... , and legalizing marijuana would help the government and the society get better due to more funding from increasing taxes. On the other hand, people believe that marijuana should be banned because it makes people addicted and may lead people to mental and physical health problems. Nowadays, marijuana is the third most popular drug in America with nearly 100 million consumers ... marijuana; therefore, utilitarians would agree marijuana regulation. Moreover, legalizing marijuana could make parents and schools unhappy because their children would be closer to risks of using marijuana. Althou...

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... critically ill patients a drug that would effectively treat their illness and relieve their pain. The basis upon which marijuana is prohibited has been proven by the very government which has banned the drug to be false. Since 1914, our nation has outwardly protested against the use of any "drug," contrary to our past acceptance of the market. Before and during the ... make a personal behavior a crime. A government that cannot criminalize alcohol or tobacco cannot, for the same reasons, deny the right to use marijuana. In 1857, in his famous essay "On Liberty", John Stuart Mill, the Bri...

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