Making Weed Legal

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Marijuana is not a dead animal, it’s a plant, and it won’t kill a person if the person uses it responsibly. It is from the earth, just like oil, gold, trees, and various plants. It is legal in some parts of the United States such as California for medicinal purposes. People are dying younger compared to Biblical times when a man could live to be 500 years old. There are people killing themselves as well as others. Many are dying very early in life due to heart attacks and various other illnesses. One of the main reasons for this is an overload of stress, anger and frustration in their lives. If humans had something to take that would relax them, and had no real harmful side effects, I think the entire globe would be a better place.
Many people’s lives were destroyed because they had a small amount of marijuana in their possession, and went to jail because of it. No matter what age, gender or race, there is always someone with more stress in their lives than they can handle.
If marijuana were legalized, it would minimize the need for drug tests at schools and at companies. Young people would not be expelled from school and have their futures messed up, workers would not be fired from the work place and have their family’s lives messed up because their source of income was gone.

During certain time periods of America’s past, alcohol was illegal throughout the country. This period was called Prohibition. Regardless of age, it was still illegal to drink. That law was changed because no matter how hard the government tried to stop it, bootleggers would still find a way to make it, sell it, and profit from it. Just like Prohibition, marijuana is illegal but a person can obtain it by making a simple phone call.
Many believe that if it wasn’t illegal, many people, such as children and young adults would probably not even use it simply because it is legal, and everyone could utilize it without getting arrested....