The topic of legalizing marijuana has become a very hot issue in today's society. People argue of its medical use as 13 states have already made it legal for medicinal purposes. However it seems odd to me how an illegal substance can be legal in a state yet illegal by federal law, it just creates a circus of chaos and un-organization and confuses the general population on such a critical and serious matter.The government needs to do one of either 2 things in my opinion. They should either ban everything, making Alcohol illegal as well yet decrease the penalties for those in possession while increasing penalties to those distributing. I believe penalties for drug charges should include rehabilitation programs so that we can help people with these problems while at the same time stop wasting our federal tax dollars on sending these people to jail. I think some would argue however that this would not work because this country's banned alcohol before and it didn't work. Yet despite our past failures, we could move forward and make some solid positive changes towards our economy and country.
The second thing the Government Could do, is to just finally legalize marijuana, but tax the hell out of it. Economically this would actually be a good decision, but i feel that legalizing marijuana would have some destructive repercussions. People would become avid users of the drug and there would be more drivers on the road who are under the influence. I hate the thought of being on the road with someone who is not of sober mind because that puts me, my family, and my friends at a higher risk of an accident.
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