Legalization of Marijuana

Legalization of Marijuana

From the executive that sits behind his desk collecting his money, to the drug dealer on the street trying to make his money in order to survive, the drug dealing business gives money to criminals, while innocent users are being put away in jail. The issue of legalization and/or decriminalization of marijuana use have been a highly controversial issue over the years. At present, it is a crime to possess and use the drug commonly known as weed or pot. While the government has spent almost 10 billion dollars a year fighting the war on drugs, members of the medical field have spent their dollars in much wiser ways(): Medicinal Marijuana. Presently, there has been no research supporting the idea that marijuana is physically addictive. Its most common use is in recreational settings and over 80 million Americans say that they have tried marijuana, while 20 million say that they have gotten high in the past year(). Marijuana is the illegal alcohol; a social drug offers a feeling of calm to its users.

Taxpayers do not only help to pay for those 10 billion dollars, but they also have to pay millions more in order to house and feed drug dealers in prisons, who make up one third of the prison population, causing more prisons