Act. And there is special marriage act, 1954. As per the current marriage acts a person can get married as per the marriage act of their faith they belong to or under special marriage act. How on earth will it affect their religious freedom or religion. There is going to be no change in their marriage law even if a new marriage act is introduced, LGBT marriage act.
Apart from culture, religion, homophobia, ignorance, bigotry there is no other reason as“ Why India should not legalize gay marriage”. Indian culture has always celebrated queerness. If you think your religion is going to be affected because of gays, stop preaching to gays, you can preach only to people who fall into your protocol. And human rights records of religious
3. Marijuana: Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world with an estimated 125 million people consuming it in some form or the other every year. In India, marijuana use has been historically bound to faith and mysticism. It is said to be a drug that helps the user attain“ ecstasy in the original sense of the word”. India has consumed and celebrated charas( hash), bhang and weed for centuries.
However, implementation of stringent narcotic laws in 1986 made the sale, consumption, production and transportation of marijuana illegal in the country. 24 years on, here are some reasons why marijuana should now be legalized in India.
Marijuana legalization( or decriminalization) will replace the black-market production and distribution with an‘ overboard industry’. There will be rules and regulations but the trade will be‘ populated by the government, farmers, merchants and retails clerks, not by criminals or drug dealers
An epidemiological study showed that only 9 percent of those who use marijuana end up being clinically dependent on it. The‘ comparable rates’ for tobacco, alcohol and cocaine stood at 32 percent, 15 percent and 16 percent respectively.
By legalizing and taxing marijuana, the government will stand to earn huge amounts of revenue that will otherwise go to the Italian and Israeli drug cartels. In an open letter to US President George Bush, around 500 economists, led by Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, called for marijuana to be“ legal but taxed and regulated like other goods”.
Legalization of marijuana for recreational and medical purposes in Colorado has created 10,000 new jobs in the area. There is a plethora of jobs that can be created by the marijuana industry and help reduce India’ s unemployment rate.
Studies have shown that marijuana use has dozens of medical benefits. It treats glaucoma, prevents cancer from spreading to other parts of the body, reduces anxiety, slows the progress of Alzheimer’ s disease, improves metabolism and is even said to spur creativity in our brain.
In states like Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, where cannabis plants grow, marijuana is the only source of income for many locals. However, being a banned substance, the farmers are forced to sell it at a very cheap price to the drug dealers and they face additional pressure from the police as well, who are paid to destroy the cannabis plantations. Legalizing marijuana will end this‘ war on drugs’ targeting our
92 own countrymen.
By- Ranjan Dua