Persuasive speach on why marijuana should be legalized

Did know that one in five people get cancer in their lifetime? Now imagine if you were one of those one in five who had cancer. Visualize yourself, suffering through a constant regime of chemotherapy where you are on the edge of death, all because the chemotherapy is not only killing the cancerous cells but it is killing the all of the good cells in your body too. Every second you feel extremely nauseous and …

…medicinal marijuana remains illegal. Therefore sufferers have two options: 1 - continue to suffer, or 2 - obtain it illegally and risk the consequences. In conclusion, marijuana should be legalized as it would help millions of suffering patients and would allow for money spent on enforcement to be spent more wisely thus increasing revenue. As for whether or not there will be an increase in drug use, one will never know unless we give legalization a chance.