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The prohibition of marijuana in the United States is bad policy that needs to be changed for a number of reasons. ... Because the use of marijuana is not harmful to others, individuals should be able to decide if their own personal use of pot is right for them. The war on marijuana costs taxpayers nearly twelve billion dollars annually. Another sensible argument in favor of the legalization of marijuana is that more money could be spent on important problems without the cost of enforcing prohibition. Finally, if the goal is reduced drug or marijuana use, prohibition does not work. ... Marijuana prohibition is bad policy because it infringes upon our basic rights, because prohibition is expensive, and because prohibition is not effective as a deterrent to drug use.
The first and most basic reason that marijuana should be legal is that there is no good reason for it not to be legal. Some people ask “why should marijuana be legalized?" but we should ask "Why should marijuana be illegal? ... This does not apply to marijuana, since the individual who chooses to use marijuana does so according to his or her own free will. ... But this argument does not logically apply to marijuana because marijuana is far less dangerous than some drugs that are legal, such as alcohol and tobacco. ... ” While there is no connection between marijuana and violent crimes, an individual deserves the right to decide whether or not to use it. Because marijuana is typically used in private, trampling the Bill of Rights is a routine part of marijuana law enforcement- phone tapping, urine tests, government informants, military helicopters, et cetera.
Approximate Word count = 1324
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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