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Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

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If medical marijuana is something doctors are using in patients, why are other citizens not able to use it then. Marijuana is supposed to calm you down and feel good. Some even say that it isn’t as harmful as other drugs. Many people use these reasons as to why they think marijuana should be legalized. To be honest those reasons are not good ones. Legalizing marijuana would cause way more problems. The crime rate will increase, more accidents will occur, more drug addictions will occur; and to say the least some people’s health will deteriorate. Marijuana should not be legalized. Crime! When thinking about legalizing marijuana they have to think of crime. People tend to lose their way when they are high. According to the ( Bureau of Justice) “overall 41% of violent crimes that were committed against college students and 38% of non students were committed by an offender perceived to be using drugs”. They also the government would legalize it they would have more money, but that is not going to help because the people who sell the weed will be so use to making all the money so that way they will not be up to giving half of what they make to the government. This will cause more tension between the dealers and the government. With this being said these are some reasons marijuana will increase the crime rate. …show more content…

With marijuana being legalized more people will think that gave them the opportunity to smoke every and all day. With having easier access to it many people will abuse and use it whenever they want. Many people say they would use marijuana only if it was legalized so that way they won’t get arrested. Without the fear of getting caught people will abuse the right to use it. Addiction is real, without the law being able to depict who and how much someone intakes they will abuse and get attached to the feeling and want to do it every and all day. This would cause many jobs to be lost and many companies to

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