America's "War on Drugs" which make the recreational use of marijuana illegal is not working. In the initial

stages of marijuana prohibition Americans resorted to going to other means of getting what they hunger and what

they were used to before the prohibition. In this time of prohibition gangs and other illegal organizations have

used this hunger to their advantage. Marijuana prohibition has led to larger percentage of organized crime and

gang violence. Is this what America wants as an outcome of the War on Drugs? Marijuana should be legalized

because current drug laws are not working, it has medical uses, crime rate will decrease, and the War on Terror

can be won if marijuana is legalized.

Many opposers to legalization argue that if marijuana was legal then crime rate will increase, much more

car accidents would occur, marijuana use would lead to more harsher drug use, and that marijuana has no medicinal

value. Most of these arguments are myths and have never been scientifically proven. In many scientific studies and

surveys most of these have been proven to be wrong.

allow controlled distribution at low prices would make lower the price of drugs. Consumers would not need to commit as many

Reagan launched the new war on marijuana causing congress to recriminalize marijuana possession, setting a penalty of

re not currently working marijuana is still a widely used drug. According to Ira Glasser,

used less popular drugs such as heroine cocaine, and LSD, are likely to have used marijuana. Most marijuana users never use

According to John P Morgan, M.D some states such as California and Arizona approved in 1996 to remove state criminal

overall, by removing the marketing activities of the illegal drug industry. Removing the prohibition the government could

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