Pros And Cons Of California's Proposition 19

Marcus Haigler
Josh Hall
English 110
3 December 2012
When will Marijuana be Legalized in California There is no solid reason for marijuana to be illegal. The risks and dangers of taking it are about the same as the risks of drinking alcohol of smoking tobacco, both which are legal for adults. Furthermore, making it illegal is ineffective at stopping minors from taking the drug, and makes the drug more dangerous because it cannot be regulated. Legal marijuana would be less dangerous because it would have to conform to safety standards, and have warnings to keep people informed, like cigarettes do. If society can change their views on alcohol, they can change their views on marijuana. In California’s 2012 ballots prop 19 was created
They also would have been allowed to grow marijuana on up to 25 square feet of their property” (Doherty). A lot of people, mainly college students would love to have marijuana legalized, but will they still smoke once it is legalized? Similar to alcohol, teenagers drink when young because it is a rebel thing to do, but once the age of 21 and they have to purchase alcohol they tend to bring it down a notch. It’s much more exciting when you’re doing things against the law, rather than going with the law. The prop was created not only just the legalization, but also taxing marijuana which can help the economy grow, and help California out with the humongous debt that the states in. Richard Lee, a
As a personal example my friend who went to SDSU, smoked weed like nobody’s business, but she got through college and now is doing an internship at the white house. She is constantly posting up photos with the secretaries and she smoked weed almost every day. So when the arguments of impaired short term memory loss or slow reaction time, sometimes can be false. My friend has proved that wrong and told me if it wasn’t for marijuana she wouldn’t be doing what she’s doing now. Yes maybe one in a million of this ever happening again, but she battled and fought the “so called” effects of marijuana. Now there may be more kids out there like that, they are called “functional high people”, which means even after a hit or a bowl or two, it only makes them active instead of sitting down on their couch as the commercials described. Besides my friend beating the odds, most results are shown that teenagers are influenced by marijuana and somehow become addicted. When everyone knows you can’t become addicted to marijuana because of two things, one it only takes a little to get high, and two it’s a gateway drug that leads to something that can kill you. The only way an individual can be ever be addicted is by medical usage only, which you’re prescribed an amount for a daily use. “Scientists have confirmed that the cannabis plant contains active ingredients with therapeutic potential for