Greetings Mr. Trump!
Firstly I would like to say on behalf of me and my family, thank you so much for everything it is you are doing for us and our Country! You have given me a feeling of hope, a feeling of pride, and truly the inspiration to be a better person. You embody the very essence of the American spirit of determination to do the right thing, no matter the odds.
I know you have a lot on your plate when you plan on getting into the presidency and a lot of TOUGH, BIG issues I know you will tackle head on. The issue I wanted to ask you about may seem to many like a small one, though I wish to argue it is not. Here in America we love to talk about our many freedoms, but I feel like there is one we are being withheld from for a very "special interest" reason. That is the criminalization and schedule I listing of Marijuana. I KNOW you are of sober mind and like it that way, as I also am. I run a business operating trucks on our nation's highways so I don't ever get reckless when it comes to people's lives and mine. Having said that i would like to read you a quote from Thomas Jefferson: “Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.” and also by our first great president George Washington: "Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere."
There are more benefits to decriminalizing marijuana than one may think. Firstly we spend a lot of money running a system where we incarcerate Americans for possessing the very thing our forefathers praised. We split up families, fill prisons, and give people drug charges that affect their future negatively. There are thousands of industrial uses for hemp such as: clothing, paper, building materials, food, medicine, paint, detergent, varnish, oil, ink, and fuel. All that hold significant higher and cleaner qualities than today's similar products. The medicinal uses of Marijuana are very beneficial and often a life-saving to millions of American's, this plant is proven to be about as harmless as any other drug we are given by BIG PHARMA.
I CANNOT ACCEPT that this law is in effect for our own health, as we see millions of Americans troubled by problems stemming from Tobacco, Alcohol, and the list of prescribed drugs that are constantly killing our youth. Marijuana is shown to help those with alcohol/drug abuse, ease anxiety, can treat PTSD with veterans, and a helps with a wide range of certain diseases. When I think about the enormous benefits of decriminalizing and descheduling marijuana, I wonder why ,in the land of the free, we are stripped of our freedom for possessing a plant? Changing this law will take the massive burden off our taxes we use to house and incarcerate our fellow citizens. Instead we would collect tax revenue from legal sales and offer new industries, millions of jobs/businesses, better products, economic growth, great prosperity and wealth for Americans everywhere. Why is it that the worst thing about marijuana is getting caught with it?
So Mr. Trump my question is: What is your stance on the legalization, decriminalizing, and descheduling of Marijuana?
Thank you so much for taking the time! God bless. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!