Introduction
It is very clear that society is unhappy with current efforts to stop illegal drug smuggling, drug use and distribution. No one in particular seems to know what should be done. With drug use and drug related crime on the rise, some people argue that current drug law is too easy on drug offenders. Society at large asks that whether the use of illegal drugs can ever be stopped. It is a question that unfortunately has no easy answer. More and more people in America feel that if this country cannot stop illegal drugs, drugs should be legalized and controlled. In my opinion too marijuana should be legalized. I strongly believe that marijuana should be legalized.
In Favor
The sale and use of "controlled substances" would alleviate at least a dozen of our biggest social or political problems. Legalizing drugs would make our home and streets safer and so we will be able to sleep in our homes and walk the streets more safely. It would put an end to prison crowding which is a very serious and persistent problem making the prison environment violent and faceless to begin with and even more dangerous and dehumanizing. Drug legalization would free up police resources to fight crimes against people and property. It will reduce official corruption. Tax money would be saved due to legalization of drugs. Organized crime would be dealt a serious blow. Legal drugs will be safer due to the protection issue regarding the consumer. Legalization would help the stem of diseases (Larry, 1998, pg. 54). It would stabilize the country and make it a better place to live in. And last but not the least it would help make up marred image of America around the world.
If marijuana were legalized, that would mean that people could.......
