Legalize marijuana For the past 30 years there has been an issue throughout the United States on whether marijuana should be legalized. Supporters believe marijuana legalization would decrease drug-related crime while also posing a new drug for medicinal purposes. The opposition believes legalization would only increase crime as well as the number of hard-core drug addicts that result from initially using marijuana. Keeping marijuana illegal is a problem because millions of people are arrested every year …showed first 75 words of 1209 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1209 total…consumption and crime will be reduced significantly if marijuana is legalized (Thronton 1). By legalizing drugs the crime rate associated with drugs would decrease and there would be less overcrowded prisons. The United States would have billions of dollars to spend on other problems that the country faces and marijuana will help the people in America who are suffering from painful illnesses. Marijuana legalization should be established in the future to work towards bettering our country.