Decriminalizing Marijuana Use and Possession

Research Questions

1. Should Marijuana be legalized?

2. Background and content

3. Health: Is marijuana fairly harmless health-wise or even spiritually beneficial?

4. Individual liberty: Should individuals be at liberty to use marijuana?

5. Social: Would legalization entail heavy societal costs?

6. Consumption levels: Will legalization reduce the consumption of marijuana?

7. Gateway drug: Is Marijuana not a gateway drug?

8. Judicial overload: Would the legalization of marijuana relieve strained courts?

9. Crime: Would legalization help reduce crime?

10. Prohibition feasibility: Is the prohibition of marijuana infeasible?

11. Economics: Would the legalization of marijuana be economical? 12. Legal regulation: Would ...