Dated as far back as 1619, America has made it legal to use, sell and grow cannabis [marijuana]. It was not until 1937 that marijuana became illegal through the Marijuana Tax Act, “which criminalized possession of marijuana nationwide,” (Mill 13). What happened between those hundreds of years that our country found it dangerous to possess or use marijuana? There have been numerous studies into the reasoning of making cannabis legal again. These findings show and prove that cannabis is safe and beneficial for many reasons, even saving a life. Even high power figures, like, “police and prosecutors, judges and politicians, and hundreds of others who quietly agree that the criminalization of marijuana is costly, foolish, and destructive,” should say enough to make cannabis legal (Nadelmann 125). There is not enough evidence to prove that marijuana should remain illegal. The positive affects from marijuana out weigh the negative. Marijuana is safe, inexpensive even when......
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