LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA

Legalization of Marijuana

Legalization of Marijuana

The legalization of marijuana would be beneficial for our government and our country as a whole. The second reason to which marijuana should be legalized is the fact that prohibition or the law forbidding something does not work but actually hurts our country. The United States attempted this approach in the 1920's with the laws forbidding the drinking, buying, manufacturing and selling of alcohol. During the prohibition of alcohol, organize crime grew and strengthened, court and prison systems were stretched to the breaking point, and there were no measurable gains made in productivity or reduced ...