Legalizing Marijuana

Since the 1930’s, marijuana has been illegal in the eyes of the U.S government. It is classified as a schedule I drug, which is said to have a high potential for abuse, no medical use and not safe to use under medical supervision. In this current day and age, it’s being prescribed to patients who have severe health problems to treat their pains, nausea, etc. Compared to logical reasoning, the government takes a very different stance on marijuana. Some say prohibition serves no purpose, and others say it is a violation of our liberty to ban something harmless to others. As you can see, misconceptions on marijuana and plentiful and reformation is necessary. First and foremost, the classification marijuana is under is completely inaccurate. This drug is classified as a drug with no medical use and not safe to use under medical supervision. Research has been shown that it aids cancer patients and plenty of other terminally ill patients. Even recreational has never been linked to any deaths and when you compare it to alcohol and cigarettes, both of which are legal, it’s completely harmless.
Another reason for the legalization is because prohibition has never been reliably shown to reduce drug use. If prohibition accomplished anything, it created an underground black market, created a new drug ring, and wasted valuable time of law enforcement. There is also the effect prohibition has on whether or not a person will even try it. When something’s illegal, it creates the “forbidden fruit effect” provoking people to try it.
My last main focus on marijuana it’s the price of keeping it illegal. Every year federal, state and local government participate in “The War on Drugs”, spending billions to imprison peaceful people who enjoy smoking marijuana. These people get put in prison, letting taxpayers pay for their food, housing, health insurance, court cost etc. As a nation, we could save billions by letting people smoke marijuana without fear for arrest. It if were to