By Ben Kerrigan--
Justin Bieber has added his weight to the voice of advocates of medical marijuana by criticising pharmaceutical companies on Twitter Sunday to raise awareness of the industry’s attempts to block medical marijuana legislation.
“This is important,” the singer wrote. “I’m going to be talking more about this. We all need to pay attention.”
The tweet links to an ATTN: video that concisely explains the fight between pharmaceutical companies and medical marijuana advocates.
“Drug companies are worried because marijuana is an alternative to painkillers,” the video says.
Bieber is angry because pharmaceutical companies continue to fiercely fight legalisation
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The Hufftindon post reported that the industry spent over $880 million fighting legislation. This seems to have somehow annoyed Bieber, who has taken it upon himself to join the campaign for the legalisation of marijuana in all American States. It is the first time the young Canadian has added his voice to the campaign. With close to a million followers on twitter, there will be many who will happily share the tweet and revive the fight for the legalisation of medical marijuana in America.
The Uk has also had many cries for the legalisation of cannabis, but the government have ignored those cries. The concern with the government has always been that legalisation would give send the wrong signals to the public that cannabis is acceptable, and encourage even more youngsters to consume the drug for none medical purposes.
Over 8 million people in the UK regularly smoke cannabis for recreational purposes, and the figure will be a lot bigger in America, since it is a far bigger country than the UK. Cannabis is smoked straight in many parts of America, as ‘blunts’. Bieber’s criticism is unlikely to make any difference to the situation, except to continue to raise awareness that there are people who want cannabis legalised.
Though with new laws being established every so often, there is always hope for cannabis campaigners that a lawmaker will wake up one day and decide to change the law because of the number of voices calling for cannabis to be legalised.