Why Marijuana Should Be Legal

Many people in society are trying to persuade the government to legalize the use of marijuana. Marijuana is a drug that is mind altering. It relaxes the body and slows down a person as a whole. There are more cons’s than pros to legalizing marijuana. Although marijuana has been known to help some medical patients, legalizing marijuana would only burden society with many ills. Even though marijuana causes problems, it can be helpful in …

…drug use-especially among children-when you’ve removed the moral case against it?”(145). Even though marijuana can help some of the ill, legalizing marijuana would mainly hurt society as a whole. There are more drugs out in society the can help medical patients besides marijuana that are not as threatening. People will find anything to make it easier for them to get access to something illegal. Marijuana is a threatening drug and should be kept illegal.