Legalizing Cannabis
...cannabis and a hard drug like Heroin would gain the authorities a lot more credibility with young people. Legalization would not necessarily lead to an increase in the use of cannabis. For example, when cannabis was decriminalized in Holland, research showed that there was not a large increase into the use of cannabis. It would still be possible to crack down on the 'black market' and maintain control over legal sales, making sure younger people do not have easy access to it. Those are some good reasons of why it should be legal. People aren’t gonna do it just cause it legal if they don’t believe in it now then they are never gonna want do, its just common sense. Surveys have shown that nearly one quarter of 18 - 45 year-olds regularly smoke cannabis and it is widely available in big towns. The University of ...