Legalizing_Marijuana

Legalizing Marijuana Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana, pot, hemp, grass, reefer, Mary Jane, cannabis, the controversy that surrounds this little five to seven leafed plant has escalated into an enormous debate throughout the United States. Throughout this paper, one discusses the positive and negative affects the legalization of marijuana has on the American society. Controversial issues include wide spread drug use, drug money and other uses for the cannabis plant, medicinal uses of marijuana, the infringement prohibition has on civil liberties, and damaging and positive effects it holds on our society. Studies in many different areas show that decriminalization of marijuana ceases to increase consumption. In the 1970’s about twelve states decriminalize marijuana and consumption fails to increase. The Netherlands government tolerates the cultivation, sale, and possession of small amounts of marijuana. (8) Consumption actually decreases after decriminalization in the Netherlands. (4) Unlike alcohol, heroin, and cocaine, marijuana holds no addiction over its users, and unlike alcohol, it poses no threat of making users prone to violence. (3) No evidence presents itself toward the fact that marijuana, whether for pleasure or for pain, leads to the gateway marijuana, legalization, drug, drugs, users, patients, people, money, causes, prohibition, cancer, threat, themselves, online, increase, inc, government, education, crime, cannabis, available, source, society, shows, san, press, presents, part, one, occurs, medical, making, leads, laws, jobs