can&#039;t research marijuana to show medical applicability. 

Those who find current drug policy unjust should not sidestep their goal. There should be no baby steps toward changing something that is perceived as ridiculous and unfair. 

Legalize it. And be dissatisfied with anything less.