Let's not lie to ourselves, marijuana smoking is not a good thing, most religions frown upon it, most parents frown upon it, thus making it questionable to justify whether legalizing marijuana is a good idea or a bad idea. I can see how people say that it's morally wrong but my question is that why then is alcohol legal and salvia legal and red don legal? All these other substances I think are much more mind altering than weed. What does weed do when you take it in excess? It makes you fall asleep. When you drink too much alcohol you basically loose all control of yourself and do crazy things. My main argument is that if cigarettes, alcohol, and all those other substances sold at head shops are legal than marijuana should definitely be legal.
If weed was legalized than crime would decrease because the people doing illegal work wouldn't be doing it anymore because the government would be selling it for a lot cheaper. This would make the drug dealers go somewhere else and in turn the police could focus more on serious crimes like murder and rape.
Another reason why it would be beneficial is because of the medical benefits for AIDs and Cancer patients. I read an article that said that the only way that the cancer patient use to eat was after smoking pot. This is because when you have pancreatic cancer you die of starvation and I think legalizing weed for at least medical purposes is the right thing to do.
Lastly, I think that we should legalize week because of the tax revenue that it is going to bring in. The governor of California estimates 1 billion dollars in just tax revenue. We are talking about just one state! That could definitely help us with our recession. Why should drug dealers make the money when the government can.
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