What plant grows, and when you set it on fire has some side effects to it? It's Marijuana, but the scientific term for it is called cannabis. Although its legal in a couple of states, it's illegal in most. Weed should be legalized because it has positive attributes, it crowds the prison system, and it's not lethal. Although there are many reasons why marijuana should be legalized, those are the focal points. While marijuana is highly frowned upon in the general public, it has some medical value that can be used by a lot of people. The reason why most people use marijuana is because they've decided that it's good for them, especially for people that are really stressed out. Marijuana provides relief from nausea, pain, and other conventional medications. One reason why Americans choose to smoke it is because of the low dependence liability, meaning you won't be depending on it like you would be if you were doing cocaine, and marijuana how easy to manage side effects. Then greatest threat for Americans to do marijuana is the risk of arrest. …show more content…
Instead on it being a burden, we should tax it to support beneficial government programs. The police have more important things to do than arresting over 750,000 people every year for possession. The justice system gets additional costs of disposing of each of the cases. Marijuana arrests clog up the courts systems, wastes jail space, and diverts law enforcement from the more serious crimes. I'm sure if you asked any parent or adult out there which would they rather have, a rapist or pothead arrested. I'm positive 100% of those people say the rapists will be the ones needing arresting. If someone is getting high, they're not hurting anyone so whats the point of taking resources and trying to arrest those people? After all, when it comes to a pot head versus any other dangerous criminal, marijuana users shouldn't get scolded like they