Persuasive Essay Marijuana Should Be Legalized
Quentin Guild
Mr. Harrison
English 112
May 14, 2014 Is marijuana as bad as society makes it out to be? Marijuana has been an illegal substance in the United States since the mid 1930’s, and roughly 1% of people in the United
States still use it. Marijuana has never killed anyone so why is it illegal in the first place?
Marijuana should be legalized for all adults in the United States because it doesn't damage your body like alcohol and tobacco, it could bring in a lot of money for the government if they tax it, and marijuana has many miraculous medical uses. Approximately 450,000 people die each year because of cigarette use, yet no one has ever died from marijuana use. Alcohol is linked to about 75,000 deaths per year, but is still legal. Marijuana does not affect your health like alcohol and cigarettes do which is why it should be legalized. Laws are suppose to be made to protect the people of a nation, but prohibiting marijuana is not protecting anyone because it is virtually harmless if you compare it to alcohol and cigarettes. Cigarettes have been known to cause many health issues including lung cancer and heart disease but are still legal to anyone over the age of eighteen.
Alcohol is known to cause liver failure and other health issues, unlike marijuana. If cigarettes and alcohol are legal, then marijuana should be as well. Legalizing marijuana could also help financially. If the United States government legalized marijuana they would save over 13 billion dollars because there would no longer be people getting in trouble for possession charges and such. Also, if the government taxed it, they would make about 2 billion dollars alone.
The money that the government makes could go to schools, or helping poverty stricken areas in the United States. Legalizing and taxing marijuana could be the difference in someone having a house or food for the next day. Also, the tax money could go towards finding the cure for
Mr. Harrison
English 112
May 14, 2014 Is marijuana as bad as society makes it out to be? Marijuana has been an illegal substance in the United States since the mid 1930’s, and roughly 1% of people in the United
States still use it. Marijuana has never killed anyone so why is it illegal in the first place?
Marijuana should be legalized for all adults in the United States because it doesn't damage your body like alcohol and tobacco, it could bring in a lot of money for the government if they tax it, and marijuana has many miraculous medical uses. Approximately 450,000 people die each year because of cigarette use, yet no one has ever died from marijuana use. Alcohol is linked to about 75,000 deaths per year, but is still legal. Marijuana does not affect your health like alcohol and cigarettes do which is why it should be legalized. Laws are suppose to be made to protect the people of a nation, but prohibiting marijuana is not protecting anyone because it is virtually harmless if you compare it to alcohol and cigarettes. Cigarettes have been known to cause many health issues including lung cancer and heart disease but are still legal to anyone over the age of eighteen.
Alcohol is known to cause liver failure and other health issues, unlike marijuana. If cigarettes and alcohol are legal, then marijuana should be as well. Legalizing marijuana could also help financially. If the United States government legalized marijuana they would save over 13 billion dollars because there would no longer be people getting in trouble for possession charges and such. Also, if the government taxed it, they would make about 2 billion dollars alone.
The money that the government makes could go to schools, or helping poverty stricken areas in the United States. Legalizing and taxing marijuana could be the difference in someone having a house or food for the next day. Also, the tax money could go towards finding the cure for