Never before have so many Americans supported decriminalizing and even legalizing marijuana. In fact, the support for legalization for marijuana ranges between 25 and 42 percent. Marijuana has gained astounding nationwide growth and popularity. Because it’s inevitable to ignore the people’s voice on why marijuana is so effective, the government took a step to consider this a serious matter. As marijuana invokes a lot of benefits to the people it should be consider as a use of good cause. Less addiction, less crimes, and medical use are the reasons why marijuana should be legalized for the American people. Marijuana addiction is one of the least out there in the drug market. Yes, it can be addictive but compare to other psychoactive drugs it’s one of the best to be used. “But marijuana may well be the least addictive and least damaging of all commonly used drugs, including many that are now legal.”(Nadelmann #176) This proves a point as no one has ever been so damage from marijuana like other drugs do. “No one has ever died from marijuana overdose.”(Nadelman #176). Even heavy marijuana smokers smoke only a fraction of what a usual cigarette smoker smokes each day. …show more content…
Marijuana medical efficacy is no longer in serious debate because of the effectiveness of the drug for medical reason. “Its use as a medicine dates back thousands of years.”(Nadelmann #176) Now pharmaceutical products containing marijuana’s central ingredient, are legally sold in the U.S. This has been a great accomplishment and proves of how effective marijuana can be for medical reasons. As more states recognize and see the production and good use of marijuana they start to act on the matter. “Every state ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana has been approved.”(Nadelmann #177) Wide margins in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and many more have approved on legalization of medical