Legalize Marijuana?

I agree with my classmate, that we should legalizing marijuana. There is no doubt that so many people use marijuana, so if we were to legalize it we would be adding money to our economy. We can tax marijuana and use that money towards K-12 education. As well as marijuana can help a lot of people out. It’s been use to help out cancer patients, people with eating disorders, and other illnesses. Marijuana is looked at as a bad drug or gate way drug, but studies have been done that show that marijuana has not cause any death or lead to any serious health problems. And it is not necessarily a gate way drug; because like any drug that is illegal, young adults want to try it to be rebels or to try new things and/or to feel good.

Another problem that can be somewhat solve is the drug cartel problem. If marijuana was legalize then the drug dealing would go down because users would go buy it legally instead of somewhere dangerous and illegally. Having to buy it from a drug dealer can be dangerous and also can lead users to getting involve in illegally activities and lead them to a life of violence. Especially young adults, they will see that drug dealers have nice cars clothes jewelry and other nice things, leading them to think that getting involved in that lifestyle is the best decision for them. Many people get busted selling or buying marijuana and they are arrested. Having them be arrested for possession of marijuana just makes our jails more crowded and our tax money is being put to use for a little crime such as having marijuana, instead of using that tax money for important things like education or health care.

Like alcohol, marijuana is going to be around no matter how many restrictions are put on it. The more people feel that the use of marijuana is an act of being a rebel or sticking it to the man, the more they are going to want it and find ways to get it. If it is legalize then there can be a possibility that the wanting of using it will go down, and if not well it will help out our economy and less people would be in jail for possession.