Most people believe marijuana is an addictive drug and is completely bad for you. What they believe is wrong. When you say it’s addictive you’re then comparing to addictives like cocaine, crack, adderall, and various pain killers even alcohol and tobacco. Those drugs and substance deserve criminal punishment. In America marijuana should be decriminalized marijuana would have a better influence in our societies. Far too many people in the world possess marijuana for it to have criminal punishments. Icons, government officials, and professional athletes use marijuana even our Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps uses it.
Our societies now a day’s give the minimum for all drug charges. The law now gives a 5 year minimum to life charge if caught with marijuana (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/crime/marjuan.htm). The law kills it for people in possession of marijuana. When it comes marijuana versus the law the law always wins, no matter how small the crime. Congress gave a law minimum required sentence to all drug charges and depending on the amount the larger the amount the longer the jail time. Most drug trafficking sentences are life sentences (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/crime/marjuan.htm).
There are many pros and cons to the controversy in marijuana. There are many pros when it comes to decriminalizing marijuana. “Police and court resources would be freed up for more serious crimes,” “Legalization would mean a lower price; thus, related crimes (like theft) would be reduced,” (http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm). Decriminalizing it can also be source of revenue and can also decrease drug dealers and their businesses. Marijuana also helps cure cancer and it also decreases the amount of Drug busts that often trap young people in a flawed system that turns them into lifelong criminals (Drug busts often trap young people in a flawed system that turns them into lifelong criminals). The other side of it is that marijuana is...