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Anyone can go into their bathroom and open their cabinet to find many common drugs to take when they are feeling sick. Even though drugs are all around us, they are both useful and harmful. While drugs such as penicillin and aspirin have few side effects and are very useful, there are other drugs like marijuana, which can destroy your mind and body. Despite marijuana's psychological and physical effects, Daniel Levine, in High on a Lie, states that “the legalization of marijuana. . . has been debated for more than 30 years, with a vast majority of Americans standing in opposition.” Levine continues to point out that “marijuana in its smoked form has never been shown in scientific studies to be safe or effective.” In Help From My Friends, Andrew Curry declares the status quo on the situation saying that eight states presently have laws making medical marijuana legal for people with disease related nausea, pain, or muscle spasms, and to increase appetite. The federal law however remains unchanged stating that marijuana falls under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. This basically concludes that marijuana has no current accepted use and has a high risk for abuse (40-41). Marijuana should not be legalized for medica